Chester Raymond Day
January 7, 1888 - July 21, 1969
Chester Raymond Day was born 7 Jan 1888 in Lyman to George Henry Day and Lizzie Whitehouse Day. George was born 23 Oct 1851 in Kennebunkport and died 25 Jan 1937 at his home in Day’s Mills. Lizzie was born 20 May 1867 in Biddeford and died 7 Nov 1957 at her home in Lyman. George and Lizzie married 17 Apr 1887.
Chester had six siblings: Ralph Edward (18 May 1889 – 31 July 1972, Mary Fidelia Rickey (21 Aug 1890 – 22 Apr 1971), George Clarence (22 Aug 1893 – 08 Dec 1975), Dorance Percy (8 Nov 1895 – 6 Nov 1969), Henry Willis (28 July 1901 – 6 Oct 1984), Robert Whitehouse ( 12 Jan 1905 – 09 Nov 1981)
In the 1900 census, Chester was living in Lyman with parents and siblings Ralph E (11), Mary F (9), Clarence G. (6), Percy D. (4) and three servants. The three servants were two farm laborers and one house keeper. His father being a farmer.
In the 1910 census, Chester was living in Lyman on the family farm with his parents and Henry W (8) and Robert W (5). Chester was a farm laborer on the family farm.
Chester’s WWI registration card dated 05 June 1917 states that he was living in Lyman working as a self-employed farmer. He was described as tall, medium built with brown eyes and black hair.
Chester was inducted into the Army in Saco on 31 May 1918 as a private. He was assigned to the Battery C 7th Bn FARD Cp Jackson SC to 21 June 1918. Then assigned to Battery C 319 FA to discharge. He served overseas from 23 July 1918 to 11 May 1919. He was Honorary discharged on 20 May 1919.
On 23 July 1918 he sailed aboard the TYDEUS from Brooklyn, NY. He was stationed at Camp Jackson, SC. He returned on the USS Alaska departing Bordeaux, France on 27 April 1919 headed to Hoboken, NJ. Arrived on 12 May 1919.
In the 1920 living on the family farm as a farmer
Chester was married three times. He married his first wife, Clara Beele Tatro on 30 June 1910. Chester and Clara divorced in May, 1918. Chester’s second marriage was to Ethel C. Bradbury of Graham Street, Biddeford April 1929. Ethel died 19 Dec 1941 at the Webber Hospital in Biddeford. Chester married Almeda Ellis on 8 May 1947. Almeda was born in Rochester, NH on 15 Feb 1890, the daughter of David and Georgia Thompson Blanchard. She died 27 Jan 1971 in Augusta in a local hospital following a long illness. She is interned in the Goodwins Mills Village Cemetery with Chester.
Chester had many vocations including grocery clerk, milk peddler, dairyman, saw mill laborer and farmer. He may have worked in the Day’s Mills for his brother Dorance Percy Day. Dorance was also a WWI veteran.
Chester died 21 Jul 1969 in Lyman and is interned in the Goodwins Mills Village Cemetery with his wife Almeda. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of Arion AF and AM in Goodwins Mills.
Researched by F. Millett Day
William L. Davis
March 6, 1895-August 4, 1956
Walter Davis was born in Lyman, ME on 6 March 1894 to farmer Benjamin Goodwin and housewife Annie L. Nason Davis.
Benjamin Goodwin Davis was born in Lynn, MA on 23 Mar 1862. He lived in Lyman, ME at age 8 in 1870. Benjamin died 19 Feb 1930 at his home in Lyman, ME.
Annie L Nason was born in South Berwick ~ 1867. Annie died 18 September 1942 at the home of her son, Walter L. Davis in Alfred, ME.
Walter had one sister, Olive. Olive was born 10 Apr 1889 in Lyman, ME. She died 5 April 1923 in Lyman, ME at her home after a long illness. She was a teacher in public schools.
Up until being drafted, Walter lived with his parents on the family farm in Lyman.
Walter registered for the draft on 5 June 1917. His address was RFD 1, West Kennebunk, Lyman, ME. His occupation was a carpenter working for Hermon Sayward in Alfred, ME. He was described as tall, medium build, brown eyes and dark brown hair.
He was inducted in Saco, ME on 1 July 1918 as a Private. He was assigned to the Field Hospital 248 12 Sn Tn to discharge. No oversea service. He was Horary discharged on 28 Jan 1919.
