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during the half-century he has been in prac- tice. He is a member of Maine Homeopathic Medical Society and American Institute of Medicine, in which he is a senior. Dr. Fland- ers is a Republican in politics. He is a mem- ber of Timothy Chase Lodge, Free Masons, Belfast. Ile and his family attend the Uni- versalist church of Belfast. He married ( first), in 1856, Sarah A. Eaton, born at Sea- brook, New Hampshire. She died in 1863, and he married (second), October 2, 1873, Leonora Speed, born February 23, 1847, daugliter of George Speed, of Belfast. Child of first wife, Florence Evelyn, who died when eight years old.
HOMER According to the best preserved records in the family, Homer ap- pears to be an old Saxon name, derived, in all probability, from the manor of Homer, which now bears the name of Hum- mer, in the county of Somerset, England. As "hob" signifies high, and "mere" a pool or lake, the name may easily mean "The high lake." "Mere," however, also means a bound- ary, or a ridge of land. The "Mere" at Hum- mer is not large enough to be styled a lake, but is a large pond where much fishing is done. The manor of Homer is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, but is mentioned as many as eight times in the Inquisition, a Post Mortem, from Richard II, 1381, to Henry V, 1414, as Homere means "t-ten," that is Homere massuage, or manor and lands, the name was always spelled in the same way.
The first of the Homer name on record is Thomas de Homer, lord of the manor of Homer, to whom lands in the neighboring county of Dorset were granted A. D. 1338, by Lord Moltravers. His name appears in two deeds, both of the same year, written Thomas de Homere and Thoman de Homere.
According to the traditions preserved by the Homers of Staffordshire, England, their an- cestor left his native country on account of a duel, and settled in the county of Staffordshire, while he built the house of Ettings Hall, in the parish of Sedgeley. Ettings Hall was an old half-timbered structure of the so-called Elizabethan type. It was in such a state of decay that it was taken down about the year 1868. The fact that it was constructed of wood showed that it was probably much older than the time of Queen Elizabeth, when build- ings of stone first began to be erected. Before the Reformation there was built a mortuary chapel beside, and forming part of, the chancel of the old Church of Sedgeley, and the fam-
ily vaults were under this, the entrance being from the inside of the chancel. This church was taken down and rebuilt by the Earl of Dudley in the year 1829, at which date the vault was rebuilt and left upon the outside of the church, the chapel not being reconstructed at that time. Edward Homer erected a pew in this church in the year 1626, which was occupied by his descendants until the demoli- tion of the church, at which time the oaken seat from this pew was given to Earl Dudley, who, to preserve that sacred relic, had it built into the wainscot of one of his houses, called the Park, Wiran's, West Hill, near Dudley, in 1887.
Through all their long lines of history the Homers of England preserved with glowing luster their fame as a family of truest honor, holding high positions in the most worthy man- ner, and showing a talent for various kinds of work of a high order which leaves its proofs to inspire others through scores of genera- tions. The branch of this strong old family which early emigrated to America bore with it the best characteristics of the family in Eng- land, and the descendants have kept well the honor of a noble name. They have often been entrusted with positions which required great energy and the display of the truest worth, but these places have been held in a most praiseworthy manner. Many memorials of such faithfulness may be found, among which are two towns in the north which bear this family name, while the south has its busy city of Homer, Louisiana. The pictures of the famous water-color painter, Winslow Homer, bear witness of what the family has achieved along such lines of work. It has been truly written of him, "He is one of the ablest and most original of American artists, whose works are notable for a fine sense of color, great truth to nature, and virile sentiment."
(I) Captain John Homer emigrated to Bos- ton, Massachusetts, about the year 1690, and became a very helpful and worthy citizen of that city, where he died on the first of No- vember, 1717. He married, July 13, 1693, Margery Stevens, a woman of great refinement and energy. Children : John, Mary, Benja- min, William, Michael, Robert, Frances and a second Mary.
