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STABLE CONNECTED. TELEPHONE.
APPLETON, MAINE.
L. R. CAMPBELL,
Attorney at Law -
CITY BUILDING,
TELEPHONE
ROCKLAND, ME.
List of Deaths.
We give herewith a list of deaths as reported to the Town Clerk, from 1892 to 1903 :
1892
Yrs
Mos Dys
Jan. 17 Lorinda Ames,
66
IO I7
29 Freelove Fish, 91
30 Belinda Worthing
60 II 6
Feb. 22 Annie F. Dyer,
37
9
27 Maynard M. Fish,
2
9 I5
28 Franklin M. Collamore,
I
Mar. 16 John E. Thorndike,
37
18 Flora Grinnell,
6
I
Apr. 10 Benj F. Sprague,
64
5
16
26 Raymond H. Robbins,
19
3
27
May
4 William C. Newbert,
75
5
16
June 2 Willard Sprowl,
60
July 8 Magnus Gordon,
I6
IO
20 Lucy E. Meservey,
I7
6
4
Aug. 17 Ansel L. Fuller,
21 William Jacobs,
63
3
18
24 Lyman P, Harwood,
60
IO
I3
Sept.
3 Timothy S. Ripley,
63
6
IO
IO Lovina T. Luce,
82
5
25
7 Zebedee Simmons,
84
6
17
14 Everard F. Gushee,
5
7
23 Llewellyn E. Butler,
I
I I
30 Lucena G. Keller,
84
6
I7
Oct. 21 Mercy Dyer,
83
II 21
Nov. 7 Jesse Esancy,
I
13
13 Bertha E. Ames,
I 20
16 Alden Towle,
62
8
16
Dec. 4 Wilson Sprowl,
60
6
2
I 5
IO IO
78
HARRY C. PEASE, Justice of the Peace,
APPLETON, ME.
V. O. KELLAR,
BLACKSMITH Horse Shoeing and Jobbing.
APPLETON, MAINE.
C. M. Walker,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Glover Block,
Rockland, Maine
79
1893
Yrs Mos Dys 38
Feb. 3
Clement Ripley,
74
IO
I2
Mar. I William Smith,
66
IO
I
23
Willard R. Moody,
58
2
I7
27 Lydia R. Ripley,
35
I IO
Apr.
8 Nellie V. Pitman,
34
3
18
14 Lucinda Ripley,
77
20 Joel McKinney,
43
IO
2
23 Joseph P. Fish,
66
4
17
May 2 John C. Pitman,
44
6
I2
June 6 Grace D. Wadsworth,
2
7
4
24 Nancy A. Chaples,
63
5
20
July
18 John Hall,
83
7
3
26 George Grinnell, Jr.,
II
5
2
Aug.
3 Hannah W. Perry,
65
7 Elbridge G. Robinson,
81
I
6
IO Martha E. Hall,
6
13
II Ann Bickford,
84
3
I 5
I7 Randall Wellman,
73
IO
7
30 Ava A. Conant,
4
8
24
Nov. 14
Alice Bowes,
24
II 28
Dec. 6 Nancy Hanly,
87
II 6
20 Frank A. Gushee,
5 1
2
26
3I William Collins,
85
2
14
1894
6 Sarah E. Fairbanks,
56
3
3
14 Laura A. Ames,
56
4
14
Feb.
9 Julia H. Wadsworth,
I
3
23
I 7 Priscilla Simmons,
92
4 30
Mar. IO Frank Murry,
2
24 Annie McCurdy,
52
2 29
Sept. I Isaac Conant,
76
6
II
Jan.
2I Inf. dau. R. S. Keene,
I
13
Jan. 5 Amelia Richards,
Prescriptions Accurately Compounded from
POOLER'S
Pure Materials. Right Prices at
80
J. W. Bowers, PLUMBER DEALER IN
Stoves. Furnaces, Tinware.
