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His father had established a shipbuilding firm in 1823, and after receiving a common school education, the son at an early age entered its employ, and in 1854 succeeded with his elder brother to the business, building and managing a fleet of constantly increasing numbers and proportions. Upon his brother's death the firm style became Arthur Sewall & Co. After launching the Roanoke, the last built and largest wooden ship in the world, Mr. Sewall turned his attention to steel, and in 1894 launched the Dirigo, the first steel sailing ship built in America. He was a firm believer in the future of the American merchant marine and of its importance to the nation, and constantly proved his faith by adding to his fleet. He did not confine his activities to the sea, but was largely interested in land transportation. He was director and for nine years president of the Maine Central railway, president of the Eastern railway before its merger in the Boston & Maine, director of the Boston & Maine, New York & New England, and Mexican Central railroads. He was president of the Bath National bank and identified with many industrial corporations. Mr. Sewall was always a Democrat, was a delegate to the national conventions, 1872, 1876, 1880 and 1884, member of the Democratic national committee, 1888-96, candidate of his party for U.S. senator; 1893, and in this year declared in favor of the free coinage of silver, and at the Chicago convention of 1896 accepted the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States.³

Dr. Sewall worked as a general practitioner before retiring from private practice in 1983. He served as the Bridgeton High School doctor for more than 20 years and also worked for several years as the doctor at the Cumberland County Jail.
He was a 1932 graduate of Bridgeton High School and later graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the Thomas Jefferson University Medical School. He served in the Army Medical Corps, working as a doctor in the South Pacific during World War II. He later served in the Army Reserve, reaching the rank of major.³

A lawyer at York and proprietor of the Hastings-Lyman Hotel, York Beach. Educated at Portsmouth High School and graduated from Dartmouth College, from which he received his A.B. degree in 1904. Graduated from Harvard Law School, 1907, and went on to read law with Cleaver, Waterhouse & Emery in Biddeford. Admitted to the Bar in 1907. He was a Republican. Superintendent of York schools and one of the directors of the National Bank, York and he was a Freemason. A justice of the Maine Superior Court from 1942 until his retirement in 1953.¹