(II) Benjamin, son of Captain John and Margery (Stevens) Homer, was born in Bos- ton, May 8, 1698. He was of a high sense of honor, great zeal, and withal a readiness to help others in every stress and care of life. When quite a young man he removed to Yar- mouth, Massachusetts, where he purchased a
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large farm which he cultivated in a very skilful and successful manner. Here he built a two- storied house, which for a long time was one of the best houses in all that section. It was built in the sturdy fashion of the castles and manors which his ancestors had erected, for it was still a strong-walled place in 1850. Ben- jamin Homer was a magistrate whose wise and faithful work was known far and wide. He was also one of the most worthy repre- sentatives to the Massachusetts general court. His true and upright life inspired many others to good and worthy deeds. He married Eliza- beth Crowe, or Crowell, as her name is spelled in its more modern form. She was the daugh- ter of John Crowe, one of the original grantees of Yarmouth, and of Bethiah Sears. Among their children were: Bethia, John, Margery, William, Benjamin and Stephen.
(III) Stephen, son of Benjamin and Eliza- beth (Crowe) Homer, was born in Yarmouth, April 15, 1736, and was a man of great force of character and truest uprightness. He mar- ried Elizabeth Chapman, of one of the strong , old families of Yarmouth, who was born in Dennis, Massachusetts, October 15, 1736. Children : Chapman, Joshua, Stephen, Joseph, William, Zenas, David, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Bethia, and four others whose names have not been preserved in history. It was a family whose worthy deeds were known far and wide.
(IV) William, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Chapman) Homer, was born in Yarmouth, December 11, 1766, died at Bucksport, Maine, April 22, 1839. As it stated in the old family Bible, which is still preserved with great care, that his children were born in Bucksport, it is clear that he removed to Maine when quite a young man. He brought to the beautiful shores of the Penobscot river a large inherit- ance of the best qualities of his long line of ancestors, and amid the rugged forests and the trying scenes of a pioneer settlement these brightened and glowed with a new luster. He was a man whose quick, wise and kindly advice on many subjects was eagerly sought for. He married, September 20, 1791, Jane Lowell, born in Searsport, Maine, February 17, 1773, and who was a noble wife and mother. Chil- dren : 1. William Jr., born June 14, 1792. 2. Betsy, November 16, 1793. 3. Sally, June 8, 1795. 4. Polly, June 14, 1797. 5. Harriet, December 22, 1798. 6. John Chapman, Octo- ber II, 1800. 7. Louisa, November 6, 1802. 8. Elmira, June 23, 1804. 9. Jane, April 14, 1806, died in infancy. 10. Lucy, March 12, 1808. II. Stephen, March 27, 1810. 12. Zenas, 1812.
(V) Zenas, son of William and Jane (Low- ell) Homer, was born in Bucksport, July 18, 1812, died in that town, January 18, 1900, having lived a most honorable and useful life. He married, July 18, 1839, Cynthia Hill Lake, who died January 18, 1900. Like her husband, she was descended from some of the strongest and most patriotic families, being the daugh- ter of Colonel Sewall Lake, of Rindge, New Hampshire, and wife, Hannah ( Peabody) Lake, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Children : I. Cynthia Lake, born July 2, 1840, married, September 24, 1881, Henry C. Fish, of Denver, Colorado. 2. Zenas Morton, January 12, 1843, was lost at sea, October 6, 1860. 3. and 4. Hannah Jane and William Sewall, twins, Sep- tember 1, 1844, the latter died July 10, 1903. 5. James Albert, December 4, 1846, married, 1884, Marion L. Gould, of Stillwater, Maine. 6. George Alpheus, died in childhood. 7. Car- roll Cleveland, April 16, 1850, has been in the grocery business in the village of Bucksport for over forty years, serving at first as a clerk with his father, and being taken into partner- ship with him in 1874. Since 1897 he has been the sole owner of this large business. He was a most efficient postmaster of Bucksport from 1895 to 1899. He is a very prominent worker in the Democratic party and was dele- gate to the Chicago National Democratic Con- vention which nominated Grover Cleveland for president. He has been secretary of the Bucks- port board of trade for fourteen years, and president of the Bucksport Loan and Building Association for over ten years. He is a most active member in many secret societies, and has held many important offices in these. In 1879 he married Etta Jane Crockett, of Prospect, Maine; children : Guida Cleveland, Morton Leslie and Frank Pilsbury, deceased. 8. Leslie Clinton, July 21, 1852. 9. George Peabody, February 5, 1856, resides at Bucksport, hav- ing been clerk in his father's grocery-store and engaged in that business until 1901, when he became the proprietor of Homer's Livery and Boarding Stables. He is a very efficient member of the Democratic party. He is a member of the board of trade at Bucksport, and is a member and treasurer of Bucksport Lodge, No. 14, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is also a member of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America. On December 6, 1881, he married Julia Etta Smith, of Bucks- port, daughter of Joshua Smith; children : Ruth Peabody, deceased, Florence Hill and Horace Zenas.
