From the Evening Journal of Lewiston, Maine 21 Jan. 1870. This newspaper ran from 1869-1972 in Maine. This is a list of overweight men as listed in this newspaper, kinda humorous considering most of these weights are commonplace now.
Name Born Height Ht. Wt. Birthplace occupation town of residency
ADDITION Isaiah 10 Nov. 1823 6' 205# Leeds farmer South Leeds
ADDITON John Calvin 11 June 1814 5'11" 200# Greene real estate agent Auburn
ALDEN O F 1841 6'1" 203# Livermore mason E Livermore
ALEXANDER James 1819 5'9.5" 218# stable keeper Brunswick
ALLEN Benjamin 17 Mar 1797 5'8" 210# Greene farmer Greene
ALLEN Melvin A 26 Apr 1835 6'4.5" 223# Hebron farmer Buckfield
ANDERSON Samuel Dr 9 Mar 1807 5'8.5" 225# Deering, NH physician Bath
ANDREWS William 30 July 1819 5'10.5" 210# Turner machinist Lisbon
BAILEY Samuel 6 Mar 1793 5'8" 232# Minot farmer Minot
BAKER F H 1842 6' 215# soap manufacturer Gardiner
BANGS John 1840 5' 11" 210# Webster blacksmith Webster
BARRON James 1830 5'10.5" 251# clerk Topsham
BARROWS J H 1831 6' 238# physician Gardiner
BARTER Daniel Pike 1800 5'10" 222# Auburn wood cutter .
BARTER Daniel P 1800 5'10.5" 222# Gilmanton VT - -
BATCHELDER H A 1834 5'11.5" 222# . mechanic Waterville
BEALS Rufus . . . Turner . .
BEAN F W 1822 6'2" 233# farmer Augusta
BEAN Nathan ? . . . . Auburn
BERRY Osborn R 12 Feb. 1838 6'2" 218# Denmark blacksmith Lewiston
BESSEY C K 1817 6'2" 205# farmer Wayne
BICKFORD Seth H 6 May 1829 5'9" 200# Lewiston farmer & butcher Lisbon
BICKNELL D B 1842 6'2" 212# Buckfield farmer Poland
BICKNELL Hosea 18 May 1803 5'7" 204# Hebron carriage maker Lewiston
BISSELL W E 1830 6' 207# Auburn
BLACK Alvah 1818 6' 228# lawyer Paris
BLAKE Oliver 1804 5'10" 210# Gorham laborer Lewiston
BLANCHARD J K June 1820 died 16 Sept 1885 age 65y 3 m . 250# Lewiston . .
BONNEY C B 1833 6'1" 221# Peru farmer Turner
BOOTHBY Roswell C 16 Jan 1840 209# Leeds milling E Livermore
BOWIE Royal 13 Dec 1840 5'8" 202# Durham farmer Durham
BOWLES Freederick 1833 died 24 Mar 1901 ? 5'9" 204# Livermore farmer Livermore
BRACKETT George 1813 5'9.5" 347.5# North Hermon
BRADBURY Charles Augustus 15 June 1842 210# Greene or 9Auburn)* farmer Greene
BRADBURY E A 1843 6'1.5" 210# Auburn . .
