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7. Rufus Burnham signed a petition here in December, 1807.
8. Rufus Burnham Papers, owned by Mrs. E. D. Chase of Unity. To all to whom these presents shall come :-
This certifies that Mr. Rufus Burnham has attended to the theory and practice of physic and surgery for upwards of three years under my direction and has made such proficiency that I can safely recommend him as a faithful physician amply furnished with medical knowledge and in whose care you may intrust your lives and families.
Alvan Bacon, Physician Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society Scarboro, August 20, 1806.
9. "Having known Dr. Rufus Burnham from his youth, we certify that he is a person of steady habits and good morals, that he has at- tended to the study and practice of physics with an eminent physician in this town for more than three years, that he is thought to be well qualified for a practitioner and that he has given perfect satisfaction wherever he has been employed in the line of his profession." Scar- boro, September 15, 1807, signed by Reuben Shorey and John Alger Milliken, Selectmen of Scarboro.
10. Conversation with George W. Varney, grandson of Eliza Gilkey, to the author in 1936.
11. The John Chase place is the brick house near the Unity Rail- road depot.
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Burnham built a residence, which in 1827 he enlarged into the present house now called the Taber place. In order to supplement his income, as early as 1817 Dr. Burnham kept a tavern and later kept a farmer in residence to help operate his farm. When his excellency, Governor John Brooks, toured Maine in 1818, the governor and his party en- joyed Dr. Burnham's hospitality.12
In 1810 the voters chose Burnham to be one of the selectmen. In 1812 they elected him a representative to the General Court, to which seat he was re-elected in 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, and 1819.
In the latter year he was elected a delegate to the convention held in Portland which drew up Maine's Constitution.13 Dr. Burnham served on a committee for elections headed by Judge Thatcher of Biddeford. In 1820 Burnham was a member of Maine's first legisla- ture and in 1821 was elected to the State Senate.
Dr. Burnham was the initiator of many enterprises. The construc- tion of the Union Church should be credited to him. He invested money in real estate and business ventures; he loaned money to help townsmen start businesses.14 It was true that he was an exceedingly generous and kindhearted man.
Beginning in 1825 Dr. Burnham served six years as town treasurer; and four years more beginning in 1837. In January 1829 Burnham was appointed postmaster, holding this position for ten years.15 He was without a doubt the wealthiest man in town.16 As the town grew larger, he ceased keeping a tavern. Always deeply interested in educa- tion Burnham was chosen in 1818 as one of a committee to inspect schools. Later, in 1851, he was one of a number of men who at- tempted to establish Unity Academy. Since he and his wife Dorcas had no children, they always welcomed to their home two or three young people who worked for their board by doing chores while at- tending school.
As the doctor advanced in life the responsibility of his profession taxed his strength. Hence, realizing the need of a successor, he intro- duced a younger doctor by the name of John Mulberry Milliken, a nephew by marriage. Probably Milliken studied under Dr. Burnham
12. Seth Norwood, Sketches of Brooks History, Dover, New Hamp- shire, 1935, p. 35.
13. Taber, History of Unity, p. 50.
14. "To messeurs Whittier and Tuckerman, you may let Mr. Josiah Hopkins have goods to the amount of five or eight hundred dollars and I will be accountable for the eventual payment of the same if you are reasonable and proper diligence to obtain pay of the said Hopkins, Hal- lowell, November 19, 1816 - Rufus Burnham."
Between 1835 and 1838 he aided Chenery Broad and Gardiner Bachelor in a blacksmith's business.
In 1832 Dr. Burnham invested money in a sawmill with Hezekiah Winslow of Dixmont. There are other instances of Dr. Burnham's gen- erosity and interest in encouraging small industries.
15. Taber, History of Unity, p. 61.
16. According to the Valuation Book of 1840 besides a good deal of real estate he had $1200. in bank stock. His whole property was as- sessed for $3302. He owned two hundred twenty-five acres of farm land.
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for he is listed in the doctor's household for 1837.17 John M. Milli- ken practiced medicine here in the eighteen forties, but evidently moved away about 1852.
Rufus Burnham kept up his medical practice until his death, which occurred on November 4, 1854. It is probable that he died suddenly, since he died intestate. Worn out from his extensive practice he stop- ped like an old clock.18 Of all the men connected with Unity's history, Dr. Rufus Burnham will undoubtedly remain as immortal as any man, particularly because the town of Burnham, Maine, was named in his honor.
