By Muriel Bristol | July 27, 2025
Benaiah Dore was born in Lebanon, ME, February 2, 1764, son of John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore.
Historical Memoranda. … Children of John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore were: Daniel, John, Jonathan, Hannah, Elizabeth, Charity, Joseph, Beniah, Philip, Wentworth, Paul, Sarah, Andrew and Dorothy (Dover Enquirer, June 4, 1868).
Benaiah Dore of Lebanon, ME, enlisted as a private, in December 1781, in Capt. John Fuller’s Company, in Col. William Shepards’ Fourth Massachusetts Regt., which was raised for the defense of West Point. He appeared in a muster roll there, in February 1782, and there until discharged in August or September 1783.
I, Joshua Pray of Lebanon in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that in the year A.D. 1781 I inlisted Seven men in Said Town of Lebanon into the Continental Service of the United States to be engaged in the Service of Said State in the war of the revolution and I further Say that Benaiah Dore, now of Milton in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire did enlist in the service as aforesaid in the Spring or Summer of Said year and that Said Dore did to my knowledge pass muster and was in Said Service for a number of Months but how long I cannot now recollect but I think for Considerable more than one year. Joshua Pray.
Strafford Ss. the 18th day of May A.D. 1818, the above named Joshua Pray personally appeared and made Sollom [Solemn] Oath that the Above declaration by him Subscribed was Just and true before Me. John Fish, Justice of the Peace.
Benaiah Dore of Milton, aged seventy-five years, testified in an affidavit, July 3, 1837, given in support of the Revolutionary pension application of Elizabeth (Witherell) Burrows, widow of Sgt. Jonathan Burrows of Lebanon, ME, Dore testified that he and six others had been recruited by Sgt. Burrows, in 1781, for the term of three years in the Continental service. (Jonathan Burrows died in Lebanon, ME, January 2, 1817).
“I, Benaiah Dore of Milton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy five years, depose, testify and say, that I enlisted into the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution, in the year 1781, at the time of my enlistment I lived in Lebanon in the County of York and provence [Province] of Maine, now State of Maine, and in the neighbourhood of Jonathan Burrows late of said Lebanon deceased, said Burrows had previously been ingaged [engaged] in the service, had been and [an] orderly sergeant, and was then a recruiting officer. I enlisted for three years with six others, none of the others are now alive to my knowledge. Soon after our enlistment, we all marched to Boston with said Burrows where we were to pass muster, the muster master refused at first to take me, as I was young and rather slender, but after sergeant Burrows had drild [drilled] me a few dayes, I went again before him, he then said we will take him, and if we can do nothing else with him we will make a drummer or fifer of him; after having pas’d muster I was attached to the fourth Massachusetts Regiment, Commanded by Col. [William] Sheappard in Capt. John Fuller’s Company, Capt. Fuller resigned I think in 1782 and Capt. [Jesse] Holister took his place. Mr. Burrows was joined to the fifth Massachusetts Regiment, we continued in Boston about one week, and then marched to West Point and joined the army. Sergeant Burrows had a brother by the name of David in the service with him, who was taken sick with the small pox and died. I had the same disorder at the same time and was sick in the hospital with said David Burrows, the said Jonathan Burrows was in to see us about every day and appeared to manifest great worriment of mind about his Brother and after his death appeared to be discontented, and wished to return home, and after having served about one year and a half as near as I can now recollect, he got a substitute, one Joseph Stevens to serve out the remainder of his three years enlistment and returned home to Lebanon aforesaid where he lived until his death, which took place about twenty years past. I do further depose and say, that my belief is that the said Jonathan Burrows acted as orderly sergeant untill he left the army ~ Benaiah {his x mark} Dore. Signed in presents [presence] of James Roberts
Strafford County ss. July 3rd 1837, personally appeared Benaiah Dore above named (who I certify is a creditable witness) and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true ~ Before me James Roberts Justice of the Peace.”
Benaiah Doore married (1st) in Berwick, ME, October 1, 1786, Experience Andrews, he of Lebanon, ME, and she of Berwick, ME.
(The known children of Benaiah and Experience (Andrews) Dore were: Benjamin Dore (1787-1877)).
Son Benjamin Dore was born in the Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, March 22, 1787.
Beniah Door headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], one male aged under-16 years [Benjamin Door], and three females [Experience (Andrews) Dore, and two others]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mark Miller, and James Berry. (See Northeast Parish in the First (1790) Federal Census).