(VI) Leslie Clinton, son of Zenas and Cyn- thia Hill (Lake) Homer, was born in Bucks-
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port, July 21, 1852, and has long been one of the leading and frost worthy citizens of his native tow :. For ove. twenty years he was at the head of liomer's Express Company, running to Bangor, Maine. He is also owner and sole proprietor of the Bucksport and Pros- pect Ferry, and a large owner in real estate in the village. He is a trustee of the New Eng- land Building Association. He is a very en- thusiastic worker in the Lodge of Odd Fel- lows and that of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, as well as of the New England Order of Protection. He is a Democrat, and member of the Congregational church.
NUTT This is not an extensive family in Mainc, but it has made a reputa- tion for itself that is noble, lasting and worthy of imitation hy those who would abundantly achieve success. The first Nutt of whom we have any record in American history was Miles, who came from England to Water- town, Massachusetts, in 1637. He brought a daughter named Sarah, and he probably had sons. The name is a derivative from the man who had a nut orchard. Nutting was the son of Nut, and from this we have Nutter and Nute. The blood is of Scotch strain.
(I) James (1) Nutt lived in Whitefield, Lincoln county, Maine, but removed to Har- mony, then called Vaughnstown, Somerset county, and died there aged ninety-three. He was a farmer and shoemaker, and twice mar- ried. The children by first wife were: Will- iam, James, John, Hannah and Mahala. Those of second wife were: Samuel, Statira and Lucy.
(II) James (2), son of James (I) Nutt, was born in Whitefield and settled in Perry, Washington county, on the shore of Passama- quoddy bay about 1820, and died there aged eighty-seven. He was a Whig until the nomi- nation of General Fremont, for whom he voted, and continued thereafter to act with that party. Mr. Nutt was deputy sheriff and tax collec- tor, and a Congregationalist in his religious connections. He married Sarah Brown, of Mount Vernon, Kennebec county. Children : I. Noel Byron. 2. Sarah, married Dudley Currier. of Perry. 3. Cynthia, married Sam- tel Osborne. 4. Belinda A., married Joseph Rich. 5. Jethro B. 6. Laura A. 7. Mary, married B. W. Coggins, of Lubec. 8 Edwin. 9. Frederick Merton.
