Person:Lorenzo Wardwell (1)
Lorenzo Dow Wardwell
b.5 Dec 1818 Penobscot, Hancock, ME
d.1 Jul 1907 Pembina, Pembina, ND
Parents and Siblings
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m. 4 Dec 1817
  1. Lorenzo Dow Wardwell1818 - 1907
  2. Isaiah Wardwell1820 - 1820
  3. Eliza Nickerson Wardwell1822 - 1845
  4. Irene Wardwell1823 - 1870
  5. Francis Asbury Wardwell1825 - 1850
  6. Sarah Hutchins Wardwell1826 - 1867
  7. Stephen Wardwell1828 - 1828
  8. Austin L. Wardwell1829 - 1863
  9. Irving Atwell Wardwell1831 - 1863
  10. Harrison B. Wardwell1833 - 1890
  11. Percival Goodwin Wardwell1835 - 1916
  12. Matilda W. Wardwell1837 - 1861
  13. Cecilia P. Wardwell1839 - 1888
  14. Julia P. Wardwell1841 - 1933
  15. Harriet Saunders Wardwell1843 - 1928
  16. Eliza Nickerson Wardwell1845 - 1871
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Lorenzo Dow Wardwell1818 - 1907
  • W.  Mary L.1819 - 1889
  1. Francis Asbury WardwellAbt 1844 - Bef 1930
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Facts and Events
Name Lorenzo Dow Wardwell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Dec 1818 Penobscot, Hancock, ME
Marriage to Mary L.
Occupation? Clergy
Death[2] 1 Jul 1907 Pembina, Pembina, ND

Named for a charismatic Methodist minister who would often attract upwards of 10,000 people for his outdoor travelling ministry. His views were so extreme that the Methodist church would not ordain him.

Living in Columbia, ME at 1850 United States Census. Also listed in Bucksport at the 1850 census. In Belfast, ME at 1860 Census with personal estate valued at $200. In Rockland, ME at 1870 census with real estate valued at $1000. Listed in Rockland Directory of 1875 as Presiding Elder of Methodist Church. Home on Grace Street. Living with son in Pembina, North Dakota in 1900

"A campmeeting was held last week at East Machias under the direction of Rev. L.D. Wardwell, Presiding Elder of the Bucksport District." -Bangor Whig & Courier 04 September 1882

"Our Orrington correspondent writes: Interesting quarterly meeting services were held at the M.E. Church last Sabbath. In the morning two persons were baptised and received into the church. In the afternoon, the Rev. L.D. Wardwell preached an excellent sermon at the Snow school house, and another in the evening at the church." -Bangor Whig & Courier 05 January 1883

References
  1. ↑ Penobscot, Maine Vital Records.
  2. ↑ Ellsworth American Obituaries.
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