Agent for the Famous Clarion and Glenwood Ranges. Has a
COMPLETE LINE OF NICKEL WARE.
COR. OF COMMERCIAL AND BAY VIEW STREETS.
CAMDEN, ME.
H. L. ROBBINS, Dealer in Drugs and Patent Medicines
Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery and Fancy Goods.
Agent for Dr. Miles' and Dr. Shoops' Medicines. Central of Union Telephone Company.
UNION, ME.
81
1894
Yrs
Mos
Dys
Apr. 5 Malinda Wellman,
66
II
4
13 Mark Ames,
68
II
13
June 7 Nellie A. Stickney,
38
8 Eliza A. Peaks,
56
IO
6
July 16 Adeline A. Kenniston,
7I
9
2
Oct. 7 Thomas A. Gushee,
69
2
2
20 Harry A. Butler,
I
II
26
Dec.
5 Mary J. Davis,
56
I
9
6 Margaret Richards,
72
6
5
24 Sarah A. Conant,
76
IO
IO
30 Annie M. Sleeper,
I
24
1895
Jan.
14 Uriah N. Dyer,
88
4 13
Feb.
4 Rebecca Martin,
83
22
12 Willhamp Titus,
16
6
20
16 Susanna Cummings,
8 1
9
26
28 Annette C. Lermond,
54
9
20
Mar.
2 John Esten Stuart,
26
IO
18
4 Nathan Hawkes,
69
16
5 William B. Conant,
77
6
25 Jesse Keller,
86
3
25 Stephen Simmons,
58
II
IO
Apr.
2 Emery M. Keller,
63
8
25
18 Verna Pease,
23
18 Lucy Simmons,
76
9
29 Ethel I. Gushee,
15
7
5
June
9 Hannah C. Perry,
60
8
22
24 Ambrose Heyer,
60
8 IO
29 Francis O. Keating,
48
2
14
July
6 Horace Titus,
82
IO
7 Sarah Esancy,
93
2
18 Sarah P. Fish,
66
8
19 Freeman Esancy,
66
7
I
82
F. L. Davidson,
Agent for the Celebrated
Heath & Milligan Best Prepared Paints
Also a Full Line of Oils, Dryers, Varnishes, Paint Brushes, White Wash Brushes And all goods pertaining to a first-class line of Paint Goods.
Frank H. Ingraham,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
I Limerock Street, Rockland, Maine.
JOHN SIMPSON. ROSCOE STAPLES.
Simpson & Staples
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
harnesses, Collars, Trunks, Bags, etc
Repairing Done Promptly and in a First-Class Manner.
369 Main Street, - -
Rockland, Maine
83
Yrs
Mos
Dys
1895 July 21 Cora E. Kimball,
42
I7
Aug. 8 Israel R. Hills,
76
7
14
24 Atwood Ripley,
74
26 Marion E. Hall,
6
5
Sept. 4 Olive A. Wright,
34
5
22
8 Willis W. Maddocks,
27
8
16
17 William D. Graham,
77
9
19
26 Sarah Collamore,
79
9
I
Oct. 3 Jethro Simmons,
69
8
I2
Nov. 14 Caro A. Sukeforth,
32
5 1 5
7 Frances Hall,
8 I
4
I 7
14 Timothy Sullivan,
77
26 Caroline A. Gushee,
64
2
6
28 Addie A. Moody,
48
4
2I
Dec.
3 Laura E. Maddocks,
18
8
I
26 Nancy H. Wentworth,
82
I
17
1896
Feb.
