May 17, 1856 invoice from S. P. Bradbury & Co. Grave Stones, at Bangor, Maine, to Mr. Caleb Hersey, Jr., at Pembroke, Maine. The invoice notes that the stone is intended for the grave of Mr. Hersey's daughter.
From online research, hopefully correct - corrections and/or additions requested:
Caleb Hersey, Jr. (1799-1866) was born 13 March 1799 at Dennysville, Maine, or at Passamaquoddy, Maine, son of Caleb and Lydia (Dunbar) Hersey, Hingham, who were Massachusetts natives who had moved to Pembroke, Maine.
On 21 December 1823 at Dennysville, Maine, Caleb, Jr. married Eliza DeForest (1805-1853), daughter of Henry and Sarah (Woodworth) DeForest of Nova Scotia. Henry may have been born in Connecticut, or in Nova Scotia, of Loyalist immigrants from Connecticut. Sarah Woodworth was born at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
Caleb, Jr., and Eliza had at least five sons and two daughters:
- Elizabeth Ann (Hersey) Hersey (1825-1865)
- Caleb Washington Hersey (1827-1905)
- Sarah Lydia Hersey (1830-1856)
- Henry Jackson Hersey (1833-1853)
- Heman Nickerson Hersey (1836-1892), twin
- Charles Emerson Hersey (1836-1896), twin
- Darius DeForest Hersey (1841-1925)
The gravestone was presumably intended for the grave of daughter Sarah Lydia Hersey.
If you have any corrections or additional information regarding the Hersey or DeForest families, please leave a comment.
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