In the 1920 census, Walter was living with his parents and working as a carpenter.
Walter married Elsie Arlene Roberts of East Waterboro on 18 June 1924 at the home of her parents in Waterboro, at high noon. After the wedding they left for a trip through Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Elsie Arlene Roberts was born on 10 Sep 1903 in Waterboro, ME to Edger A and Ethel-Lind Baker Roberts. Edger was a laborer and Ethelind was a house wife. Edger was born in Maine, while Ethel was born in Colorado. Elsie had six sisters.
In 1930, Walter and Elise Arlene were living with his mother and great aunt on Waterboro Street in Alfred. He was a carpenter and Elise was a stenographer in a law office.
In 1940, Walter and Elise Arlene were living in Alfred with his great aunt. The lived in the same place in 1935. Walter was still a carpenter and Elise Arlene secretary in law office.
1950 Walter and Elise Arlene were living on Route 202 south of Littlefield River Bridge. He a maintenance carpenter in a textile mill. She an administrator as a court appointment Maine General.
Walter and Elsie are interned at Evergreen Cemetery in Alfred, ME. Walter died 4 Aug 1956 at his home in Waterboro. Elsie died in 23 July 1996 at Greenwood Center in Sanford, ME.
Researched by F. Millett Day
Haven Herbert Baker
September 23, 1923
Haven Herbert Baker was born in North Berwick, Maine 0n January 24, 1889, the son of Arthur and Emma (Richards) Baker. Arthur was born in New Hampshire about 1864. The 1880 U.S. Census has Arthur living in North Berwick, Maine at the age of 16, working in a sawmill. He was living with his father and step-mother, two brothers, two sisters, one step-brother, and one step-sister.
In 1910, Haven was living with John and Hattie Grant in Lyman as a farm hand. He was 21 and single. On June 1, 1917, Haven registered for WWI. At this time, he was living in Lyman working at Sears-Roebuck Co. Shoe Company as a shipper in Boston, MA. He was still single with a tall, slight build with blue eyes and brown hair. He listed his exemptions as eyesight and heart conditions.
He served from June 24, 1918 and was honorably discharged on December 4, 1918. At the time of his discharge, he was a Private serving with the 12th Co, 3rd 151 Depot Brigade. He did not see any overseas action.
In November, 1918, before his discharge. he visited his mother, Mrs. Frank Littlefield. He was stationed at Camp Devens at the time.
John Haven Baker was born October 11, 1920 in Kennebunk, ME. John was the first child of Haven and Annie McKeon Baker. Haven and Annie were living in Kennebunk at the time and he was a fish dealer. Annie was born in Athlone, Ireland in 1879 and died in 1968.
Arthur Patrick Baker, born November 25, 1922, was the second child born to Annie M. McKeon Baker. Haven and Annie were still living in Kennebunk where he was a fisherman and she a housewife.
Haven died September 23, 1923 at the Parsonsfield Sanitorium where he had been a patient for three weeks. He was interned in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk, ME. At the time of his death, he was living in Kennebunk. He was survived by his wife and two children, who resided at the Landing in Kennebunk.
The application for his military headstone was to be shipped to the Harold A. Webber Post, American Legion, Kennebunk, ME. Application was dated February , 1929 and it was shipped 1930.
Annie died in 1968 and is interned in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk, ME.
Researched by F. Millett Day
John Stillings Roberts
1839-1864
John S. Roberts was born on June 16, 1839 in Lyman, the son of Dimon (6) and Martha Hemmenway Roberts. He was killed at the Battle of Weldon Railroad, Petersburg, Virginia on August 19, 1864. He was a member of Company E, 39th Massachusetts Volunteers and was Color Bearer of the Third Brigade, First Division, 5th Corps during the Civil War. He is buried in the Murphy-Roberts cemetery located near the intersection of Route 111 and Day Road. On his tombstone it is written
“He fell bravely defending his flag.” He is buried in the Roberts/Murphy Cemetery at the corner of Day Road and Route 111.
Source: EARLY FAMILIES OF LYMAN, MAINE Frederick R. Boyle, p. 296
Benjamin Grant
1791-1847
Benjamin Grant as born in Lyman in 1791. He was the son of Silas and Mary Chadbourne Grant. He married Hannah Chadbourne and moved to Dixmont, Maine where his father was a minister. The couple had a son and a daughter.
