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No. 67 Green Street - Residence of Milford P. Smythe.
In 1892 this house is shown as the residence of Dr. G. M. Twitchell of the State Agricultural Department. In 1909 it was the residence of Charles G. Marston, who was well known in the clothing business on Water Street for many years. He was also prominent in musical and social circles. Mr. and Mrs. Marston had a son Burleigh and a daughter, now Mrs. Joseph Wellington, both well known in the Ocean Point summer colony. Mrs. Marston is now living with relatives and is said to be in her nineties.
No. 69 Residence of William Raynes.
This old house, which has been owned by Wyman and Young for the past few years, is believed to be shown on the 1838 map as the Melvin property. Subsequently the premises passed to Isaac Lilly who deeded the land and buildings to Elizabeth and Paulina Lilly in 1866. For many years the place was in the possession of the Lilly family; it has changed hands several times since the first decade of the present century.
No. 69A Green Street - Residence of William Rawlings.
It is said that this house was made from a part of the old Lilly house at No. 69 Green Street. The occupant in 1935 was Gordon E. Hammond.
No. 71 Green Street - Residence of William E. Dowling.
An unmarked house on this site is shown on the 1879 map. In 1902 it is shown as the property of Lendall Titcomb. From 1906 through 1935 the A. M. Drummond family are shown as the occu- pants. A. M. Drummond was in the real estate and collecting busi- ness. In 1950 the occupant was F. H. Robie.
No. 73 Green Street - Residence of Clarence L. Partridge.
In the 1871 directory this house is shown as the home of Jeri- miah Sullivan, stage driver on the Belfast line. In the 1879 map the Sullivan family is still shown, as the occupants. In the early 1900's the name of Henry Potter, a mason, is listed as living here. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge have made their home here for over twenty- five years.
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No. 75 Green Street - Residence of Donald C. Herrick.
This house is shown as the property of Ai Staples, well known contractor and builder of the period. Later it was shown as the Hartung place. In the 1906 directory the name of Frank Herrick, who it is said was from the Swedish colony in New Sweden, and members of his family appear. For years the Herrick family ran a neighborhood grocery store on the South Chestnut Street side, the Green Street side being used as the family residence.
South Chestnut Street crosses. .
No. 81 Residence of Allen Thomas.
This old home was the residence of Elisha Atkins and his family during the 1860's and 1870's. Elisha Atkins and his brothers conducted a planing mill and box factory near the Kennebec Dam. Subsequently the box making business was taken over by Jerimiah Glidden who worked for Elisha Atkins. Mr. Glidden retired in the early part of the 1900's and gave the business to his sons, Frank and William, who moved it to Hallowell near the site of where the present oil storage tanks are located. The mill burned and the business was relocated in Gardiner and thence to Randolph where it was discontinued as a result of paper boxes supplanting the wooden type. Jerimiah Glidden married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Jack- son of Windsor, who was a Civil War veteran and it is said was in Andersonville Prison. They had two sons, Frank and William, and three daughters, Hattie who married James W. Beck; Eva who married Anson M. Goddard, Esq., and Elizabeth who became the wife of Gilbert Montgomery King of Providence, Rhode Island. Elisha Atkins sold the premises to the Kennebec Land and Lumber Company in 1875, but his name appears in the 1884 directory as the resident at this address. Afterwards the title appears in the name of J. Manchester Haynes who sold the property to Benedict Maher in the early 1900's. He was born in 1876, the son of James J. Maher, who lived at No. 7 South Chestnut Street and was the proprietor of a men's clothing store on Water Street. He graduated from Cony High School and Georgetown University Law School. He possessed much oratorical ability and was famous as the defense attorney in murder trials. He was Judge of the Augusta Municipal Court, a member of both branches of the Legislature and well known in social circles. He was twice married; his children were Naomi, now deceased, who was a teacher; Rachel, now Mrs. Davan
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of Westbrook; Ursula, the widow of Lewis A. Burleigh, Jr., who is living in West Hartford, Connecticut. Judge Maher died in 1934 and his wife, the former Elizabeth Black of Augusta, in 1951.
