Daniel Blaisdell was born in Vermont in 1778, and came to Portland in
1836, settling on the place now owned by his son Mason. He was one of the first County Commissions, elected in 1839, and was a man of excellent judgment, and very highly respected.
He died in 1855. He had two children,
Mason, who married Miss Alzina Rowe, and lives in Portland, and
Caroline wife of Daniel F. Cole, who also lives in Portland.
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