52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 41: JAMES THOMAS DUNHAM OF PARIS MAINE

My 3x great grandfather James Thomas Dunham Jr was born in Hebron, Maine on 22Jun 1805. He married Sarah "Sally" Houghton sometime before 1830 which was when their first child was born.

James bought some land in Paris. Maine  from his brother-in-law Samuel Houghton in 1832, paying $150 dollars. His occupation on the 1850 Census was wheelwright and on the 1860 Census it is given as mechanic.

James and Sally had eleven children:

Hiram b.1830
Octavius, b 1832
Florilla, b. 29Aug 1832
Sarah b. 1834
Mary A, b.1837
John, b. 1838
Franklin,  b. 1840
Charles, b. 1848
Martha J, b. 1846
George, b.27Apr 1851
Augusta, b. 1853

Sally (Houghton) Dunham died on 1 Dec 1852 after the birth of their daughter Augusta. James sold his land 1853 and moved to another location in Paris. On 23Mar 1854 he married his second wife, Polly Lowe, in Buckfield, Me.

James and Polly eventually moved to Bangor, Me where they apparently lived with James' youngest child Augusta (Dunham) Steward. James died on 8Nov 1888, and Polly on 13Apr 1896. James, Sally and Polly are all buried in West Paris, Me.