Father John Dore died in 1796.
Brother Daniel Dore was one of twenty-four petitioners from Wakefield, Rochester & Dover, as well as Massachusetts, that signed the Salmon Falls sawmill petition of June 1797. (See Salmon Falls Sawmill Petition – 1797).
Beniah Door headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Experience (Andrews) Door], one male aged 10-15 years [Benjamin Door], one female aged 10-15 years, one male aged under-10 years, and two females aged under-5 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
Former company commander Capt. John Fuller (1731-1801) died in Lunenburg, MA, February 4, 1801, aged seventy years.
Elder brothers, Jonathan Dore and Daniel Dore, both signed the Rochester Division Petition of 1802. For whatever reason, Benaiah Dore did not so sign.
Beniah Door was assessed in the Milton School District No. 3 of Paul Jewett in 1806 (See Milton School Districts – 1806).
Experience (Andrews) Dore died in 1806. Benaiah Dore married (2nd) in Lebanon, ME, July 18, 1807, Mary “Polly” Pray. Rev. Zebulon Delano of Berwick, ME, performed the ceremony. She was born in Berwick, ME, circa 1780.
(The known children of Benaiah and Mary (Pray) Dore were: Eliphalet Pray Dore (1808–1868), Samuel Dore (1810–), Ebenezer P. Dore (1814–1841), Alice Dore (1817-), Isaac Benaiah Dore (1821–1891)).
Son Eliphalet Dore was born in Milton, July 26, 1808. Son Samuel Dore was born in Milton, July 4, 1810.
Mother Charity (Wentworth) Dore died circa 1810.
Benaiah Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Mary (Pray) Dore], one male aged 16-25 years, one female aged 10-15 years, one male aged under-10 years [Eliphalet P. Dore], and one female aged under-10 years [Mary H. Dore]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Josiah Moulton and Henry Miller.
Son Benjamin Dore married (1st), December 25, 1811, Mary Brackett.
Son Benjamin Dore was among those that petitioned the NH General Court, in or around June 1814, seeking incorporation of the Milton Congregational Society. (See Milton Congregational Society Petition – 1814).
Son Ebenezer P. Dore was born in Milton, in 1814. Daughter Alice Dore was born in Milton, in 1817.
Former regimental commander Col. William Shepard (1737-1817) died in Westfield, MA, November 16, 1817, aged eighty years.
DIED. At Westfield, on the 16th of inst., William Shepard, aged 80. – He will be recollected as a brave and respectable officer of the Revolutionary army, and afterwards as Commander of the 4th Division of the Militia, during the rebellion of 1785 & 6, in this Commonwealth. – While in the service of the United States he received a wound in his neck. – He died possessed of unsullied reputation as a Christian, fair fame as a Soldier, and undeviating integrity as a Citizen. In addition to his various military employments, Gen. S. was appointed by the suffrages of his fellow citizens to many highly important trusts in the civil department of government. – for several years he held a seat in the Council and Senate of this state, and in the Congress of the United States. Such appointments were evincive of the esteem in which he was held and the general confidence placed in him (Greenfield Recorder (Greenfield, MA), November 1817).
Daughter-in-law Mary (Brackett) Dore died July 8, 1818. Son Benjamin Dore married (2nd) in Shapleigh, ME, January 3, 1819, Deborah Brackett. She was born in Acton, ME, in 1779, daughter of Nathan W. and Mary (Heard) Brackett.
Benaiah Dore aged fifty-three years, resident in Milton, applied for a Revolutionary war veteran’s pension, in May 1818. He swore an affidavit in support of that application, March 16, 1819, before David M. Durrell, Strafford County Court of Common Pleas Justice,
… That he the said Benaiah Dore enlisted in said service in March or April 1781 in the state of Massachusetts to serve three years, that he joined the American army at West Point, & was attached to the company commanded by Capt. Fuller of the 4th Massachusetts Regt. commanded by Col. Shepard, that he continued to serve in the corps aforesaid, in the service of the United States, till August, or September 1783 when, in consequence of ill health, he was discharged from said service at West Point, in the state of New York ~
(Maine had then been a “Province” of Massachusetts). Benjamin Stevens gave an affidavit of his personal knowledge that Benaiah Dore of Milton had enlisted in the land service of the United States in 1781, for the term of three years. Levi Jones, justice-of-the-peace & of the quorum attested, July 10, 1819, that Stevens was a Gentleman whose character for truth and veracity had not to his knowledge been impeached.