BRADFORD Lewis ? . . . . Auburn
BRADLEY Charles . . . . Lewiston
BRIDHAM _________ . . . . . Lewiston
BRIGGS H W 1829 5'11" 201# Livermore farmer Livermore
BROOKS B ? . . . . Auburn
BROWN E Wood 1830 5'11" 262# Poland farmer Minot
BROWN Edward 1808 5'10" 223# Turner farmer Turner
BRYANT Hiram 1817 died 1 Aug 1878 5'11" 208# Turner farmer Turner
BUCK Ambrose 1822 . . . stable keeper Lewiston
BURGESS Stephen James 1829 (died 26 Jan. 1893) 5'9.5" 200# Fairfield merchant E Livermore
BURNS G G 1834 6' 220# truckman Augusta
BUTLER Francis Gould 31 Mar. 1812 6'1" 245# farmer Farmington
CARR I A 1831 5'11" 204# farmer Readfield
CHAMBERLIN William 1834 6'1.5" 211# Auburn insurance agent Auburn
CHISAM Harvey 1810 5'11" 265# . merchant Augusta
CLARK Amos Jr 1814 5'10" 210# Greene farmer Greene
CLARK Philo 1805 6' 200# Minot farmer & Miller Turner
COBB Jonathan Levett Haskell 5 Aug 1824 5'9" 204# Lewiston manufacturer Lewiston
(or Poland)
COBB Zenas (father of J. L. H. Cobb) Poland
COLE John W 1825 5'9" 210# Poland painter Poland
COLE Levi T 1829 5'9" 206# Poland shoemaker Poland
COLE Osgood 1833 5'11" 247# Poland shoemaker Poland
COLLINS Benjamin 1823 6' 229# Monson policeman Lewiston
COOMBS J D 1837 5'10" 205# Bowdoin carpenter Lisbon
COOMBS Thomas 25 Jan 1801 6' 215# Brunswick farmer & mechanic Durham
COOMBS William Dunham 21 Jan 1830 5'9.5" 205# Lisbon trader Lisbon
COWINNG William H 1810 5'10" 220# Gardiner depot master Lisbon
COX Thomas J 1807 6' 225# merchant Dixfield
CRAFT Martin 1800 6' 220# West Auburn shoemaker Auburn
CRAM Ganzelo 1820 5'11" 203# East Livermore farmer East Livermore
CROCKER Joseph 1813 6'2" 234# Minot Minot
CUNNINGHAM George 1837 4'9" 217# Vermont laborer Lewiston
CURTIS Albert 1808 5'11" 230# farmer Brunswick
CURTIS Luther 1821 5'10" 210# insurance agent New Sharon
DAGGETT John Carroll 29 Jul 1833 5'11" 210# Greene farmer Greene
DARRAH Warren C 5'9" 205# . . Lewiston
DAVIS Eliphalet 1807 6'1" 231# Poland farmer Poland
DAVIS Joseph 1807 died 28 March 1873 6' 206# Durham farmer Durham
DAVISJoseph F 1828 5'8" 203# Lewiston butcher Lewiston
DAVIS Joseph W . . . . . Auburn
DAVIS Mansfield . . . . . Auburn
DAVIS Nathaniel E 1826 5'8" 213# Lewiston farmer Lewiston
DEARBORN T W 1820 6' 248# wood dealer Monmouth
DEERING Charles W 1836 5'10" 227# stable keeper Bath
DENNETT Nathaniel 1810 5'10" 240# Bowdoin farmer Webster
DEXTER R . . . . . Auburn
DIXON Harmon 1815 5'11" 228# Wales stone cutter Lewiston
DOUGLASS O G 1837 6'3" 207# Bowdoinham trader City Marshall Lewiston
DOUGLASS Waitsill Webber 1 Nov 1818 5'9.5" 210# Durham house carpenter Wales
DURGIN Jos . . . . watchman Augusta
DRAKE Charles 208# Auburn cigar maker Lewiston
DRESSER Lucius 1814 5'10" Turner farmer & currier Turner
DRESSER Randall 1841 6' 208# Lovell store clerk Lewiston
DUNBAR Josiah 1819 5'11" 245# Bridgewater Minot
DUNHAM Lucius C Aug 1840 6' 205# Leeds baker Lewiston
DUNN John S 1825 6'2" 220# Poland farmer Poland