JOHN M. MILLIKEN
John M. Milliken, born in Scarboro in 1808, was a nephew by mar- riage of Dr. Burnham and it is presumed he studied medicine with his uncle in Unity, or came here on his uncle's persuasion. In 1831 John M. Milliken was graduated from Bowdoin Medical School,19 and came to Unity not long afterward. He seems to have been a man of substance as he provided a loan to the association for building the Union Church. He married Sarah Means during his residence in Unity, and his eldest child was born here.2º About 1852, Dr. Milliken returned to his native town where he died in 1867.
SOLOMON HUNT
Solomon Hunt was born in Unity in 1813, the youngest son of the Revolutionary soldier, Ichabod Hunt and Eunice Stone Hunt. In 1831 Hunt attended China Academy and taught a few terms of school, before he entered Bowdoin College. He studied medicine and was graduated from Bowdoin Medical School in 1845.21 Hunt re- turned to Unity only to die in 1847 before he became fully estab- lished.
ALEXANDER BOOTHBY
Dr. Alexander Boothby was born about 1822 in Limington, Maine. He studied medicine and moved to Unity about 1845. He married
17. Ms. census taken in 1837. Original in the possession of Mrs. Edith Frost Stevens.
18. His heirs were one sister Rebecca Jose; Solomon B. Seavey, Thomas Seavey, Betsy Drew, Mary Prentiss, and Rebecca Atkins, chil- dren of Tryphene Seavey, a deceased sister. Also Orrin Jose and Eliza- beth 'Jose, children of Betsey Jose. He had sold a great deal of his farm before his death. His estate consisted of the following: a homestead and farm of forty-eight acres valued $2100; a woodlot $300; a shoemak- er's shop opposite homestead $100; farm of Stephen Hunt, $519; lot of land in Freedom, $126. - a total valuation of $3215.
19. Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School, Bruns- wick, 1912, p. 329.
20. Dr. John and Sarah Milliken had four children, the eldest Wil- liam S. born April 27, 1847, in Unity.
21. Bowdoin College Catalog, p. 344.
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Eliza Grant of Bridgton. When the young Doctor Boothby found his business too dull, he gained his practice by driving his horse at break- neck speed through the community, as though he had an urgent case. He kept this up, creating a belief that he had an extensive practice. The remarkable thing about this was that it worked, and Boothby gained a reputation as a fine doctor.22 Eunice Mussey Gilman re- membered that as a little girl her father, Reuel Mussey, took her to Dr. Boothby to have an aching tooth pulled.
"Now, little girl, you sit in that chair and hold tight; and the tighter you hold the less it will hurt."
She wrote that she gripped the chair with all her strength, but it hurt anyway.
In 1854, Dr. Boothby visited his old home in Limington for a rest, and his kinsman, Stephen Boothby, a young doctor who had studied medicine with him, assumed his practice. Dr. Alexander Boothby was taken with typhoid fever and died suddenly, September 18, 1854, only thirty-one years old.23
STEPHEN BOOTHBY
Stephen Boothby was born August 11, 1830, in Jackson, Maine, a son of Ezekiel and Jane Malloy Boothby. He studied medicine with his distant cousin, Dr. Alexander Boothby and then entered Bow- doin Medical School from which he was graduated in 1854. Briefly studying surgery in New York City, Boothby returned to Unity, Maine, to take over the practice of his kinsman, Alexander Boothby, who died while recuperating from the severe strain of work.24 Dr. Stephen was a reputable and successful doctor. In the little book, Twice Told Tales, written by President George C. Chase, of Bates College, the author mentions a young doctor who roomed and boarded with Joseph Chase's family, "He had the best chamber ... a large, sunny, front room."
22. Letter from Viola Mussey Gilman of Oakland, California, dated May 27, 1938, to author.
23. Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements, pp. 496-497.
24. Ibid., p. 494.
25. George C. Chase, Twice Told Tales, p. 6. Although the name of the doctor is not revealed this is probably Dr. Stephen Boothby, who was a bachelor and would have been a "young doctor" here in President George C. Chase's childhood. "He was very kind to my sister and to me, and when we went about noon each day to his office, a little way down the street, to call him to dinner, we always returned upon his shoulders. But he was very mischievous and took special delight in teasing me. I often heard him speaking of babies and I was much in- terested to know why he had so much to do with them. He told me that he carried them around in his pockets and that he had a very big coat with enormous pockets. It did not seem reasonable to me. I re- member one day I begged him to bring me a baby. He said he had some in his pockets then. I must have been very young for as I dashed to his pockets to find the baby, he would say, "It's gone into the other pocket!" and so he kept me dodging back and forth, until he was called away."