Benjamin Grant enlisted in Company G of the 9th Infantry during the Mexican War as part of the American invasion of Mexico. The unit was commanded by Brigadeer General Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire. . later became the 14th president.
Grant died August 5, 1847 at the Perote Castle (Castillo do Perote, pictured here). This fortress was captured by the Americans when they occupied Veracruz, Mexico in April of 1847 and was then used as a hospital. The area surrounding the moat was covered with hundreds, possibly thousands, of graves of U.S. soldiers. It is assumed Benjamin Grant is buried there.
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Research by Patricia Littlefield
EARLY FAMILIES OF LYMAN “Boyle”
John Thomas Bodycote
April 7, 1889 – April 1, 1968
John Thomas Bodyccote was born 7 April 1898 in Ipswich, MA. He was the third child of George Martin Bodycote and Louise Clark Bodycote. Both of his parents were born in England. He had six siblings: three brothers Fred, George S. and William and three Pricilla Daisy, Mary A., and Louise A.
John never married or had any children. His family moved from Ipswich, MA to Lyman, ME somewhere between 22 Sep 1907 and 28 April 1910. His education ended in the 8th grade. He served in the army from 21 Jan 1918, to 22 Jan 1919 when he was honorably discharged. He achieved the rank of PVY with the Battery “A” 57th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps He sailed out of New York City aboard the U.S.S. Ryndam (aka Rijdam) on 10 May 1918. He returned aboard the U.S.S. Huntington which departed Brest, France on 2 Jan 1919.
After returning from the war, John lived with his family in Lyman up until the 1940’s. Later on, he lived in Sanford. At the time of his death on 1 April 1968 his residence was Portland, ME.
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John Burbank 1752-1843
John Thomas Bodycote was born 7 April 1898 in Ipswich, MA. He was the third child of the George Martin Bodycote and Louise Clark Bodycote. Both of his parents were born in England. He had six siblings: Three brothers, Fred, George S., and William and three sisters Priscilla Daisy May, Mary A. and Louise A.
John never married or had any children. His family moved from Ipswich, MA to Lyman, Maine somewhere between 22 Sep 1907 and 28 April 1910. His education ended at the 8th grade. He served in the Army from 21 Jan 1918 to 22 Jan 1919 when he was honorary discharged. He achieved the rank of PVT with the Battery “A” 57th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps. He sailed out of New York City aboard the U.S.S. Ryndam (aka Rijdam) on 10 May 1918. He returned aboard the U.S.S. Huntington which departed Brest, France on 2 Jan 1919.
After returning from the war, John lived with his family in Lyman up until the 1940’s. Later on, he lived in Sanford. At the time of his death on 1 April 1968 his residence was Portland, Maine. You can find the article in the Biddeford Daily Journal Sat. Jan 25, 1919 page 8
For about eight weeks was in a front line trench. He has no hair lifting tales of personal encounter to tell but says he saw enough war to convince him that there is no doubt that “war is hell” A plea went out for cards to be sent to him, the account of which is in the Portland Press Herald Thu, Jun 15, 1961 page 8.
“Let’s send him a real shower of cards.”
John died at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Togus, Maine on 1 April 1968 after a long illness. He is interned in the Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, Maine along with his brother Fred and sister Mary.
John Burbank (1752-1843) was born in Arundel/Kennebunkport. He served in Noah Littlefield’s company in the defense of York County, and then signed on to the DALTON which sailed out of Portsmouth, NH in November of 1776. He was captured by the British and spent two years in The Mill, a prison in Plymouth, England. He was released in late 1778 as a part of a prisoner exchange arranged by Benjamin Franklin. John then served on the BON HOMME RICHARD under the command of Captain John Paul Jones, and participated in the battle against the HMS SERAPIS on September 23, 1779. This was the first naval victory for the United States which earned John Paul Jones the title of “The Father of the U.S. Navy”. Burbank came to Coxhall (Lyman) after the war, married Anna Whitten, and had one daughter. He died October 13, 1843. The inscription on his grave reads “A Revolutionary soldier in the naval engagement under Captain Paul Jones”. He is buried on the south side side of Alfred Road near the Arundel line