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Today’s column is a combination article and obituary from The Bridgton News of Jan. 26, 1934, on the Cram family of Bridgton. I consider myself lucky today as a historian to be able to share a fine piece of writing by a former Bridgton historian, Ruth Barnard Sanborn, discussing the local family that produced Bridgton’s first historian. The historic appeal here is just too good to pass up, so please enjoy as we reflect on the life and career of Prof. Marshall Cram, and his grandfather the Hon. Marshall Cram. Enjoy!

“Death of Bowdoin Professor Recalls Local Connection”

The recent death of Marshall Cram, of Brunswick, for twenty-five years professor of Chemistry at Bowdoin College brings to the minds of our readers the connection of that name with the history of Bridgton.

Hon. Marshall Cram, the grandfather of Prof. Marshall Cram, conducted a general store at South Bridgton a century ago. He married Sarah Perley, a sister of Col. J. Putnam Perley. He built and occupied the house for many years, the home of Albert Berry and family, now owned by Albert Kilborn. His two sons, Nelson and Gardner, were born in this house. On the site of the present home of B.A. Whitney, Mr. Cram’s brother, Rensellaer, built the house now owned by

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