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Dr. Boothby pursued his arduous duties so zealously to the point of overworking, that while making his visits it is said that he rode horse- back because he was often too weak to harness his horse. He continued his work until within a month of his death, which occurred on Christ- mas, 1859.
JOHN T. MAIN
Dr. John T. Main was born a farmer's son in Albion, Maine, May 25, 1831. Main received his education at China Academy, which in those days qualified him to teach in the local public schools. He taught school in Freedom Academy and in the public schools of Thom- aston before deciding to become a physician. About 1853, he entered Castelton Medical College, Castleton, Vermont, and later received some private training from Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.26 About 1858 Main moved to Unity and married Feroline Williams of Freedom. Dr. Main remained in Unity until 1872, except for two year's ab- scence during the Civil War. He was commissioned a captain, on May 3, 1861, and served as an assistant surgeon in the Second Maine Infantry Regiment, but was discharged for a "disability" April 9, 1863.27 In 1872, or shortly afterwards, he went to Jackson, Michigan. Dr. John T. Main was a respected and able physician.28 For several years he was the only doctor in the town and carried on an extensive practice. He participated in town affairs, was especially interested in education, and was a supervisor of school in 1871 and 1872
BENJAMIN BARTLETT WHITNEY
Benjamin Bartlett Whitney was born, January 13, 1844, in Thorn- dike, a son of Amos and Mary Lampson Whitney. Whitney was graduated from Bowdoin College Medical School in the class of 1867.29 About 1870 he married Mary Morton, daughter of Thomas Morton of Frankfort, and commenced his career in Frankfort. About 1873, after a brief stay in Erie, Pennsylvania, he settled in Unity. For some reason Dr. Whitney moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he was suddenly taken with typhoid fever and died in 1881, aged thirty-six.
JOHN MILTON MUSSEY
John Milton Mussey was born in Unity April 7, 1833, the son of Edmund and Ruth (Jones) Mussey. He commenced his early educa- tion in Unity and taught a term or two in the Quaker Hill district.
26. Taber, History of Unity, p. 71.
27. Letter from Adjutant's General's Office Augusta, Maine, to author.
28. Taber, History of Unity, p. 71. "He was not only a fine physi- cian, but a gentleman of the first order."
29. Bowdoin College Catalogue, p. 367. He was supposed to have resided in Unity fourteen years as a doctor. If so, he settled in Unity directly after his graduation. Conversations with Mrs. C. M. Whitney of Unity.
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He studied medicine for a time with Dr. Alexander Boothby in Unity, and later attended Coburn Institute (then Waterville Academy), and spent one year at Bowdoin Medical School. He was graduated from Castleton Medical College, Castleton, Vermont on November 21, 1854.30 Then young "Milton" Mussey (he dropped the John) at- tended lectures under the famous New York doctor, Valentine Mott.
In 1855 he married Hepsibah Bartlett of Unity and soon started to practice in Brooks, Maine. In November, 1859, he left for California where in the spring of 1860 he went to Gibsonville and then to Whisky Diggings, a flourishing mining camp. His wife joined him in Novem- ber, 1860, but she died of consumption about four months after her arrival. In 1866, Dr. Mussey settled in LaPorte, Plumas County, where he became its regular physician. In 1868 he married Lois Davis of Brooks. They had three children. He returned to his native home in 1915, but died in his beloved California in 1922, one of the pioneer doctors of the old West.
AUSTIN THOMAS
Austin Thomas was born in Waterville, Maine, September 6, 1843, a son of Stephen and Eunice Miriam (Bragg) Thomas. He was edu- cated at Waterville Academy and Colby College from which he was graduated in 1866. Between the latter date and 1870 he taught school and was principal of China Academy (1866) ; Winthrop Academy, 1867; and North Parish Academy, Augusta. In 1868 he entered Bow- doin Medical School and received his M. D. degree in 1870. Dr. Thomas begun his practice in Unity in 1872, after being an assistant physician in the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. In 1873 he married Mary E. Norton, who died in 1893. Meanwhile he left Unity in 1874 and practiced in Plattsburg, New York from 1874 to 1884. In 1884 he returned to Unity and was engaged in his profession from 1884 until 1898. His later life was spent in Waterville, Thomaston, and Portland. He was married again in 1897 to Mrs. Mary (Sawyer) Foote of Plattsburg. Dr. Thomas died in Plattsburg, New York in 1922, survived by Helen Thomas, a daughter by his first marriage.31
JAMES CRAIG
James Craig was born in Dixmont, Maine, April 28, 1850, the son of Deacon James and Margaret L. (Tasker) Craig. He attended Bowdoin Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1876.32 Immediately he set up his office in Unity. Not long afterwards, he married Mrs. Damaris Carll Harmon, a widow with two children. She died after a rather brief marriage, and Dr. Craig was married
30. Letter from Viola Gilman of Oakland, California, May 26, 1938, to author.
31. Letter from Helen Thomas of Washington, D. C. April 11. 1946, to author.
32. Bowdoin College Catalogue, p. 378.
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again to Lizzie Gould of China, a teacher in Unity. They had no children.