(III) Noel Byron, eldest son of James (2) and Sarah (Brown) Nutt, was born in Perry, June 1I, 1824, and died at Eastport, May 10, 1898, having measured the allotted span of
man's stay on earth with four years to spare. Noel B. was educated in the schools of Perry, St. Albans Academy, and Washington Acad- emy at East Machias. At the age of sixteen he began to teach school, this being his voca- tion till 1861, his first engagement as a teacher in Eastport being in 1848. In 1858 he bought the Eastport Sentinel, which was established in 1818 by Benjamin Fulsom, and is still pub- lished by Mr. Nutt's son, and one of the oldest papers in the state. The Sentinel, under Mr. Nutt's able management, increased its circu- lation and widened its influence, becoming the leading exponent of Republicanism in far east- ern Maine. It supported its men and measures with a convincing logic that was hard to with- stand. It always forcibly upheld the claims of the old Pine Tree State for consideration. and when Hannibal Hamlin was on the hustings he had no more effective ally to boom his candidacy, and the same may be said later of James G. Blaine and Thomas B. Reed. The Sentinel was always loyal to the sons of Maine in their honorable aspirations, its columns al- ways open to the discussion of local enter- prises, and its tone pure, chaste and elevating. In 1887 Mr. Nutt was elected treasurer of the Eastport Savings Bank, which he held as long as he lived. He was treasurer of the East- port Water Company, treasurer of the Wash- ington county railroad, and in addition to these several interests he carried on an extensive in- surance business. He was deputy United States collector of the Passamaquoddy district from 1861 to 1874, and collector from 1874 to 1886, having been first commissioned by Presi- dent Lincoln, and reappointed by Grant, Hayes and Garfield. Before Eastport received her city charter he was chairman of the board of selectmen and also of the school committee. He was a charter member of the Union Divi- sion Sons of Temperance, secretary of the East- ern Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, member of the Eastern Royal Arch Chapter, of which he was high priest, and be- longed to St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Templar. He attended worship in the Unitar- ian church, was on the standing committee managing the same, and teacher in its Sunday- school. Mr. Nutt was a friend of the friend- less, a counselor to the distressed and a bene- factor to all who needed the assistance and encouragement of their fellow men. In busi- ness affairs he was upright and honorable and a man of unbending integrity. Mr. Nutt was married in 1845 to Harriet, daughter of John M. Todd, of Calais, Maine. She was born April 10, 1824, and died in 1904. Their chil-
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dren were: Frederick Edgar, Noe. L., Hattie L., widow of Henry B. Hunt; Jessie Emma and Nellie S., wife of Wilbor A. Shea, of East- port. Mrs. Hattie L. Hunt has two daugh- ters : Helen, married Harrison Oakes, and Marion S.
(IV) Frederick Edgar, first son of Noel Byron and Harriet (Todd) Nutt, was born March 14, 1847, at Perry, Maine. He came to Eastport when seven years of age, was taught in the public schools, and learned the printer's trade on the Eastport Sentinel, of which he later became editor. He was for a time con- nected with the Eastern Express Company as messenger, between Boston and St. John, New Brunswick. He next established and conducted a canning factory in Nova Scotia. Relinquish- ing this business, he went to the states of Minnesota and Nebraska for a few years, com- ing to Eastport again in 1886, and took charge of the Eastport Sentinel. In 1891 he was ap- pointed special United States deputy collector by President Harrison, and has held the office since by reappointment. He was a member of the Eastport school committee for some years, always a Republican, and religiously tends to- ward Unitarianism. Mr. Nutt is interested in fraternalism, and was raised to a master Mason in Eastern Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Eastport; received the capitular degree from Eastern Chapter, and was ac- corded the rites of the Commandery in St. Bernard, No. 11. He is an active and influen- tial member of the board of trade. Mr. Nutt married Maria Emma, daughter of Rev. Ingam Sutcliffe, of Nova Scotia, and a native of Eng- land. The marriage took place February 22, 1874, on Washington's birthday. Their chil- dren are : 1. Earnest Frederick, born December 14, 1874, married Virginia Kemp. 2. Jessie Maria, born in August, 1877, married Randall B. Rumery, of Eastport, and has two children : Alice Winifred, born January 1, 1904, and Randall Benjamin Jr., born October, 1906. 3. Marjorie Winifred, born September, 1882.
The racial characteristics of FENNELLY Erin's sons are bravery in war, progress in peace and a quickness to grasp opportunities. To these should be added an inborn love of liberty and a ready assimilation with our republican in- stitutions. The Irish emigrants to Maine have been foremost in the work of developing the vast resources of the state from its early his- tory, and an account of the families of the state would be imperfect without embracing the Milesian strain. They are in every walk in
life in mechanics, in manufacturing, in com- merce, in the professions and in that highest industrial condition of man, the open life of the farm, the basis of the old Pine Tree's wealth.
(I) Locklan Fennelly lived in the Emerald Isle and the baptismal name of his wife was Alice.