6 Mahala Chapman,
91
9
22
II Seth C. Hart,
26
6
2
16 Warren P. Wentworth,
70
2
27
Mar. 22 Galen S. Keene,
76
8
18
Apr. 12 Ansel Turner,
4
5
14
14 Eleanor Titus,
87
15 Preston H. Fuller,
4
8 I
20 Eunice Hart,
81
9
20 George W. Rokes,
69
24
30 Isabel Keene,
92
5
May
4 Mary E. Pease,
67
4
16
13 Will A. Rivers,
33
22 James Hall,
73
3 8
June 29 Georgie L. Wentworth,
24
7
30
July 5 Gustavus Kenneston,
83
8
30
5 Hamlin Weymouth,
32
II 2I
84
Adelbert Millett, M. D. Searsmont, Maine.
Connected by Telephone.
Office Hours 8 to 10 A. M.
NOTARY PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
JAMES E. RHODES, 2d. Counsellor at Law
WILLOUGHBY BLOCK,
341 MAIN STREET ROCKLAND, MAINE.
Telephone 306-5.
F. L. Davidson,
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
Boots, Shoes, and Rubbers.
Best Line of Clothing, Hats, Caps and Furnishing Goods in Town. A New Line of Mattings, Floor Oil Cloths, Curtains and Wall Paper.
.
85
1896
Yrs
Mos
Dys
July 8 Vestina A. Pease,
62
I 8
Aug. 12 Phobe A. Brown, 15 Maynard F. Edgecomb,
73
7
16
Sept. 26 Harriet A. Simmons,
55
7
6
Oct. 17 Ethel A. Smith,
2
14
19 Lilla Wellington,
27
2
1 5
Nov.
6 Bailey Grinnell,
79
6 29
7 Albert E. Fish,
23
I2
17 Morton Bennett,
89
4
I3
30 Raymond D. Williams,
5
7
Dec.
3 Margaret Gordon,
79
II
3
9 Mildred L. Bean,
IT
I2
II John Arnold,
87
7
II
1897
Jan. 5 Louisa Weymouth,
60
6
18
6 Emily S. Twiss,
67
7
29
16 John B. Gushee,
30
II 16
29 Daniel Sullivan,
8I
I
4
Feb. I William C. Gurney,
28
3
2
II Joseph Bartlett,
7 1
4
26
Mar. 14 Lizzie M. Linscott,
4
1 5
20 Abigail Simmons,
82
9
IO
24 Prudence E. Pease,
75
I
4
29 Ichabod Foss,
77
II
Apr.
2 Lydia M. Foss,
75
I IO
16 Lola A. Sherman,
16
2
16
May 17 Ellison E. Maddocks,
60
IO
27
21 Mabel Sprague,
22
IO
June 5 Clementine Simmons,
83
8
16
18 Samantha Clark,
60
July
IO Martha H. Burkett,
60
7
Oct. I Rufus Linscott,
63
II
Sept. 22 Alice Lermond,
I7
I
THE DR. D. P. ORDWAY PLASTER CO., Camden, Maine.
Canada and South America.
Sold in every State in the Union,
TRADE MARK
UN×H
DR. D. P. OROWAY'S IMPROVED PLASTER D. F. Ordway.
MADE
FAC-SIMILE
MANUFACTURERS AND PROPRIETORS OF THE
CELEBRATED DR. D. P. ORDWAY PLASTERS
Thomaston, Mc.
