In the town records of Topsfield, Washington County, ME, there is listed the birth of Melvin Linwood Loring, born 27 SEP 1875, child of Abbie (Abigail) Loring. The family is listed in the 1880 census as living in Topsfield, the household includes abigail Loring age 53, widowed; Emily Loring,age 20, her daughter; Melvin L. Loring, age 4, her son; and Albert Omar, age 2, her son.