Dr. Craig was a successful doctor. He bought the old Temperance Hotel, which he tore down and rebuilt in 1890.33 A year later he suddenly departed from Unity because of some feeling between him- self and another physician. In 1891 Dr. Craig moved to White Sul- phur Springs, Montana, and six years later settled at Columbus, Mon- tana, as a physician and farmer. Dr. Craig died there in September 1922.
CHARLES L. MCCURDY
Charles L. McCurdy was born in Washington, Maine, June 30, 1854, and was educated at Union, Maine, and at Kent's Hill. For eight years McCurdy taught school and then studied medicine with Dr. J. B. Walker of Thomaston. Later he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, graduating in 1888. About 1889 he was a physician in Unity, but left this place in 1894, settling in Bangor.34 In 1886 he married Mary Newhall of Washington, Maine.
HOMER BENSON
Dr. Homer Benson was a native of Newport, Maine, studied for his doctor's degree at New York University, and attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital. After completing his education he settled in Dix- mont, where he was a physician for several years. In October 1890, he came to Unity and was a physician until 1895, when he moved to Newport.
O. R. EMERSON
Oscar Rodney Emerson was born April 12, 1872, at Plymouth, Maine. He was graduated from Bowdoin College Medical School in 1894 and began his practice in Unity.35 He sold his practice in 1895 to Dr. Cook and moved to Monson, later settling as a physician in Newport.
JESSE E. COOK
Jesse E. Cook was born, April 6, 1869, in Troy, Maine, the son of Henry and Sarah (Bennett) Cook. As a boy he attended the Troy public schools and later Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield from which he was graduated in 1890. For one or two years he attended the medical school at Brunswick, but transferred to Dartmouth Medi- cal School from which he was graduated in November 1895. He immediately went to Unity where he bought out the practice of Dr.
33. This is the house where Roy Knight lives.
34. George L. Little, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, N. Y. 1909, Vol. II, p. 664.
35. See General Catalogue of Bowdoin College, p. 401.
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Emerson and started his own.36 In 1893 he married Grace Mills, a daughter of Warren and Louise (McCausland) Mills of Palmyra. They have one son, Sanger Cook, now of Pittsfield. Dr. Cook, aside from his practice, found time to enter into public affairs and took a great interest in village activities. At times he played the violin at dances. Dr. Cook set up his office in the brick house opposite the Union Church, but about 1905 bought a house from William Rolfe, later occupied by Dr. Trueworthy, and at present by Claude Kelley. Dr. Cook was one of Waldo County's leading Democrats, serving as chairman of the county committee. He was much interested in poli- tics and was elected to the state legislature. Dr. Jesse Cook died in 1909.
CLARENDON MORTON WHITNEY
C. M. Whitney, known to Unity people as Clair, was born in Mc- Keen, near Erie, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1873. He was the son of Dr. B. B. and Mary (Morton) Whitney of Unity. He was brought up in the home of his grandfather, Thomas Morton, who kept a hotel in Frankfort and Unity. Clair Whitney attended Unity public schools and was one of three members of the first class graduating from Unity High School.37 Whitney then entered Bowdoin College from which he received his medical degree in June 1898. As soon as he was graduated Whitney commenced his practice in Unity. Before his graduation he had married Vaughn Garcelon of Troy.
Dr. Whitney's office was located in the house which he bought from Archie Tozier, now owned by H. L. Glines. In 1922 Whitney bought the Methodist Parsonage, next to Reed's Drug Store, where he re- sided until his death. Dr. Whitney was considered an excellent diag- nostician and knew medicine very well. His health failed in the late nineteen thirties forcing him to curb his medical activities. His con- dition was pronounced as incurable, and he died in 1944, a serious loss to the community.
HARRY TRUWORTHY
Harry Truworthy38 was born in East Newport, Maine, in 1875, a son of Burnham and Annie (Pushor) Trueworthy. He received his medical degree from Tufts Medical School in 1902. In 1903 he was a physician in Dixmont, but moved to Unity in 1909 after the death of Jesse Cook. He bought the Dr. Cook place and carried on his practice. Dr. Truworthy was considered an excellent obstetrician.
