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Joel Perham

Male 1797 - 1876  (78 years)

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  • Name Joel Perham  [1]
    Birth 31 Mar 1797  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Death 1876  [1] 
    Person ID I4729  Bisbee
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2009

    Father Lemuel Perham   d. Yes, date unknown
    Mother Betsey Gurney   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sophronia Bisbee,   b. 1 Apr 1801, South Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1865, Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Children 
     1. Sidney Perham,   b. 27 Mar 1819   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Betsey G. Perham,   b. 13 Mar 1821   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Kilbon Perham,   b. 28 Aug 1822   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Joel Perham, Jr.,   b. 8 May 1826   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Viania P. Perham,   b. 10 Apr 1832   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Cynthia A. Perham,   b. 27 Jun 1839   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2008

  • Notes 
    • Joel Perham was a farmer and a schoolmaster. He was twice Clerk of Court of Oxford County and served three terms in Congress. He was also Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and was Governor of Maine for three years. He lived in Woodstock, Maine.

      Dr. William Lapham married Joel's daughter, Cynthia. Dr. Lapham was deeply interested in Maine history and published, in 1876, a record, "Some Descendents of Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee)." He also published other works, among which were histories of Rumford, Norway and Paris, Maine. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 194.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 195.