David Knox testified that he too had served at West Point and that Benaiah Dore had joined him there as early as February 1782, and had remained there until discharged about the last of August or first of September 1783.
When the pension was approved, it commenced at the rate of $96 per annum retroactive to May 2, 1818.
However, the earliest Revolutionary war pension statutes and provisions required also that the pensioner be in “reduced circumstances,” as well as been a Revolutionary veteran. Benaiah Dore was dropped from the pension roll over this issue after the March 1820 payment.
Benaiah Dore, aged fifty-five years, a resident of Milton, appeared in Dover, NH, July 4, 1820, in order to present an account of his being in “reduced circumstances.”
53 acres of land with an old dwelling house and barn on the same ~ 2 oxen ~ 3 cows ~ 3 hogs & 2 shoats [piglets], one half of a pair of wheels ~ one plough & one half of one harrow ~ one axe & one hoe ~ Iron hollow ware, nine chairs ~ one loom and two wheels, 3 tables, 1 chest & 1 case of drawers ~ one heifer one year old ~ $25 income. Beniah {his x mark} Dore. Attest Levi Jones, Fred Ballard.
Dore described also the names and ages of his family members, and their ability to contribute to their own support, as being
… a wife named Polly aged forty years ~ one son aged 12 years, unhealthy and not able to earn a living, named Eliphalet Dore ~ 1 son 10 years old Samuel Dore in good health ~ one son 5 years old named Ebenezer Dore in health ~ one daughter 3 years of age named Alice Dore ~ that his wife is in a low state of health and poorly able to labour ~ that he is indebted to several persons $43 ~
Son Isaac Benaiah Dore was born in Milton, in 1821.
Benaiah Dore of Milton filed the following schedule of his property, February 13, 1829, in support of his application to resume his monthly pension.
Schedule of my property. 53 Acres of poor Land in Milton in said County with an Old house & Barn thereon, three Old tables, ½ doz. old Chairs, one Tea Kettle, 1 pot (cracked), 1 two pail Kettle, ½ doz. Knives & forks, one yoke of small Oxen, one yoke Steers, three Cows, 11 Sheep, 2 Spring Pigs, and I am indebted to sundry persons in the sum of eighty Seven Dollars. Beniah {his x mark} Dore.
Benaiah Dore published a notice of his emancipation of his still-minor son, Samuel Dore, in 1830. (Samuel Dore would have been about eighteen or nineteen years of age).
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I, THE subscriber, to hereby relinquish to my son, SAMUEL DORE, a minor, all right, title and claim to his future earnings, and allow him to transact business as of his own right, and shall not hereafter pay any debt or debts of his contracting. BENAIAH his x mark DORE. Attest, JOSHUA G. HALL. Milton, June 21, 1830 1* (Dover Enquirer, June 29, 1830).
Beniah Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Mary (Pray) Dore], two males aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years, and one male aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Hayes, Jr., and Deborah Ricker. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Benj. Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years, two males aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, two males aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, one female aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Phineas Wentworth, and Beard T. Varney. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Brother Daniel Dore died in Milton, January 31, 1831.
Former company commander Capt. Jesse Hollister (1756-1831) of Lenox, MA, died in Burlington, VT, January 19, 1831, aged seventy-six years.
DEATHS. In Burlington, Capt. Jesse Hollister, aged 76, a soldier of the Revolution (Working Man’s Gazette (Woodstock, VT), February 2, 1831).
Bennaiah Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 70-79 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Mary (Pray) Dore], one male aged 30-39 years, two males aged 20-29 years, two females aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, and one male aged under-5 years. Five members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Dore and Phineas Wentworth. It included a Revolutionary pensioner, Bennaiah Dore, aged seventy-five years, i.e., the householder himself.
Benjamin Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years, one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, two males aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, two males aged 10-14 years, two females aged 5-9 years, and one female aged under-5 years. Six members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mary Miller and Bennaiah Dore.
Son Eliphalet Dore married in Dover, NH, in 1840, Augusta H. Fox, he of Milton and she of Dover, NH. She was born in Acton, ME, in May 1813, daughter of James and Sally (Whitehouse) Fox.