In 1903 Dr. Truworthy married Thirza Benson, a daughter of Dr. Benson. They had one child, Esther.
36. Conversation with Mrs. Grace Cook of Pittsfield, May 1946.
37. Conversation with Miss Mabel Bacon of Unity, who stated that Mabel Bacon, C. M. Whitney, and James B. Vickery, were first class. Probably class of 1892.
38. The doctor spelled his name Truworthy for some reason, al- though he was a great grandson of Jacob Trueworthy of Unity
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The doctor had two hobbies; he was a philatelist, and had an especially fine collection of elephants of which he had more than a thousand including examples in fine bronze, ivory and china. Dr. Truworthy died in the spring of 1931.
PRESTON WHITAKER
Preston Whitaker was born in Troy, Maine, August 30, 1884. He attended Yale Medical School. About 1913 he commenced practice in Unity, having his office in the residence of Joseph Libby. He re- mained in Unity until he joined the United States Medical Corps in August 1917. He was assigned to Medical Training Corps, and went overseas attached to the 108th Am. Tr. in May 1918. He was in the St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne engagements in France.39 He was promoted to Captain, and after the Armistice discharged in May 1919. He returned to Unity and carried on as a physician until 1923 when he moved to Long Beach, California, died in 1950.
Dr. Whitaker organized the first Unity branch of the American Legion.
DENTISTS
Dr. W. G. Fuller was born in Freedom, Maine. Of his education nothing is known.4º He came to Unity from Newport about 1884. Dr. Fuller had his office over Curtis Mitchell's store which is now occupied by Reed's Drug Store. He built the house on the depot road, recently occupied by George Leadbetter, John Reed, and Henry Good.
To augment his practice it was Dr. Fuller's custom to go to Albion and Freedom one day each week. Later he gave up his practice and devoted his time to an insurance business.
Dr. Fuller was something of an amateur naturalist and lover of the outdoors, being especially fond of hunting and fishing. He and his wife, Caroline Fisher of Newport, had three children, Orville, Fred and Caroline.
E. M. SOULE
Edwin M. Soule was born in Sebec, Maine, May 6, 1873, the son of Jonathan and Jennie (Lampson) Soule. He graduated from Wa- terville High School and then entered the old Boston Dental College, where he studied for a year. He completed his dental training at the University of Maryland's School of Dentistry. Living in Waterville during the winter of 1898 and 1899, Dr. Soule took the train once a
39. Roster of Maine in World War, 1917-1919, Vol. II, Augusta, 1921, published under direction of James W. Hanson, Adjutant Gen- eral p. 632.
40. Conversation with Mrs. Annie Libby Tilton of Troy. The Maine Register first listed Fuller as a dentist here in 1885.
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week to Unity and carried on his work at Dr. Jesse Cook's office.41 In the following May (1899) he moved here permanently, rented two rooms from Mrs. Charles Stevens,42 and put out his shingle. A year or so later he moved his office into the office previously occupied by Dr. Fuller (over the drug store) but later moved again over An- drew Myrick's store, where he remained for two years. In 1909, Dr. Soule built a store and office on the main street nearly opposite the I.O.O.F. Hall, (adjacent to Mrs. Rodney Whitaker's). Previously, in 1901, he had bought a residence on the school road where George Patterson now lives. In 1917, Dr. Soule added a small wing to his house, using it for his office. In 1924, he bought the old Waldo Trust Company Bank building, which he converted into a house and office. Dr. Soule had a widespread reputation as a dentist. People came from a good distance to have him do their extractions and other dental work. He carried on his dentistry until July, 1945, when he gradually retired from active business.43 His attempts to get other dentists to come here have failed, and no one has continued his work.
Both the doctor and his wife were prominent in town activities; both sang in the church choir for many years.
41. Dr. Jesse Cook met him at the railway depot and was the one who interested Soule to commence a practice in Unity.
42. Where Roy Knight now lives.
43. Conversation with Dr. E. M. Soule of Unity, April 1946.
INDEX
Names of persons in appendices have not been indexed.
Academies 78, 94, 98, 99
Adams, Isaac
118
Adams, Isaac E.
