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- ↑ Dearborn, Jeremiah W (1888). A History of the First Century of the Town of Parsonfield, Maine. Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Company. p. 180. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ↑ Dearborn, Jeremiah W (1888). A History of the First Century of the Town of Parsonfield, Maine. Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Company. p. 239. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ↑ Dearborn, Jeremiah W (1888). A History of the First Century of the Town of Parsonfield, Maine. Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Company. p. 464. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ↑ Chapter 217 of the Acts and Resolves of the Seventy-Fifth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1911, pp. 497, Augusta, Kennebec Journal Printers, 1922.
- ↑ Chapter 197 of the Acts and Resolves of the Maine Legislature, pp. 589, 1913.
- ↑ Chapter 216 of the Acts and Resolves of the Seventy-Fifth Legislature of the State of Maine 1911, pp. 496, Augusta, Kennebec Journal Printers, 1911.
- ↑ “Porter , Maine, 200 Years (1807-2007)” published by the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society, 2006 on page 61, Porter, Maine