DURELL Charles Franklin 22 Apr 1834 5'11" 207# Portland merchant Oxford
DURGIN Jos Poland
DYER Moses 1 Oct 1809 5"8" 216# Durham shoemaker Turner
EATON Ebenezer G. Rev 1807 died 13 Aug 1883 200# Greene
EATON John 1815 5'10" 260# Auburn farmer Webster
EMERSON Andrew . . . . farmer Litchfield
EMERSON O S . . . . . Auburn
EMERSON S G 1845 6'3" 205# Litchfield
EMERSON Samuel . . . . . Auburn
EMERY Charles 1828 6'5" 206# boot & shoe dealer Lewiston
FAIRBANKS Jonathan 1812 6'1" 220# Harrison clergyman Livermore
FARR C John 1818 farmer Lewiston
FAUGHT Columbus K. 1832 6'1.5" 210# Policeman Lewiston
FIELD Robert 30 Jan 1835 . . . . Lewiston
FLAGG Charles 1824 5'11" 205# brickmaker Auburn
FOGG Nathan Lewiston
FORD Marshall 4 Sept 1807 5'10.5" 220# Readfield carpenter Lewiston
FOSS B B . . . . . Auburn
FOSS James O . . . . . Auburn
FRANK Z J 1834 6'1" 223# Poland trader Poland
FRENCH Justus Turner
FULLER Joel 1789 6' 220# farmer E Livermore
GERRY J S Poland
GILBERT Marselle 1849 5'10" 205# Leeds farmer Greene
GILSON Archelaus T 1846 6'6.5" 230# Poland farmer Poland
GIVEN Joseph 1838 6' 207# Wales farmer Wales
GODDARD Isaac Lewiston
GOODWIN Gee O 1847 6' 205# Minot ME shoemaker Minot
GOULD Oliver 1817 5'10" 201# wholesale grocer Augusta
GRAY Hartley 18?? 6'1" 215# Embden farmer E Livermore
GREENLEAF Eugene D 1835 6' 201# Boston MA manufacturer Webster
GROSS Daniel 1802 6'1" 254# Danville pork packer Auburn
GULLE A G 1842 6'1" 210# Augusta farmer E Livermore
HAM Jacob Barker 24 Mar 1824 6' 212# Lewiston trader Lewiston
HAM Worcester 1824 5' 11" 202# Wales farmer Wales
HAMLIN Charles Henry 27 May 1810 5'10" 240# Augusta drygoods merchant Augusta
HAMMOND William 1840 6' 201# engineer Brunswick
HANNAFORD C C 1811 5'11" 200# New Gloucester farmer Lisbon
HANSON Levi C/G 1823 5'7" 215# Westbrook lumberman Lisbon
HARDY Sylvia Miss 1825 6'10.5" 366# Wilton Wilton
HARTWELL George G 1815 5'10" 207# Auburn artist & sign painter Lewiston
HARTWELL I N 1818 5'9.5" 205# merchant Augusta
HARVEY D 1835 5'10" 260# manufacturer Bath
HAVEN A G 1851 6' 363# Chelsea MA
HAYFORD Sumner 1818 5'11" farmer Hartford
HEATH S E 1833 5'11" 230# Litchfield
HIGGINS Mijah 1816 6'2" 219# steam work Lewiston
HILTON William F 10 Aug 1819 6' 226# Winthrop butcher Lewiston
HINDS E G 1824 6' 220# Livermore farmer Livermore
HINES Gilbert 1801 6' 201# Livermore landlord Livermore
HINKLEY Andrew 1831 5'11" 205# Lisbon cattle broker & butcher Lewiston
HODGES Daniel 1807 5'10" 214# Belgrade gentleman Lewiston
HOLMES Thomas 1826 5'11" 200# Litchfield
HOOD Otis Jr 1837 5'8" 221# Turner shoemaker Turner
HOWARD Everett 1821 '9" 238# farmer Augusta
HUBBARD John 1819 6'1" 207# farmer Fayette
HURTS James F 1817 5'9" 205# England manufacturer Webster
HUTCHENS G A 1833 6'6.5" 207# Minot shoemaker Auburn
HUTCHINSON Dexter 1816 6' 212# Litchfield farmer Wales
HUTCHINSON Edward 1820 5'8.5" 230# Buckfield shoemaker Auburn