Married. In this town, Mr. Eliphalet Dore of Milton, to Miss Augusta Fox, of this town (Dover Enquirer, November 10, 1840).
Son Ebenezer P. Dore died in 1841. Brother Wentworth Dore died in Milton, August 24, 1845.
Beniah Dore, a farmer, aged eighty-five years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Pray)] Dore, aged sixty-seven years (b. ME), Isaac B. Dore, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), Abby [(Howe)] Dore, aged twenty-eight years (b. ME), John D. Dore, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Samuel Dore, aged five years (b. NH), and Mary Jones, aged forty-seven years (b. ME). Isaac B. Dore had real estate valued at $1,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Eliphalet Dore, a shoemaker, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and Noah Merrow, a marble worker, aged thirty-three years (b. NH).
Eliphalet Dore, a shoemaker, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Augusta [(Fox)] Dore, aged thirty-eight years (b. ME), James F. Dore, aged six years (b. NH), and Ella M. Dore, aged eight months (b. NH). Isaac B. Dore had real estate valued at $800. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Dore, a farmer, aged sixty-three years (b. ME), and Beniah Dore, a farmer, aged eighty-five years (b. ME).
Son Eliphalet P. Dore of Milton made his last will, December 3, 1852. He bequeathed to his beloved wife, Augusta Dore, the improvement of all his property, both real and personal, so long as she remained his widow. He bequeathed that same property, after the decease of his widow, in equal shares to his three children, Nathaniel Hanson Dore, James Freeman Dore, and Ella Maria Dore. He named his brother, Isaac Dore, as executor. Reuben Buck, Asa N. Witham, and Susan Dore signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 80:147).
Benaiah Dore died in Milton, February 2, 1854, aged ninety years. His widow, Mary [(Pray)] Dore, a resident of Milton, aged seventy-three years, applied for a Revolutionary veteran’s widow’s pension, June 6, 1854. She stated that
… she was married to the said Benaiah Dore on (or about) the eighteenth day of July, A.D. 1807; that her said husband died on the second day of February A.D. 1854; that she was not married to him prior to the 2nd of February eighteen hundred, but at the time stated. She further declares that she is now a widow ~ Mary {her x mark} Dore. Attest, Daniel Otis, Wm H. Hatchett.
(Mary {her x mark} Dore made a similar statement before John L. Swinerton, J.P., March 30, 1854, as did Asa Fox (Strafford County Probate, Old Series, 16775)).
Mary Dore, widow of Benaiah Dore, a Revolutionary war private, was placed on the Federal pension roll, from April 2, 1854, at the rate of $96 per annum.
Benjamin Dorr, a farm laborer, aged seventy-four years (b. ME), headed a New Hampton, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Deborah [(Brackett)] Dorr, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME), Deborah A. Dorr, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and Martha Dorr, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). Benjamin Dorr had real estate valued at $600 and personal estate valued at $150.
Eliphalet P. Dore, aged fifty-one years, headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dore, aged forty-seven years, Nathl H. Dore, aged nineteen years, James F. Dore, aged sixteen years, and Ella M. Dore, aged ten years.
Isaac B. Dore, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abba [(Howe)] Dore, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), Mary [(Pray)] Dore, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH [SIC]), Phinehas Howe, a farm laborer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), A.S. Shaw, a farm laborer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), and E.G. Chamberlin, aged forty-three years (b. NH). Isaac B. Dore had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $600. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Eliphalet P. Dore, a farmer, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and George Howe, a shoemaker, aged thirty-one years (b. ME).
John C. Dore, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Samuel E. Dore, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Julia A. [(Corliss)] Dore, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), H.A. Dore, aged three years (b. NH), and Susan [(—-)] Dore, aged forty-five years (b. NH). John C. Dore had real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Wallingford, Jr., a farmer, aged forty-one years (b. NH), and Benja Roberts, a farmer, aged sixty-six years (b. NH).
Isaac B. Dore of Milton registered for the Class II military draft in Milton, in June 1863. He was a shoemaker, aged forty-two years (b. NH).
Mary (Pray) Dore died in Milton, November 17, 1863, aged eighty-one years.
Daughter-in-law Deborah (Brackett) Dore died in Lebanon, ME, November 26, 1865, aged seventy-three years, ten months.
Brother Andrew Dore died in Milton, December 17, 1866.