On the grounds of this old time mansion in the early 1900's stood an old oak tree known as the Jacataqua Oak. When Benedict Arnold led his ill-fated expedition to Quebec in 1775 he sailed up the Kennebec and at Swan Island captured, it is said, an Indian princess of the Abenaki tribe, called Jacataqua. She was taken to Fort Western and lodged under heavy guard. The famous Aaron Burr, then a young man, was with the expedition and tradition says he was greatly taken with the Indian princess and offered a large sum for her. At that time a large field had been cleared in the vicinity of Chestnut Street and a few oaks had been left standing. The settlers had planted corn there and had been bothered by wild animals. Judge Howard of the Fort wanted to send an armed party to hunt the offending animals. Jacataqua and Aaron Burr volunteered and she taking a rifle and he an axe started the hunt. They crossed the river and on entering the field saw a large bear with two cubs as big as shepherd dogs, eating the corn. The cubs, frightened, took refuge in an oak tree. The princess shot down the mother bear and believing the animal dead, Burr rushed up, but the bear sprang up and tried to hug him, tearing his clothing. Meanwhile the cubs rushed at him, Jacataqua shot one, he killed the other with his axe. The remains of the bear were taken to the Fort and a great feast was held. Jacataqua continued with the party to Quebec where she was lodged in a convent where she gave birth to a girl. Tradition says the girl married and in later life revealed herself to Burr as his daughter. From "Queen of the Kennebec" by Mrs. E. C. Carll, in the book "Trail of the Maine Pioneer", which was published in Lewiston in 1916.
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Green Street - South Side
No. 8 Green Street - Vacant House, Harry Goodrich Estate.
This house appears on the 1879 map as the residence of David M. Waitt, who founded Dirigo Business College, regarded as the forerunner of Gates Business College on Water Street. He opened the school in 1863, the first private business college in central Maine and it was granted a charter by the Maine Legislature. It was for many years the only business training received by many successful Augusta business and professional men. The writer has in his pos- session a certificate of scholarship and the school promises to exert its influence to obtain a position for the student, if he had satis- factory grades. Subsequently the place was sold to Frank and Susan Beale and in the 1892 directory they are shown living there. In 1917 the house was sold to Harry E. Goodrich, Augusta business man who was in partnership with Thomas Buckley, Sr. in Buckley and Goodrich, Dry Goods in the 1890's. In the 1900's Mr. Good- rich operated the "Red Cross Pharmacy" for many years on Water Street. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich left a daughter, Mrs. Irene Straw- hecker of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The house has been vacant for the past ten years, it is said.
No. 10 Green Street - Apartment House.
This place is shown as the residence of Frank Beale in the 1870's and 80's. Frank Beale, successor to his father, Chandler Beale, conducted a paint and paper store on Water Street for over forty years. He was twice married, his second wife being Belle Washburn, sister of Dr. George Washburn. They had a son Howard, who was in the furniture business in Augusta for several years. He removed to Friendship. In 1924 the Beale family is again shown as living at this address and in 1935 Mrs. Belle Beale, widow of Frank, is listed as living here. At that time she was listed as a proof reader at the Kennebec Journal. She has since died.
No. 12 Green Street Apartments.
This house is shown on the 1838 map and is believed to be the home of Thomas W. Smith, prominent merchant. He came to Au-
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gusta when he was 21, from Dover, New Hampshire, in 1805. He was a lumber dealer and for forty years was President of the Augusta Bank. He married Abigail Page, daughter of Ezekiel Page, and died in 1855. His daughter, Eliza Ann, married James W. Brad- bury, Esq. of Augusta in 1815. From the 1870's until after the turn of the century the house was the home of Alice, widow of Eri Wills, a Water Street grocer, and her daughter, Miss Maud M., who for many years was clerk for Wallace Morse who kept a variety store at No. 287 Water Street. Mr. Morse or "Wallie " as he was called was formerly the junior partner in Gannett and Morse, variety goods, but subsequently the partnership was dissolved and W. H. Gannett threw his energies into the publishing business. Mr. Morse continued to sell toys and mileage books and tobacco. He smoked cigarettes, which were a novelty in those days, and the youngsters of the town were advised to keep clear of those " coffin nails " lest they might come to an early demise. For many years the place has been divided into apartments.
