William Green Garcelon (1786 - 1872)

Born 21 Sep 1786 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Davis) Garcelon — married 19 Jul 1810 in Lewiston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1872 at age 85 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

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Biography

Col. William Green Garcelon came to Lewiston in March of 1776. He was active in the town, serving as a town clerk, selectman, and representative to the legislature. He also was a justice of the peace and surveyor in the town. He founded the first Sunday School and the first Temperance Society in the area. He was on the building committee for the Old South Church in 1818. His son, Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, was Governor of Maine in 1879. He wrote a history of Lewiston and a Garcelon Genealogy in 1865. The Androscoggin Historical Society has his diaries covering 26 Apr 1832 - 15 Jul 1834 and 05 Mar 1838 - 08 Jul 1841.

He married Mary Davis in 1810.^[1]

United States Census, 1850 ^[2] Lewiston, Lincoln, Maine, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

William Garcelen M 64 Maine

Mary Garcelen F 70 Maine

Ann A Clark F 11 Maine

William Garcelen M 87 Massachusetts

Maria Garcelen F 88 Massachusetts

Hannah Town F 91 Massachusetts

James Fitzgerald M 21 Ireland

United States Census, 1860 ^[3] Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Wm Garcelon M 73 Maine

Mary Garcelon F 80 Maine

Ann A Clark F 20 Maine

Wm Doyle M 43 Ireland

Margaret Doyle F 35 Ireland

John Doyle M 5 Maine

John Pitman M 18 New Hampshire

Susan R Milikin F 47 Maine

Laban S Veazie M 17 Maine

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21S-QMD2 : 28 November 2018), Daniel Davis in entry for William Garcelon and Mary Davis, 19 Jul 1810; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VM-RJK : 22 December 2020), Mary Garcelen in household of William Garcelen, Lewiston, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCW-27J : 11 November 2020), Wm Garcelon, 1860.

• Birth: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SK-C66 : 14 January 2020), William Garcelon, 1786.

• Ancestors and Descendants of James Garcelon and Deliverance Annis : from Guernsey and Gloucester to Maine in the 18th Century. , 2003. Internet resource.

• Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2021), memorial page for Col William Garcelon (1786–14 Jan 1872), Find a Grave Memorial no. 127348269, citing Garcelon Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Connie Lagasse Russell (contributor 47359327) .

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