104
Adams, Lyle
67, 171, 192
Albion 6, 33, 62, 75, 76, 132, 142, 145
American Legion 190
Antioch 51
Ayer, Mrs. Jane 56, 64
Ayer, Benjamin 52, 65, 101
Ayer, Peter 66, 99, 120, 121-2
Ayer, Jr. Peter W. 147, 151
Bacon, Levi 31, 69, 129
Bagaduce 15, 16, 31
Banks, James 69, 134
Baptists 54, 72-74
Bartlett, Benjamin 20, 21-2, 39, 41, 49, 82
Bartlett, Jefferson 69, 70, 120-1
Bartlett, Hannah 21,74
Bartlett, Joseph 20, 101
Bartlett, Lemuel
20-1, 48-9, 51, 128
Bartlett, Lydia 20, 22, 80
Baseball 189, 190
Belfast 111, 120, 127, 141-2, 146
Berry, James 43, 104
Berry, S. Stillman 62, 86, 118, 147, 148
Berry, Ralph 185
Berry, Ruel 121, 165, 188
Belfast Moosehead RR 172
Billings, Dr. A. J. 99, 110, 164, 165, 166, 188
Bither, Peter 101-2, 128
Bither's 'Mills 128, 131
Blacksmiths 237
Bowdoin, James
11, 12, 37, 43
Boy Scouts 202
Brown, Harry 143, 192
Burnham, Dr. Rufus 43, 51, 62, 68-9, 92, 104, 118, 158, 239-241
Burnham 6, 7, 24, 132, 139, 146, 191
California 179-181
Camp Winnecook 100
Carding Mills 135-6
Carll, Robert
129, 46, 103
Canning Industry
142
Carriage Industry 136-7
Carter, Joseph 14, 49
Carter, Thaddeus 14, 16, 24, 29, 43, 58, 101
Census 227
Chandler, Thomas 118, 73, 159
Central House 159-161
Chase, E. D. 67, 97, 142
Chase, Hannah 8, 16, 17, 33 Chase, Hezekiah 42, 45-6, 53, 82, 68, 49, 52
Chase, George C. 92, 72, 198
Chase, Joseph 92, 68-9, 73
Chase, Stephen 8, 16, 17-8, 42, 45-6, 55, 57, 74
Chase, Job 42,60
Church history 54-79
Church of Christ 79
Clergymen (see appendix) 2.32
Clough, Gorham Charitable Soc. 164
186
Civil War 106-117
Clark, George W. 151, 162
Clinton
23, 57
Coffin, Rev. Paul 13, 17-8, 19, 56-7, 126
Congregational Church 60
Connor, James 68-9, 104, 113, 127, 128-9, 136
Corn factory 143-4
Cook, James
Cook, Charles W. 139, 183, 184
Cook, Dr. Jesse
67, 197, 247
Cook, Thomas B.
151, 168
Cornforth, Richard 134, 68-9, 82, 103-4, 134-5
Cornforth, Otis 89-90
Conscription Act 114-5
Constitution (frigate) 8, 126
Cookson, Rueben
41, 101, 103
Craig, Dr. James
123, 189
Creameries
137-141
Dingley, Nelson 62, 67, 137
Dixmont
65, 73-4
Doctors (see appendix) 239-246
Draft 107, 108, 114-6
Durham 16, 17, 30-1, 54
Edgerly, Emma 67
Edgerley, John 191, 192
Elder, Rinaldo 99
Elliot, Robert 17-110
Farm Bureau
191
Farmers' Club 150-1
Farwell, Henry 23, 34, 42, 128, 49, 52
Farwell, Joseph
141
Farwell, Joseph H.
155, 243
Farwell's Mills
23, 28, 31, 34, 130
Federal Trust Co.
234
Files, Rueben
69, 87, 73, 120
Fires
168-172
Fogg, Benjamin 69, 92, 120, 124, 141, 73
Fowler, Thomas 16, 32-3, 45, 101-2, 126, 129
Fowler, Jr. Thomas 146
Fowler, James 53, 114
Fowler, Jr. James 53, 114
Fowler, Crosby 147, 162, 179, 180, 182
Fowler, Charles
97
Free-will Baptists
72-74
Circus
252
INDEX
Freedom (town of) 7, 35, 65, 66, 117, 146, 177
Ladies' Aid Soc.
124, 186, 187
Larabee, Eben
132
Friends' Soc.
32, 74-79
Leather
Frost, James B.
143
Lake Winnecook
6
Four-H Club
98
Lee, Jesse
54,56
Fortyniners
179-180
Libby, Mark
42, 49
General Stores
236, 237
Libby, Jr. James
89, 94
General Court
32, 40, 50
Libby, Joseph P.
112, 188
Gilkey, James
22,43,81
Liberty pole
103
Gilkey, Joseph B.
70
Lilac, The
96-7
Gilpatrick, Hamnah
55
Limington
27, 36
Good Templars
124
Gorham
13, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 36
Grange
187
Grist Mills
128-9
Greenleaf, Charles
85-87
Gold Rush
180-182
Gould, Olive
91
Mailcarriers
236
G.A.R.
