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Term: Bangor

Located on Penobscot River in E central Maine; thought to be visited by French explorer Samuel Sieur de Champlain in 1604; named for Reverend Seth Noble's favorite hymn; occupied by British in War of 1812; after 1830 became leading lumber port.

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Bangor, Maine, 1841 - 1927, Boston, Massachusetts
Bangor, Maine, 1884 - 1970, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Pomerania, Germany, 1870 - 1927, Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine, 1844 - 1915, New York