No. 16 Green Street - Boucher's Tourist Home.
This house is shown on the 1838 map as the home of Frederic Wingate, who came from Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1804. He was a maker of brass clocks and at the time he arrived Nathaniel Hamlen was making wooden ones; a brass clock was a rarity. General Sewall secured one from Boston, but the ceiling was so low that he had to cut a hole to accommodate the clock. Mr. Wingate sold his first brass clock locally to Ezekiel Page who did not know how to take care of it. He promised if Mr. Page bought the clock, he would call weekly until the family should learn how to take care of it. Mr. Page's daughter Hannah was chosen to take care of the clock and Mr. Wingate became very anxious about the performance of the time-keeper and his visits became more frequent. The clock maker and his pupil in due time were married. Their son, Charles F., carried on the business for many years and also occupied the pa- rental home. He died in 1885. For many years the property was owned by his heirs. In the 1935 directory the name of Levi Wil- liams, one time Mayor of Augusta and founder of the Levi Williams Real Estate Agency, is found listed here as the resident. Mr. Wil- liams' career is noticed in the article on the American Legion Home at the corner of State and Chandler Streets. After his death the title passed to Miss Violet Boucher.
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No. 18 Green Street - Rooms and Apartments.
This large old home is shown as the residence of James A. Thompson, trader, in 1838. He was also a Justice of the Peace and was one of a committee formed to investigate a fire at the State Hospital in 1850, which cost the lives of 28 inmates. A full account of the fire and the investigation is given in North's History of Au- gusta. In 1847 the premises were sold to Joshua D. Pierce and were in possession of the Pierce family for over a hundred years until they were acquired by Dr. Edward Peaselee in 1948. Joshua D. Pierce was born in 1813 and conducted a crockery store on Water Street, later with his son Andrew. After his death in 1882 the business was carried on by Andrew Pierce for many years. An- other son, J. Frank Pierce, had a book and periodical store near where Chernowsky's now is and is listed in the 1871 directory. He married Emma M. Hussey of Vassalboro in 1880. After the death of his father, Joshua, he bought out the interest of the other Pierce heirs in the homestead, in 1886; conveyed the property to his wife Emma in 1889. They had a son Harry and a daughter Louise. Harry Pierce was associated with his father in the bookstore and continued to operate the stand after his death. He married Fanny Curtis of Massachusetts and they had a son, Harry H., now of Cali- fornia. Mr. Pierce died in 1953 in Florida. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Pierce married Dr. Albert H. Sturtevant in 1904 and they had two daughters, Joan, now Mrs. Frank Farrington, and Mary, now Mrs. George R. Lyon, Lake Forest, Illinois. Dr. Sturte- vant was born in Dexter in 1870 and was a graduate of Bowdoin Medical School in 1899. He practiced in Augusta for over thirty years and was well known as a surgeon. The Sturtevants lived for many years at this address. After the death of Dr. Sturtevant in June 1928 the place was known as Whitehall Inn.
No. 22 and No. 24 Green Street -
Residence and Dental Offices of Dr. Edward Peaselee.