188
Main, Dr. John 88, 114, 245
Grant, Georgia
235
Masonic Lodge 187
Half Moon Stream 7, 23, 28, 33, 127
Halifax, Fort
50
Methodist Church 63-67
Hall, Samuel 130
Hamilton, Gorham 121, 124, 147, 181
Hamilton, William
124
McKechnie, John 37-8, 50
Harding, family
41 Melvin, John 30, 43, 46, 101, 49
Harding, Amaziah
41
Militia 102
Mills 126-135
Mitchell, John
18, 19, 38, 127
Hayes, Roy
97
Hobbie, William H.
92
Mitchell, Curtis 66, 69, 162, 181-2, 197
Ministers 232-233
Hunt, Ichabod
43, 49, 101
Hunt, Benjamin R.
153, 156
Hunt, Gustavus
115, 160
Hunt, E. B.
155
Hunt, Ephraim
69
Moulton's Mills 130
Hunt, Laura
91
Moulton, Peter 178
Hurd, Hiram
43, 103
Morrill 39
97
Ice Industry
139-140
Montana
183, 184, 185
I.O.O.F. (Invictus Lodge)
187
Motion Pictures 200-1
Murch, Josiah
27, 104, 146
Indians (White) 39
Murch, Ephraim
62
Tackson, Peter G. 27, 43, 49, 68
Murch, James Bowdoin
92
Jackson, Robert 27, 41, 43
Murch, 'Simeon
27, 43, 49
Jackson (town) 73-4, 120, 142
Murch, Edmund
62, 149, 150
Muster Day 103-4
Tones, Asa
47, 75-6, 77, 74
Mussey, John Milton
183
Mussey, Frank 155
53
Kelley, Samuel
24, 49, 68, 102-3 102
Myrick, Hall
106, 121, 124
Kelley, Burnham 62
Myrick, Andrew
66, 137,155
Kennebec Purchase 11,31,37
Newell, Atwood
131
Knowles, Dr. Abner 43, 48, 59, 49, 240
North Waldo Agricultural Soc. 146-155 Officers of 228-229
Knox, town of
74, 146
Knowleton, Ebenezer 109
Oak Grove Seminary 78
Horsetrotting 149, 150, 152, 156-7
153,
Montville 39, 120, 57, 74, 119, 120, 137, 146
Mosher, Lindley 68, 96, 112, 141, 162, 170, 196-7
Moulton, W. H. J. 130, 138, 155
Hussey, Thomas B.
136-137
Mitchell, Isaac 19, 127
Hood's Creamery
141-2
Harmon, Josiah 92, 124, 155, 168-9
Hayden, Charles
27,50
Glines, Mr. and Mrs.
171, 202
Maplewood Lumber Co. 238
Merchants 236-237
McGray, Rev. William 31, 65-6, 49, 104, 131
Lodges 187
Lovejoy, Rev. Daniel 28, 59, 61, 105
Lovejoy, Elijah P. 28, 59
Luce, Prince 95, 96
Machias 18-19
Mail, the 236
132-133
Mussey, Edmund 62, 69, 84, 105
Kanockolus Fish & Game Asn. 191-2 Kelley, Aaron 24,101
Mussey, Ruel
Myrick, Adam 121, 124, 137, 69
Kelley, Sarah
Tones, Amos 28-9, 42-3, 49, 101, 127 Jones, Clement 76
Monitor, The
Indian Lore 8,9
253
INDEX
Ohio fever
177 Sinclair, Joshua 33-34, 42, 49
Ordway, Jonathan
24, 41, 60
O.P.A.
203 Small, Daniel 42
203 Snell, Thomas 62, 132
24 Snell Tannery
148
Parsonage
67
Sons of Temperance 121,124
Parkhurst, Hale 25, 68, 104, 157
Parkhurst, Jonathan F. 106, 111, 121, 180, 182
Parkhurst, Nathan 24-5, 26, 41, 48, 101
Parkhurst, Elisha 62
Patrons of Husbandry 187
Patrickstown 24
Pattee, Ebenezer 23, 24, 28, 34, 39, 41, 82, 127, 135
Peace Phalanx 107
Pearson, Thomas
30, 101
Pearson, Woodbridge
30
Penobscot
6, 16
Perley, John 42, 46, 48, 83, 94
Pew owners
225
Philbrook, Samuel 24
Pillsbury, James O.