Son Eliphalet P. Dore added a codicil to his last will of December 1852 (see above), January 23, 1868. In this codicil, he revoked the one-third equal share of his daughter, Ella Maria Dore, and instead allocated the reversion of his property to his two sons, Nathaniel H. Dore and James F. Dore, in equal halves. His daughter, Ella M. Dore was to have $50 and a home with her mother and brothers so long as she remained single. Rufus W. Brackett, Nicholas H. Roberts, and Isaac B. Dore signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 80:148).
Son Eliphalet Dore died in Milton, February 10, 1868, aged fifty-nine years.
DIED. In Milton, Feb. 10, Eliphalet Dore, aged 59 years (Dover Enquirer, March 26, 1868).
The last will of Eliphalet P. Dore, and its codicil, were proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Somersworth, NH, June 2, 1868 (Strafford County Probate, 80:148).
Benjamin Dorr, a retired carpenter, aged eighty-three years (b. NH), headed a New Hampton, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Martha J. Dorr, a tailoress, aged thirty years (b. NH), Deborah H. [(Dorr)] Hubbard, a housekeeper, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), and John M. Hubbard, aged eight years (b. MA) (b. NH). Benjamin Dorr had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $1,000. Martha J. Dorr had personal estate valued at $500.
Nathaniel H. Dorr, a farm labourer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dorr, a housekeeper, aged fifty-six years (b. ME), Ella M. Dorr, works in woolen mill, aged twenty years (b. NH), James F. Dorr, a farm labourer, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and Lizzie S. [(Maddox)] Dorr, works in woolen mill, aged twenty-five years (b. ME). Nathaniel H. Dorr had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $450. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nicholas H. Roberts, a farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME), and Isaac B. Dorr, a farm laborer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH).
Isaac B. Dorr, a farm laborer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Abbie [(Howe)] Dorr, aged forty-nine years (b. ME). Isaac B. Dorr had real estate valued at $1,500 and personal estate valued at $350. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathaniel H. Dorr, a farm laborer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Lizzie A. Howe, keeping house, aged forty-eight years (b. ME).
Son Benjamin Dore died in Lebanon, ME, November 20, 1877, aged ninety years, eight months.
Daughter-in-law Susan (—-) Dore died October 17, 1878, aged sixty-five years, eight months, and twelve days. (“A Faithful Friend”).
Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dorr, keeping house, aged sixty-five years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Nathaniel H. Dorr, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), Ella A. Dorr, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and James F. Dorr, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), his daughter-in-law, Sarah E. [(Maddox)] Dorr, aged thirty-six years (b. ME), and his granddaughters, Lillian R. Dorr, aged seven years (b. NH), Gracie E. Dorr, aged four years (b. NH), and No-Name [] Dorr, aged one year (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Edmund Drew, a farm laborer, aged fifty-five years (b. ME), and Edmund Horn, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH).
Isaac B. Dorr, a day laborer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household (“Village of Milton Mills”) at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Abby [(Howe)] Dorr, keeping house, aged fifty-eight years (b. ME). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Freeman E. Stevens, runs steam engine in mill, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Cyrus F. Hart, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH).
Granddaughter Ella M. Door died of an ovarian tumor in Milton, June 21, 1889, aged thirty-nine years, eight months, and fourteen days. She was a single houseworker. W.E. Pillsbury, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son Isaac B. Door died of heart failure in Milton Mills, July 1, 1891, aged seventy years, five days. He was a married laborer. W.E. Pillsbury, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Daughter-in-law Abigail (Howe) Dore died of a cancerous tumor, April 21, 1895, aged seventy-three years, eleven months. She was a widowed housewife. She was born in Newfield, circa 1822, daughter of Phineas and Hannah (Ham) Howe.
Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dore, a farmer, aged eighty-seven years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her son, James F. Dore, a grain dealer, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), her daughter-in-law (of twenty-nine years), Sarah E. [(Maddox)] Dore, aged fifty-two years (b. ME), and her grandchildren, Grace E. Dore, a weaver (wool) aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Charlotte P. Dore, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Augusta M. Dore, at school, aged seventeen years (b. NH), and Winnie B. Dore, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH). Augusta H. Dore owned their farm, free-and-clear. She was the mother of three children, of whom one was still living. Sarah E. Dore was the mother of six children, of whom four were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James H. Horne, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and Lena F. Drew, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty-three years (b. ME)..