This large double house, according to North, was built by Benj. Whitwell, a lawyer, born in Boston, in 1806. He was graduated from Harvard in 1790, read law with John Sprague and came to Augusta in 1796, making the third lawyer in town. His partner was Henry W. Fuller and he was agent for some of the Plymouth proprietors. He was well known for his literary efforts and wrote for the Edes papers, both prose and poetry. Peter Edes was one of the pioneer
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printers in Maine and published a paper known as the “ Kennebec Intelligencer " in 1795 in what was known as the Ezekiel Page house at No. 64 Water Street, destroyed in the Great Fire of 1865. He lived in Augusta for twenty years. After the depression caused by the War of 1812 he moved to Bangor. A full account of his work is found in the book "Peter Edes", Bangor 1901. Mr. Whitwell re- turned to Boston in 1812 and afterwards was well known in public life in Boston. He died at sea in 1825. On the 1838 map the house is shown as the residence of Jacob Stanwood. He had moved from Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1822. For many years he was engaged in buying and selling wool. He died in 1845, aged 59. He was mar- ried twice; his second wife, who was Sally Caldwell of Ipswich, was the mother of Harriet, who married Honorable James G. Blaine. James G. Blaine was born in Pennsylvania in 1830 and was the grandson of Colonel Ephraim Blaine of the Revolution. He gradu- ated from Washington College in 1847 and was teaching school when he met Miss Harriet Stanwood, who was a teacher in a nearby town. They were married in 1851. Blaine had plans for reading law, it is said, but financial difficulties arose and he came to Augusta where he assumed the editorship of the "Kennebec Journal". Pre- vious to their occupancy of the Blaine house, now the Executive Mansion, they were domiciled in this house. The reader is referred to subsequent phases of Blaine's career in the article on the Blaine Mansion. As regards the ownership of these premises, they were conveyed to Jacob Stanwood by the Whitwell heirs in 1826. They were sold by Susanne Stinson to Horace Clukey in 1920, then by the Clukey estate to Arthur Labbe in 1932. Dr. Peaselee bought the old mansion in 1946.
State Street crosses.
No. 30 Green Street - Catholic Convent.
This house was built at the time of the erection of the Governor Hill mansion, now the Oblate Fathers' Retreat, about 1900. It was for many years the caretaker's house for the estate. Fred Sayward, who looked after the Hill property, is shown living there in 1935. In 1949 the Hill premises were acquired by the Oblate Fathers and since then the house has been utilized by the Catholic diocese.
No. 42 Green Street - Residence of Walter Logan.
On the 1879 map this house is shown as the residence of Elisha F. Blackman, who was a partner in Beale and Farnham, paints and
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oils, on Water Street. He is again shown as the occupant in 1892. In 1906 it was the home of A. J. G. Wing, architect and builder. In 1924 it is shown as the residence of the present occupant.
No. 44 Green Street - Residence of Clayton W. Bowles.
On the 1879 map the resident of this house is shown as Dr. E. McDavid. In the 1890's and early 1900's it was the home of Judge Greenlief T. Stevens, Judge of Probate for Kennebec County. He was born in Belgrade in 1831 and was graduated from Harvard Law School in 1861. He enlisted for service in the Civil War and was in command of an artillery unit at Gettysburg. At that battle there is a knoll held by Captain Stevens and his command known as " Stevens Knoll " on the maps and reports of that engagement. After that he practiced law in Oakland, served on Governor Dingley's staff as Colonel. He was Sheriff of Kennebec in the 80's and was Judge of Probate for Kennebec County from 1892 to 1908. He died in Augusta. In common with many cities and towns Augusta sent many soldiers to the Civil War and after the War a Grand Army of the Republic Post in honor of General O. O. Howard was organized, which gave way to the Seth Williams Post No. 13, which came into existence in 1872. It was named for General Seth Williams who was the son of Daniel Williams and who was born in Augusta in 1822. He graduated from West Point in 1842 and saw service in the Mexican War with General Taylor. He was Adjutant at West Point and during the Civil War was Adjutant of the Army of the Potomac, holding this important position under Mclellan, Burnside, Hooker and Meade. He served as Inspector General under General Grant and at the time of his death in 1866 General Grant expressed a desire for interment in West Point, but the family's wishes pre- vailed and his remains lie in Forest Grove. Among the Post Com- manders were Dr. William B. Lapham, noticed in the article on No. 18 Elm Street; General Selden Connor, his neighbor to the south; Captain Charles E. Nash, publisher of the Maine Farmer's Almanac. Captain Nash wrote several valuable articles on local history and was an authority on Indians on the Kennebec. He also wrote a book, "Lithgow Library and Reading Room", inscribed to those who made the institution possible. He published the almanac for many years and after his death his son Danforth, who lived at the Nash family homestead, continued the work. Henry F. Blan- chard, a lawyer who lived at No. 82 Winthrop Street, was another
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commander, as well as Samuel Lane, lawyer and publisher; Lorenzo B. Hill, cashier at the Post Office; George Doughty, harness manu- facturer; William A. Swan, blacksmith; Dr. John O. Webster; Colonel Henry G. Staples, real estate promoter and for whom the Henry G. Staples Camp No. 52, Sons of Veterans, was named; Lewis Selbing, native of Germany and claim agent whose daughter, Miss Jeannette Selbing, taught in Augusta schools for many years; Dr. William Mc- David, old time dentist, and Major Prentiss Folger, Register of Deeds for many years. It is said that at one time there were over five hundred members of the Post and Memorial Day to them was a sacred ritual, with the parade through Water Street and the exer- cises at Memorial Park, watched by hundreds in their Sunday best. A photograph believed to have been taken in the early 1920's shows only eight Civil War veterans participating in the exercises. A sur- viving widow of the Civil War, Mrs. Emma A. Finley, whose husband was John F. Finley of the 22nd Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, is living at No. 22 Pleasant Street in Augusta. In good health she expects to observe her one hundredth birthday anniversary May 29, 1961.