State Agents,
THE G. I. ROBINSON DRUG CO.,
86
87
1897 Nov. 3 Lucy A. Gushee, 9 Betsy C. Ripley,
Yrs
Mos Dys
70
II 5
II Isaac Wellman,
77
II
II
15 Cushman E. Harden,
57
6
5
26 Arthur C. Henderson,
2
7 29
27 Florence Ames,
2
5 23
30 Harry L. Fuller,
27
II
I
Dec. 9 Willie H. Young,
I5
3
1898
Jan. IO Leland S. Ripley,
2
4
I2 Elijah D. Gushee,
57
I
1 3
Feb. 24 Wilbert A. Gushee,
45
IO
18
Mar. 30 Ethel J. Linscott,
7
IO
Apr. 14
George E. Robinson,
44
II
14
May I7 Myra S. Ripley,
7
2
Aug. 4 Mary J. Bartlett,
84
9
6
19 Nancy J. Pease,
84
7
23
Sept. 20 Ellen A. Wadsworth,
9
18
Oct. 10 Judson Gould,
44
9
I
Dec. 17 Arzilla B. Hadley,
70
I
21
27 Hattie M. Mitchell.
78
IO
1899
Jan. I Marie McLain,
8
IO
21
5 Edwin S. Burgess,
18
3
I
16 Eliza J. Burkett,
8 I
8
15
21 Mary Wellman,
8 I
8
19
Feb. 18 Isabella Hysler,
5I
IO
26
18 Hattie L. Pinkham,
1 5
15
18 Albert Hysler,
63
I 24
20 Ai Maddocks,
32
8
20
27 Delphina Robbins,
64
6
25
Mar. 7 George E. Butler,
24
I I
I
29 Catherine A. Sidelinger,
85
I II
88
1 899
Yrs
Mos
Dys
Mar. 10 Horatio Dunton,
80
5
12
Apr. 27 Henrietta Young,
72
II 27
June 22 Ella C. Lenfest,
35
4
July 27 Jason Maddocks,
59
9
14
Aug. 14 John H. Seavey,
32
IO
I4
20 Josephine F. Gould,
44
IC
22
24 Elvira G. Meservey,
87
6
1 6
Oct. 10 Susan F. Gushee,
70
6
Nov.
I Elizabeth C. Simmons,
78
2
2
22 Perley L. Butler,
1 5
6
26
25 Rebecca Ripley,
70
7 21
Dec. 21 Mary J. Sibley,
74
8
22
1900
Yrs
Mos
Dys
Jan. 29 Levina H. Fuller,
83
8
29
Feb. 14 Samuel B. Ripley,
80
IO
7
17 John E. Hanly,
48
6
I2
Apr. 2 John L. Quinn,
73
9
I
4 James F. Clark,
67
15
Leonard E. Hall,
7
May 8 Isaac Fuller,
80
I 24
19 William S. Linnekin,
75
21 Rose H. Davidson,
46
9 24
21 Abbie O. Newbert,
49
II 18
25 Joseph A. Gushee,
77
IO 16
30 Joseph W. Shepherd,
78
IO
3
31 Ruth G. Martin,
90
6
28
3I Nancy Moody,
85
I 2I
Oct.
6 Horace I. Hannon,
56
3
28
4 Sarah M. Richardson,
64
IO
14
12 Oliver Boggs,
50
4
14
24 Zenas Fuller,
84
3
I
Nov. 25 Everett E. Fish,
3 16
Dec. 15 James L. McCorrison,
8 I
II 16
L. of C.
.
89
1901 Jan. 5 Nancy Maddocks,
86
4 6
23 Lorenzo F. Sleeper,
65
18
24 Carlton Edgecomb,
66
I
27 Lucy H. Mears,
I
I 15
Feb. 6 Maria S. Hawkes,
8 1
IO
20
8 Milton R. Simmons,
46
5
II
17 Catherine M. Pease,
76
I ] 21
18 Ruth E. Twiss,
43
8
Mar.
2 Nancy Pitman,
83
9
19
3 Henry A. McLain,
7I
4
I3
Apr.
2 Florence E. Gushee,
I7
9 27
3 Cemantha A. Stover,
58
IO 2
6 Frank Richards,
56
2
14 Ella M Wentworth,
18
6
24
21 Robert B. Mears,
8
7
15
26 Julia M. Page,
59
I 2I
June
7 Rebecca O. Fish,
88
6
5
5 Earl B. Thurston,
23
8 Edith Moody,
19
18
July
7 Edward E. Hart,
85
5 20
Sept.
2 Isabel C. Fuller,
27
9
25
30 Galen P. Metcalf,
15
5
23
Nov. 10 Olivia Hart,
84
3
I
1902
Feb. 17 William F. Moody,
55
8
9
26 John E. Rokes,
68
II
16
Mar.
