Person:Joseph Wardwell (13)

"Joseph H. Wardwell was the first cabinet maker in Rumford . He opened a shop at the Corner and operated it until he bought the store and tavern of Solomon Crockett in 1831 . He was succeeded in the business of cabinet making by his cousin, Jeremiah Wardwell , who continued it until the time of his death. Joseph H. Wardwell was an able business man, and the most prosperous period ever enjoyed by the Corner was when he carried on business there. He was a man of great suavity of manner and disposition, but when imposed upon, no man knew better how to resent it. His mother was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Hemmenway of Wells , one of the most noted Maine ministers of the eighteenth century. Mr. Wardwell was captain of the Light Infantry in Rumford , and was a fine military man, qualities which he inherited from his father. He reared a large family and died comparatively young. He and his father were buried on the same day, March 5, 1849 . He died in Hanover where he moved when he sold out to Ross." -History of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine From its First Settlement in 1779 to the Present Time , 1890

1. ↑ History of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine From its First Settlement in 1779 to the Present Time , 1890.
2. ↑ Gravestone.
3. ↑ William Wardwell of Andover With an Informal Collection of His Descendants through the 8th Generation, Majorie Wardwell Otten 2002.