HYDE Henry 210# laborer E Livermore
JILLSON A T 1846 6'5.25" 230# Otisfield
JERRIS Peter 1831 barber Lewiston
JONES Barnum 210# Lewiston
JORDAN Albion 1838 5'11" 200# Webster farmer Webster
JORDAN Isaac 1824 5'11" 202# Lewiston clerk Lewiston
KEEN Benjamin 4 Nov 1814 6' 233# Turner lumberman Turner
KEEN Edward 21 Oct 1806 6' 208# Turner farmer Turner
KEEN Hanover 1801 6' 236# Turner farmer Turner
KEEN Jacob 1791 6'2" 223# Turner retired Turner
KEEN John 19 Feb 1817 6'6" 227# Turner joiner Turner
KEENE Lincoln 1807 farmer Auburn
KELLY Major 1822 5'10" 210# manufacturer Washington Plt
KING S H 1825 6'2" 236# tanner & currier Monmouth
KINSLEY Lyman 1838 230# Auburn
KINSLEY Simeon 1832 6'1.5" 203# Auburn
KNEELAND S R 5'11" 202# Lewiston
KNIGHT Enoch ?? 6'3"
KNOWLTON Daniel 1814 5'10" 254# Minot farmer Auburn
KNOWLTON Harrison Auburn
KNOWLTON Hosea Minot
LAMB Russell 1816 225# blacksmith Lewiston
LANE Alden 1810 5'9" 215# landlord E Livermore
LANE Jonathan Auburn
LAPHAM William B 21 Aug 1828 5'11" 208# Woodstock physician Woodstock
LARKIN Michael 1809 5'10" 230# Ireland tailor E Livermore
LEACH H B 1825 6' 225# Canton farmer Livermore
LEACH ________ 210# Lewiston
LEADBETTER Horace 1818 or (28 Nov. 1813) 6' 278# Leeds farmer South Leeds
LEARD Hezekiah 1787 5'10" 314# Augusta
LIBBY Conelius 1814 6' 200# Scarboro' farmer Wales
LITCHFIELD H 1825 5'10" ?? calker Bath
LITTLEFIELD M J 1821 6' 215# Cornish pumpmaker Minot
LITTLEFIELD Enoch The President of the Fatman Society (born 1794- died 1873) . . Minot? . Auburn
LITTLEFIELD J W 1825 6'4" 221# machinist Augusta
LITTLEFIELD Joshua (? died 22 Mar. 1887 ae 90y 8m) ? Minot Auburn
LITTLEFIELD Lewis ( died 13 Sept 1884 ae 64-3-19) Minot? Auburn
LOMBARD Hardin 1817 6' 250# Wales farmer Wales
LOMBARD I C 1829 6'1" 242# Auburn
LOMBARD Luther L Capt 1813 died 12 May 1880 died 8y 3m 26d 6' 220# Wales shipmaster Webster
LONGFELLOW A B 1824 6' 207# merchant Augusta
LUDDEN Manderville T 17 Feb 1830 attorney at law Lewiston
LYDSTON William 1825 5'10.5" 215# Bowdoin Street commissioner Lewiston
LYFORD Jesse B 1820 died 31 Aug 1895 East Livermore Maine State Senator Lewiston
MACK Orville F 1830 5'11" 235# traveling salesman Charlestown MA
MAHONY _________ Lewiston
MAINS William 22 Nov 1839 5'11" 223# Webster machinist Lisbon
MARR Elbridge Gerry 11 Jan 1811 214# farmer Litchfield
MARR Henry Col. 1802 died 12 May 1880 age 78y 3m 26d) 5'11" 205# Wales farmer Wales
MARR Winter 31 Mar 1815 5'9" 223# Lisbon farmer Lisbon
MARTIN I N 1828 6' 212# engineer Portland
MAY Samuel Ellery 3 Dec 1832 5'10" 200# Winthrop broker Lewiston
MAYBURY N 1829 6' 251# Casco farmer Turner
McCLUM _________ Lewiston
McGILLICUDDY Patrick 1821 5'11" 220# Ireland shoe maufact'r & farmer Lewiston
MERRILL N Auburn
MERRILL William I 1844 6' 200# Lewiston farmer Lisbon
MERROW Aaron 11 July 1806 5'11" 213# Minot farmer Poland
MERROW Eliphalet 19 Jan 1815 farmer Auburn
MERROW F D Auburn