3 George C. Dunton,
70
6
22
Io Rufus Newbert,
84
6
13 Clifford S. Robinson,
I 20
16 Robert S. Miller,
4
4
18 Arobine B. Tyler,
63
I I
18
29 James Hart,
64
6
9
1
Dec. 31. Inf. son Leroy McLain,
Yrs
Mos Dys
90
1902
Yrs
Mos Dys
Apr. 10 Sabra P. Lawrence,
89
7 25
12 Artist W. Pease,
83
4 1 3
19 Elizabeth L. McCorrison,
8 1
8
18
19 Pauline E. Linscott,
5
2I
June 27 Mary M. Harriman,
86
2
26
July I Juliana M. Johnson,
82
9
6
18 Hezekiah P. Murry,
77
2
14
Sept. I Marcellus Maddocks,
61
5 27
7 William J. Martin,
65
IO
6
2I Ambrose Maddocks, Mark Perry,
77
3
Nov. 10 Mary A. Thompson,
7I
8 12
23 Emma J. Bennett,
63
I IO
27 Jennie L. Snow,
47
2
2
28 John Thompson,
77
7 20
1903
Irs
Mos
Dys
Jan,
6 Addie R. Arnold,
68
7
72
6
14
Oct.
Rodney I. Thompson,
Attorney at Law.
401 Main Street, - -
Rockland, Maine
Directory.
POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.
Appleton, No. Appleton,
West Appleton, Burkettville,
Elmwood,
F. L. Davidson A. Wentworth S. O. Bartlett George A. Miller Mrs. E. A. Lamson
HOTEL.
Valley House, A. E. Fish, Proprietor TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen,
J. T. McCorrison, V. O. Keller, G. W. Gushee.
Town Clerk, B. H. Keller Treasurer, Harry C. Pease Collector, Jesse L. Wentworth Supt. Schools, Stephen J. Gushee School Committee, George F. Fogg I year, Stephen Miller 2 years, Isaac Hall 3 years
SOCIETIES AND NIGHT OF MEETING.
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APPLETON.
I. O. O. F., Appleton Lodge, No. 75, Friday D. of R., Golden Rod Lodge, No. 31, 2d and 4th Wednesday P. of H., Georges Valley Grange, No. 96, Saturday G. A. R., David Esancy Post, No. 69, Saturday p. m. Almond Gushee Relief Corps, No. 19, Saturday p. m. W. C. T. U., Ist and 3d Friday
NO. APPLETON. I. O. G. T., Georges Valley Lodge, No. 162, Saturday
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BURKETTVILLE.
I. O. G. T., Pine Plains Lodge, No. 150, Tuesday P. of H., Medomac Valley Grange, No. 175, Saturday
Trial Justice, Deputy Sheriff, Attorney at Law,
M. F. Hanly G. W. Gushee M. F. Hanly
MERCHANTS.
Appleton. S. J. Gushee, H. C. Pease & Son, F. L. Davidson, L. M. Gushee, Dry Goods and Groceries. .
Lottie P. Young, Millinery and Fancy Goods.
No. Appleton, A. Wentworth, Jas. H. Dixon, Dry Goods and Groceries.
Burkettville. A. K. Burkett, George A. Miller, Dry Goods and Groceries.
West Appleton. Colby R. Bartlett, Dry Goods and Groceries.
MANUFACTURERS.
Appleton. G. H. Page, carriages; S. J. Gushee, lumber; V. O. Keller, Elden Dyer, blacksmiths; G. H. Page, carriage painting ; Willard Sherman, J. F. Edge- comb, stave mills; Annie . McLain, Lottie P. Young, Mrs. E. E. Ripley, dressmakers; E. E. Ripley, mason; H. N. Titus, wood worker; F. A. Went- worth, watch and clock repairing. No. Appleton. R. S. Keene, saw, planing and grist mill; Joseph A. Amies, stave mill ; Bessie D. Keene, dressmaker.