(II) Andrew, son of Locklan and Alice Fennelly, was born in Ireland and came to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830. He married Melinda Smallidge, of Tremont, Maine ; chil- dren : Alice, Thomas, Martha, Nathan and William.
(III) Hon. William, eldest child and son of Andrew and Melinda ( Smallidge) Fen- nelly, was born in Boston, January 9, 1840, in the administration of President Van Buren. His parents removed to Lynn, where he lived till twenty years of age, and to the thriving shoe city he owes his early schooling. In 1860 he came to Mount Desert, Maine. William enlisted in the Sixteenth Maine Volunteers and served throughout the war, participating in twenty battles and engagements, and was prisoner of war confined in Salisbury. He was with the First Brigade under General Root at the battle of Fredericksburg. With his regiment he crossed the rapid Rappahannock, December 12, 1862, three miles below Fred- ericksburg, which drew up in line of battle near a stone mansion used as a hospital. The regiment maintained its position through the day and night. The following morning dawned bright and fair. The world seemed cheerful, full of promise and hope, and life never so sweet, but, alas! it proved the last call for many a poor fellow. Colonel Tilden had his regiment under arms by eight o'clock the next morning. At noon he deployed his men by a right flank to an open field, unmasking the One Hundred and Fifth New York, and be- gan his fire. Here orders to charge on the enemy's breastworks were given, which were responded to with the promptness and firm- ness of old veterans, driving the enemy from his position and capturing sixty prisoners. It was here that Mr. Fennelly was borne from the field wounded. In the Wilderness campaign, at the engagement of Laurel Hill, Mr. Fen- nelly remained in the breastworks with his regiment till twelve o'clock at night, and par- ticipated in the general charge on the rebels. At Gettysburg the sixteenth was east of Semi- nary ridge and double-quicked to the right of it, and took position behind the rail fence, in a piece of woods parallel with the Chambers- burg turnpike, and engaged the enemy and held
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their position against fearful odds, and Private Fennelly here bore himself with conspicuous gallantry. Among other battles where Fen- nelly fought were Chancellorsville and Mine Run. Mustered out at the close of the war with scars and an honorable discharge, he re- turned to Bar Harbor and followed fishing to the Banks. In 1870 he was appointed keeper of the Bear Island light by his old commander, President Grant. In 1879-So he was repre- sentative to the Maine state legislature. In 1880 he began the manufacture of boots and shoes and soon added harnesses. This busi- ness, in which he is still interested, he learned in his old home city of Lynn, back in his boy- hood. Mr. Fennelly is an active Republican worker in his county and has taken part in most every campaign since the war. He has been called to discharge many important offi- ces by his constituents, and he has given a good account of his stewardships. He has been sheriff and high sheriff of Hancock county, was appointed postmaster of Bar Har- bor by President Mckinley and reappointed by President Roosevelt, and now holds it. This office handles a large lot of mail matter in summer and it is one of the most important in the state. Mr. Fennelly is treasurer of the Bar Harbor Fair Association, trustee of the Bar Harbor Medical and Surgical Hospital. He is a member of Mount Desert Lodge, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons, a capitular Mason in Mount Kebo Chapter, has been ac- corded the council degree at Bangor, admitted to the commandery in St. John's, at Bangor, and belongs to James M. Parker Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
Mr. Fennelly married Ann Rebecca Somes, from an old and respectable Mount Desert family. One daughter, Flora Somes, died Sep- tember 6, 1908. She married Dr. Edwin J. Morrison ; children : Paulina and William Fen- nelly Morrison.
Morris Somes was born in England in 1614. He was a first settler in Gloucester, Massachu- setts, and is ancestor of all of the name in America. The Christian name of his wife was Margory.