155
Taverns 158
Taylor, Charles 66, 163
Thompson, Eben 130, 162
Thompson, Seth 62,180
Thompson, Lewis 134
Thorndike, (town of) 35, 63, 74-4, 107, 119, 123, 127, 137, 142, 146, 148, 152, 153
Town Officials 219-220
Town Farm 53
Town Houses 51,52
Troy 35, 73, 119-120, 137, 142, 52, 102
Trueworthy, Jacob 22-23, 42-3, 52, 102
Truworthy, Dr. Harry
Twenty-five Mile Pond Plt. 19-19, 24, 30, 34, 48, 49-50
Una Baseball Club 189
Union Church 65, 67-71, 124, 148, 186
Unity, town of Incorporated 50, 218
Origin of name
50
Unity Cheese Factory
137-8
Unity Fair
146-157
Unity Farmers' Club
151
Unity High School
91-98
Unity Civic Asn.
193
Unity Mining Co.
182
Unity Telephone Co.
235
Unity Fire Dept.
171
Unity Park Asn.
155-157
Unity Lake, Land Improvement Asn. 161-163
Unity Pond 7, 17, 126, 139-140
Unity Monthly Meeting 75-6
Secession Co.
107
Universalism 29, 58, 66
Shirley's Mills
131
Van Deets, Jack 163
Vassalboro 13, 23, 33, 132, 62
Shoemakers
237
Stevens, B. B. 69, 115, 138, 147, 148 Stevens, Benjamin R. 31-32, 43, 74, 128, 135, 81, 52
Stevens, Frederick 32, 41-2, 49
Stevens, Joseph 31, 43, 57
Stevens, E. S. 147, 149, 153, 154
Stevens, Nathaniel 32, 43
Standish 32, 34, 36
Stage Roads 158, 236
Star in West Lodge 187
Storekeepers 236-237
Sunday Schools 72
Taber, James R. 66, 96, 121, 124, 137, 138, 163, 168, 170, 197-198
Tanneries 131-134
Terry, G. Fred 140
Temperance Societies 118-125
Plymouth Company
24, 37, 38, 40
Population 227
Portland Packing Co. 142-144
Postmasters 235-236
Potash 130
Proprietors 12, 20, 127
Principals (school) 227-8
Quakers (see Friends)
74-78
Quaker Hill 51, 29-30, 48, 84
Rackliff, Amandar 107
Rackliff, Benjamin J. 24, 29, 41-2, 49, 51, 59, 102
Rackliff, Clement 30, 24, 43, 74, 81 28
Rackliff, Sarah J.
Rand, Edwin 153
Rand's Camp
100
Ranlett, George 98, 121, 133
Ranlett, Geo. Theon
112
Reynolds, E. S. 154
Revere, Paul 15-6
Revolutionary soldiers 101
Rice, H. B. 66, 124, 138, 153, 169, 170
Rolfe, William 143
Saddlers 237
Sandy Stream
24, 34, 127, 138
Saw Mills 23, 126,131
Sealers of leather 134
Seavey, John L. 118, 120, 62, 146, 159
Sebasticook 7.8., 33, .26, 14, 13, 16
Settlers, early 16-24, 216, 217
Struggles 37-50
Sewall, Rev. Jotham 26, 57-8, 59
Schools
80-99
High School
91-97
Sinclair, Jefferson 129
O.C.D.
Palermo
254
INDEX
Varney, Jedediah
22, 77
Ware, Elijah
151
Varney, George
77, 79
Webb, Samuel
30, 49
Veterans
229-233
Webb, Amos 118
Civil War
229-31
Western Migration
177-185
World War I
232-33
World War II
233
Vickery, David 24, 39, 101, 43, 49
Vickery, Jr. David
25, 26, 102
Vickery, Eli 62, 69, 105, 115, 147, 149-150, 153
Vickery, James B. 52, 62, 93,115
Vickery, Lydia
62
Vickery, Clara P.
89
Vickery, W. T.
203
Waldo Co. Total Abstinence Soc. 120
Waldo Trust Co.
234
Winslow, Elijah 92, 118, 129, 159
Washingtonians 119-120
Whitehouse, E. T. 192,239
Whitmore, Daniel 31, 43, 47, 49, 57, 128
Whittaker, Dr. Preston 190
Whittaker, Rodney 67, 170, 199, 235
Windemere Park 162-167
Winslow, Town of 8, 11, 13, 23, 126
Woods, Joseph , 32, 43, 64
Whitney, Dr. C. M. 67,97,199
Whitehouse, Thomas 160
Whitehouse, F. A. 97, 160, 162, 170, 199, 238
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