MERROW Lewis Thorton 15 Sept 1808 carpenter Auburn
MILLETT A R 1827 5'10.5" Auburn doctor E Livermore
MITCHELL A C 1821 5'11" 200# Yarmouth policeman Lewiston
MITCHELL Naham 1803 6' 200# Turner farmer Turner
MORRILL N Auburn
MORRISON Cyrus 1817 6'3" 202# E Livermore farmer E Livermore
MORRISON John B 1821 6' 260# farmer Farmington
MORSE Richard D 1828 6' 205# Livermore blacksmith Livermore
MOULTON Jona. 22 Apr 1823 died 7 Nov. 1887 5'8" 227# merchant Wayne
MOWER Lemuel 1795 5'8" 205# Greene farmer Greene
NASON Benjamin W 1819 5'8" 205# Windham farmer Durham
NEAL S F 206# doctor E Livermore
NICHOLAS Henry N 1833 5'10" 213# E Livermore farmer E Livermore
NILES Joseph 22 Jan 1822 5'10" 205# Webster harnessmaker Webster
NOBLE Eleazer R father of Mayor Frank Noble 205# Lewiston
NORRIS F D 1837 5'10.5" 202# West Peru farmer E Livermore
NUTTING Aaron 17 Apr. 1826 3'2" 92# Lisbon Watchmaker Jeweller
Town Clerk Lisbon
NUTTING Aaron has a brother as small as he is" This would have to be David
(born in 1819) or George (born 1817) 4'4" 92#
OAKES Sylvester 1820 5'5" 210# Temple doctor Auburn
ORMSBY D V B 1819 6'2" 261# insurance agent Farmington
ORR H C 1828 6' 248# master mariner Harpswell
O'SULLIVAN C 4'2" 112# Ireland Lewiston
O'SULLIVAN Cornelius 1837 3'8" 110# Ireland Lewiston
PARKER Frederick B. 6 Jan 1842 5'11" 203# Greene farmer Greene
PARKER Ingerson 8 Oct. 1808 5'10" 201# Greene farmer Greene
PARSONS Joshua 1797 5'8" 205# Minot
PATCH David 1828 5'9.5" 244# Portland trader Minot
PATTERSON Joseph W 2 July 1809 5'10" 220# trader Augusta
PENLEY Seward Auburn
PENLY Enoch ?? Auburn
PETTENGILL A C Auburn
PHETTEPLACE D 210# Lewiston
PHILLIPS Washington 6' 235# Turner Lewiston
PHIPPS P A G W 1825 5'11" 208# farmer Chatham NH
PIERCE Charles A 1842 6'1" 208# Poland paper maker Minot
PIERCE Nathaniel 1821 6'10" 226# gentlemen E Livermore
PITTS Almon 1813 6' 200# Livermore carpenter Livermore
PRATT Elisha 1815 5'11" 203# Turner farmer Turner
PRATT J F 1831 5'10" 215# physician New Sharon
PRAY A C 1837 5'9" 202# Livermore farmer Livermore
PUMPILLY I B ?? Auburn
PUMPILLY Samuel Capt. ? Auburn
PULLEN Kneelan B 1824 241# Waterville trader Lewiston
RECORD S T 1828 5'9" 225# Hebron policeman Lewiston
RICHARDSON V M 1816 5'8" 208# trader Jay
RICHARDSON W T 225# millman Lewiston
RICKER George H 1852 5'10" 220# Poland produce broker Poland
RICKER ______ 1800 5'11" 240# Berwick farmer Webster
ROBBINS John M 10 Nov. 1824 5'10" 205# Greene cattle broker Greene
ROBERTSON G A 1841 5'11" Augusta
ROGERS Charles 1792
died 12 Mar 1870 5'11.75" 245# Windham farmer Lisbon
ROSE Charles B 200# clergyman Greene
ROSE Cyrus 1818 died 27 Sept 1902 6' 201# Livermore farmer Livermore
ROSE Harrison 3 Nov. 1815 200# Greene farmer Greene
ROUNDS William H 19 July 1832 5'10" 225# Danville trader Minot
RUSSELL Stephen A 1834 5'11" 225# jeweller Augusta
SANBORN James S (died 30 Aug 1919) 244# merchant Lewiston