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Burkettville. S. J. Gushee, saw and stave mill; George Millay, saw and stave mill and coiled hoops; A. M. Dow, blacksmith and general repairing. TELEPHONES.
N. E. T. & T. Co. S. J. Gushee, Agent H. C. Pease, Agent
Union Telephone Co.
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History.
Appleton was originally a plantation. Was in the state of Massachusetts till the formation of the district of Maine in 1820. Was incorporated as a town, January 28, 1829. The first records of the plantation are dated 1812, giving account of the meetings at the school house in Dist. No. 2, on Ap- pleton ridge, "near Abiatha Richardson's."
The first town meeting was held April 13, 1829. February 20, 1843, a portion of the town of Hope was annexed to it, which was about 5 1-2 miles long, 2 1-4 miles wide on Union line and I 3-4 miles wide on Searsmont line, and included the villages of McLain's and Packard's Mills.
The old Hope-Appleton line was about half way from the river to the ridge road and run nearly parallel to it.
In the spring of 1844 the inhabitants built a town house on land purchased of Willis Fish, and the first meeting was held in it June 25, 1844.
It is supposed that the first settlement was in I775.
The village of No. Appleton formerly called McLain's Mills was settled by Fergus and Archibald McLain brothers who came from the town of Bris- tol, bought land of Gen. Henry Knox, Washington's Secretary of War, and built mills on the river. Fergus had a large amount of land on the west side and Archibald on the east side of the stream. Fer- gus was a "representative in the legislature at Bos- ton eight years and at Portland five years. Was one of the framers of the Constitution of Maine, was first of the selectmen 22 successive years, when he de-
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clined further service but always participated in pub- lic affairs till the time of his death." Archibald gave the land for a burying ground, provided the citizens would build a wall around it.
The village of Appleton formerly known as Packard's Mills was settled by Reuben Packard, who built mills on the western side of the stream. This village was afterward known as Smith's Mills.
Burkettville is the western part of the town for- merly called Burkett's Corner from one of its prom- inent citizens, Mr. Andrew Burkett, who built two mills on the Medomak river. Mr. Burkett was promi- nent in town affairs, representative to legislature, etc.
The town was named in honor of a wealthy merchant of Boston, who gave a bell which is in the steeple of the Baptist church.
The Friends meeting house, which stood in what is called the Quaker burying ground, was built in the early part of the century. The Friends met in silence for many years, but owing to lack of mem- bers finally discontinued, In 1868 the meeting house was moved and is now a part of the dwelling house of Mr. David Cummings.
In 1845 to 1848 the Georges canal was built through this valley from Thomaston to Searsmont. Freshets in spring, drougths in summer and ice in winter contributed to its downfall, but in spite of all these it did considerable business for several years. The first postoffice in town was at Pease's Corner, now known as Pitman's Corner, with Geo. Pease, Esq., P. M.
Later history we will omit as most of our read- ers are familiar with it.
JUN 10 1903
COME TO US FOR
Stylish Goods
AT LOWEST CASH PRICES. E. W. BERRY & CO., Gents' Furnishings, Fine Footwear.
Agents for Lamson & Hubbard and Stetson Hats. ROCKLAND, ME.
When in Doubt on the
Shoe Question
CALL ON THE
HUB - SHOE - STORE.
Sole Agents for the . Walkover Shoe for Men, and the La France Shoe for Women.
WE HAVE THE FINEST SHOE AND RUBBER REPAIRER IN THE STATE.
Our number is
446 Main St,
ROCKLAND, ME.
New England E
Clothing House
ROCKLAND.
THE LEADING STORE FOR ---
MENS' AND BOYS' High Grade CLOTHING
AT REASONABLE PRICES.
BURPEE & LAMB, PROPRIETORS
396 Main Street,
Rockland, Me
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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