Fifth Generation

28. Joshua Edwin Bickford^146,147 was born in 1820 in Poland, Maine (Androscoggin).^95,98,146 He lived in Portland, Maine (Cumberland) in 1850.¹⁴⁶ He is listed as Josh on the 1850 census with his wife Sally. In 1850 he was a laborer in Portland, Maine (Cumberland).¹⁴⁶ Joshua lived in Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.⁹⁸ In 1870 he was a laborer in Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland).⁹⁵ He lived in Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland) in 1870.⁹⁵ Joshua died by being kicked to death by a horse on 7 June 1871 at the age of 51 in Falmouth, Maine (Cumberland).¹⁴⁸ KICKED TO DEATH BY HORSE--Mr. Joshua Bickford, aged 50 years, employed at the factory of J. Winslow Jones in Falmouth, was kicked to death by a horse yesterday morning. He took the horse from Mr. Henry Pearson, who is acting as foreman of the factory, to put up in a stable some distance from where the men were at work, and in three-quarters of an hour afterwards was found by Mr. Pearson lying partly in the stable and nearly dead. He was taken into the factory and Dr. Parker of Falmouth, was called, but he died immediately. His left leg was broken below the knee, some of his ribs broken, and his skull crushed. It is supposed that after feeding the animal that he stepped behind him to look at a sore on the off hind leg, and that in touching it the horse kicked, breaking his leg, which caused him to fall into the stall, where he was trampled upon. The horse when the man was found had kicked off one of the stall boards, has his fore feet in the manger and was trembling with fear. Deceased was a native of Scarborough, but ha lived in Falmouth twenty years. He leaves a wife and five children. Sarah "Sally" Walker and Joshua Edwin Bickford^{146,147,149,150} had marriage banns published on 21 May 1836 in Scarborough, Maine (Cumberland).^95,147 They^95,147 were married on 7 June 1836 in Scarborough, Maine (Cumberland).^{95,146,147,149}

29. Sarah "Sally" Walker^95,146,149 was born on 9 December 1820 in Poland, Maine (Androscoggin).^{95,98,146,148} She lived in Portland, Maine (Cumberland) in 1850.¹⁴⁶ She lived in Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.⁹⁸ Sarah lived in Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland) in 1870.⁹⁵ She lived in Portland, Maine (Cumberland) in 1880.¹⁴⁸ She lived as a widow at 19 Walnut Street in Portland, Maine (Cumberland) in 1886.¹⁴⁹ Sarah lived at 6 Cumberland in Portland, Maine (Cumberland) in 1889.¹⁵¹ She died on 29 September 1899 at the age of 78 in Portland, Maine (Cumberland). Death Records for Maine, Sarah Bickford died of Acute Indigestion on 29 Sep 1899 at 209 Congress Street, Portland Maine.

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