Abraham Somes, fourth in line from the progenitor, was born in Gloucester in 1732. He removed to Mount Desert in 1762 and was one who hewed the way for the coming population and the present prosperity. He and those of his race have always held an impor- tant place in the civil policy of the island. He was the first selectman chosen in Mount Desert and belonged to the militia. Somesville per- petitates the name in local geography. He
married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Her- rick, on Christmas day, 1753. She died March 16, 1790. He married (second) Joannah, wid- ow of Edward Beal, of Union River, Maine, and she died December 17, 1831, but survived Abraham by twelve years, his death occurring September 7, 1819, having reached the ex- treme age of eighty. Children : Hannah, Patty, Lucy, Prudence, Abraham, Mercer, John, Daniel, Louis, Joab, Betty and Isaac.
John, second son of Abraham and Hannah (Herrick) Somes, was born in Mount Desert, and married Judith Richardson, January 6. 1793, the Hon. Paul D. Sargent performing the rites. Children : John, Judith, Jacob, Abra- ham, Benjamin, Emily and Julian.
Hon. Jacob, second son of John and Judith (Richardson) Somes, was born in Mount Desert in 1799. He represented his town in the Maine house of representatives and was elected to the state senate, and was altogether an all-around citizen, taking a leading part in public affairs and was certainly one of the greatest Somes in Maine's history. He left a name his descendants may point to with a par- donable pride. He married Rebecca Seavey : children : 1. Adelina. 2. Ann R., married the Hon. William Fennelly, mentioned above. 3. John. 4. Kate.
ATKINS This is an English family first represented in New England about the time of the war for independence, and judging from the character of its descendants, the family came from a sturdy lineage, as the business sagacity and enterprise of those with whose history the present is familiar indicates that they were of the most frugal and industrious class.
(I) Joseph Clark (I) Atkins, who was the first to settle in this country, died when his children were young and no family history was handed down.
(II) Joseph Clark (2), son of the American progenitor of the family, was born and died in Gardiner. Maine, and was a farmer and lum- berman all his life. He, in company with John Judkins, invented the first machine for cutting ice, it being used on the Kennebec river. He was a supporter of the Democratic party, and in church faith a Universalist. During the last few years of his life he retired on his farm near Gardiner. He married Lucinda Newell, of what is now West Gardiner. Their chil- dren were : Lucinda, married William Newall. Joseph C. George. Robert. Drusilla, mar- ried John B. Arnold. Hubbard. Katherine. Mamie. John. Frank.
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(III) Joseph Clark (3), son of Joseph Clark (2) and Lucinda (Newell) Atkins, was born in South Gardiner, Maine, July 19, 1825. He obtained his education at the public schools of Gardiner and Litchfield, Maine, after which he settled down on the farm with his father, where he remained until eighteen years of age, when he went on the Kennebec river, being employed as a collector of logs. He continued at this work until he reached his majority, when he entered into the business for himself, following it for two years. Subsequently, in company with Enoch Miller, he purchased a livery business in Gardiner, which they con- ducted for twenty months, when Mr. Atkins sold his interest and went to San Francisco, California, going by the way of the Isthmus. He remained about two years, and returning to Gardiner again engaged in the collection of logs, which line of operation he followed for thirty-five years. He bought a half interest in a sawmill, having for his partner R. T. Hayes. Mr. Atkins was a director of the Ken- nebec Log Driving Company, and was also active in the harvesting and sale of ice from the Kennebec river, which business hie carried on for more than a third of a century, in con- nection with his logging business. He had landed interests with the Bradstreets and Shaws of Gardiner. He is president and di- rector of the Gardiner National Bank, has held the directorship for thirty-five years to this date ( 1908), and been president of the institu- tion for five years. He is also a trustee of the Gardiner Savings Institution, with which he has been connected for twenty-five years. He supports the Democratic party, and has served as selectman of the town of Farmingdale two years. In his religious belief and profession he is a Universalist. He married Esther A. Atkinson, who died in Gardiner, April, 1898. Their children were: I. Louis, died young. 2. Robert, died at thirteen years of age. 3. Carry, married Dr. F. M. Putnam, of Gardi- ner, and had one child, Ellinor, who married William Ginn, and they have one son, Joseph Clark Ginn ; Mrs. Putnam died in Lakewood, New Jersey. 4. Fred, died in childhood.
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