SAUNDERS John E 1844 died 1 Jan 1919 5'10" 215# Norway blacksmith Poland
SCABERLING Jacob 1808 5'11" 251# Hamburg Germany farmer Minot
SCRUTON Fred 200# Lewiston
SEVERY J T 1815 6'3" 240# hotel keeper Dixfield
SEVERY John Lewiston
SIAS Horace 1844 6'2" 215# carpenter Jay
SIMPSON ________ Lewiston
SMALL Enoch (died 1 Mar 1878) Auburn
SMALL Isaac 1794 6' 2" 203# Wales farmer Wales
SMALL N Auburn
SMALL Willard 1837 6'3.5" 225# Levant insurance agent Auburn
SMITH Caleb C 21 Oct 1818 6'2" 220# Lisbon miller Lisbon
SMITH Dexter 1819 225# Litchfield
SOULE Summer 1830 5'9" 203# Livermore boot/shoe manuf Livermore
SPRINGER Joseph 1807 5'9.5" 210# marble worker Augusta
STINSON Bradley V 1822 6' 220# farmer Richmond
STRICKLAND Lee Colonel 14 July 1806 died in the fall of 1873 5'10" 205# Livermore
farmer Livermore
SWETT Eben 1801 5'8.5" 230# butcher Brunswick
TALBOT G E 1822 5'11" 220# Turner farmer Turner
TARBOX Plummer Chase b 25 Mar 1827 6' 245# New Gloucester trader Lewiston
THOMPSON Abel 23 Feb 1818 5'10.5" 215# Bowdoin blacksmith Lisbon
THOMPSON John D 1847 5'11" 201# Lisbon farmer Lisbon
THOMPSON John S 1795 6'1" 205# Biddeford farmer Lisbon
THORNE Aaron D died 7 Dec 1897 Lewiston
THORNE Benjamin W died 24 May 1905 Lewiston
THORN Edmund Lane 1804 233# telegraph operator Bowdoinham
TOWNSEND Elisha Turner
TRACY Caleb B died 19 March 1870 Lewiston
TREAT Ezekiel 1807 died 25 June 1879 5'10" 233# Wales merchant E Livermore
TRUE E 1829 6' 213# Wayne farmer E Livermore
TUCKER D S 1820 6' 227# New Sharon
TURNER George W 1826 5'10" 212# Turner farmer Turner
TURNER Otis 1840 6' 201# telegraph operator Augusta
TYLER J G 1815 6' 212# Pownal farmer & marketman Durham
VARNEY John 1817 died 1 May 1892 6' 200# Durham blacksmith Durham
VERRELL Daniel L 1841 died 3 May 1897 5'11.5" 200# Windham shoemaker Auburn
WALKER Charles 16 Sept 1837 5'8" 230# Rumford trader Lewiston
WALKER Nathan 5 Aug 1816 6' 210# Paris farmer Poland
WHITE Charles L 1815 5'11" 201# granite worker Augusta
WHITE Gancelo 29 Jan 1819 6'2.5" 210# E. Winthrop farmer E Winthrop
WHITEHOUSE B W 291# S Vassalboro
WHITEHOUSE O C 1819 5'10" 244# dry goods merchant Augusta
WHITEHOUSE P W 1826 6'5" 285# farmer Augusta
WHITMAN Franklin 1827 died 21 June 1885 5'7" 210# Turner farmer Turner
WILCOX J E 219# Lewiston
WILLIAMS Oscar 1836 5'9" 227# conductor Bath
WILLIAMS William G 11 Aug 1820 5'10" 225# Litchfield Runs Carding Mill Litchfield
WILLIS M Auburn
WING Harrison Benjamin 1 Mar 1834 6'1.5" 285# locomotive Engineer Fayette
WING L M 1829 6' 201# Livermore farmer Livermore
WING Salmon Alden 15 Jul 1813 5'10" 225# Leeds farmer South Leeds
WING Walter W 1812 6' 205# Livermore farmer Livermore
WING William 13 Jan 1829 6' 202# Leeds farmer South Leeds
WITHAM William 1801 5'10.5" 246# Minot farmer Minot
WOOD W Horatio . 6'.5" 203# . farmer E Livermore
YOUNG E H 1837 . 205# . railroad man Augusta
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