James D. Dorr, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included his mother, Augusta [(Fox)] Dorr, aged ninety-seven years (b. ME), and his sister[-in-law], Elizabeth [(Maddox)] Dorr, a weaver (woolen mill), aged sixty years (b. ME). James D. Dore owned their farm, free-and-clear. Augusta Dore was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James H. Horne, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and Lena F. Drew, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty-three years (b. ME).
Daughter-in-law Augusta H. Dore of Milton made her last will, March 7, 1913. She devised $850 to her granddaughter Grace E. Evans. She devised $250 to her daughter-in-law, Lizzie Dore, and whatever might remain in her Norway Plains Savings Bank account (Passbook 4908). She devised to her granddaughter, Augusta M. Henderson, her homestead farm, with buildings, and appurtenances. That granddaughter was to care for her daughter-in-law, Lizzie Dore. She appointed Charles D. Fox of Milton to be executor. Lena F. Drew, Calvin S. Haines, and Charles D. Dox signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 140:241).
Daughter-in-law Augusta H. (Fox) Dore celebrated her one-hundredth birthday on May 13, 1913.
Former Maine Woman Centenarian. Milton Mills, N.H., May 9. – “I am not a bit tired, but I am afraid some of the rest of you are.” These were the words of Mrs. Augusta H. Dore to her granddaughters after she had received the congratulations of 300 of her friends and neighbors at a reception at her home in Milton Mills, Tuesday, in honor of her 100th birthday. The children of the neighborhood public school to the number of 80 marched to her home early in the day to greet her, bearing 100 pinks. A shower of letters and cards from all parts of the country was received. Mrs. Dore was the recipient also of three birthday cakes, which with other refreshments, she served to her guests. Late in the afternoon she enjoyed an auto ride and at the close of the day’s observance her pastor, Rev. James W. Williams of the Free Baptist church, spoke words of congratulations and offered prayer. Mrs. Dore was born in Acton, Me., about two miles from her present home, being a near neighbor of Ralph Farnum, the last survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill. Her maiden name was Fix [Fox]. Seventy-five years ago she married Eliphlet Dore and removed to her present home, close to line between Maine and New Hampshire. Her husband died 30 years ago, since which time her only child, James F., cared for her until his death, five months ago. A granddaughter has since resided at the home place. Mrs. Dore has each summer done work out of doors, in her garden, and has been active in the work of the home. All her faculties are acute, and she gives little evidence of her advanced years. For more than 80 years she has been a member of the Free Baptist church in Milton Mills (Kennebec Journal, [Wednesday,] May 14, 1913).
Daughter-in-law Augusta H. (Fox) Dore died of heart failure in Milton Mills, April 2, 1914, aged one hundred years, ten months, and twenty-seven days.
MRS. DORE, AGED 101 YEARS, DEAD. New Hampshire’s-Oldest Woman, a Native of Acton, Me., Passed Away at Milton Mills. Mrs. Augusta H. Dore, of Milton Mills, N.H., passed away at her home April 2, after a few days illness. Her age was 100 years, 10 months, 27 days. She retained all her faculties up to the last, and spoke a few moments before the end. She was very tenderly cared for by her granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur Henderson, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. J.F. Dore. Funeral services were held at her home, Sunday, April 5, conducted by Rev. J.W. Williams, former pastor of the Free Baptist church, of which she has been. a member for 83 years. He was assisted by Rev. Mr. Southwick, and Mrs. Minnie Buckley of Milton sang. Floral tributes were many and beautiful (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), April 10, 1914).
The last will of of daughter-in-law Augusta H. Dore was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Somersworth, NH, May 19, 1914 (Strafford County Probate, 140:).
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Find a Grave. (2009, September 18). Andrew Dore. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/42115837/andrew-dore
Find a Grave. (2011, December 31). Benniah Dore. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/82754799/benniah-dore
Find a Grave. (2009, November 12). Charity Dore. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/44236606/charity-dore
Find a Grave. (2009, September 18). Daniel Dorr. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/42114903/daniel-dorr
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Find a Grave. (2013, May 8). Eliphalet Dore. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/110236163/eliphalet-dore
Find a Grave. (2013, May 8). Isaac Benniah Dore. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/110239241/isaac_benniah-dore
Find a Grave. (2013, August 13). Richard Dore. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115379748/richard-dore
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