Chapel Street crosses. . . .
No. 48 Green Street - Residence of Dr. Pierre Provost.
This house was shown as the residence of E. F. Pillsbury, a lawyer with offices at No. 125 Water Street, in 1871, and on the 1879 map. Subsequently in 1884 it appears as the residence of James E. Fuller, Augusta grocer, son of John J. Fuller. John J. Fuller, it is said, conducted the Fuller Tavern, which is still stand- ing on Maine Top and was the farmhouse of the Cummings farm for many years. James E. Fuller married Sarah Howard in 1867 and they had two sons, James and Martin, and two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Ingraham and Mrs. Henry Elmore, all deceased. Mr. Fuller was President of the Fuller-Holway Company, wholesale grocers on Water Street for many years. They built the large brick building just north of the railroad bridge on Water Street, now occupied by Wetmore Savage. Mr. Fuller died in 1929. In 1924 the address was that of Charles Purinton of Purinton Brothers, for many years in the fuel business. Mr. and Mrs. Purinton had two sons: Lawrence, now deceased, and Richmond of New York City; and three daughters: Frances, now deceased, who married Burleigh Martin Esq .; Irene, who married Harry Pierce, Jr., and Lucille, now Mrs. Richard Boyd
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of Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1935 the home was that of Frank Mason, Chief Engineer of the Central Maine Power Company.
No. 52 Green Street - Residence of Dr. William J. O'Connell.
In 1871 this house was shown as the home of Alvin Packard, carpenter, and was in the Packard family for many years. In 1935 it was the residence of Elmer E. Parkman, for 21 years Maine Central Station Agent at Augusta and subsequently on the Maine Railroad Commission. He was born in Clinton in 1864. He married Edith Packard in 1909. Both Mr. and Mrs. Parkman are deceased.
Melville Street crosses. . .
No. 54 Green Street - Residence of Dr. John Murch.
In 1871 this was the home of George F. North, son of James North, the historian. He was born in 1840, studied law and was President of the Augusta Gas Light Company. He died in 1882, aged 42, and his wife, the former Ellen Robinson, was shown living there in 1902. Afterwards the house was occupied by Dr. Albert Sturtevant; Madison Gilman, who operated the Old Scotch Bottling Plant on lower State Street; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pierce, Jr., and others.
No. 58 Green Street - Residence of John Leonard.
This was the home of Horace North in 1879. He was the son of James North and brother of George F. North and was born in 1847. For years he was a member of Clapp and North, booksellers on Water Street. Subsequently he was in the real estate business. In 1902 Frank E. Smith, Treasurer of the Augusta Trust Company, now the Depositors Trust Company, is shown living here. He mar- ried Annie M. Hatch in 1891 and they had a daughter, Louise, now the wife of Professor Phillip Pope of Walla Walla, Washington. Afterwards the house was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Adams. Mr. Adams was born in Caribou in 1868 and came to Augusta in 1900 and entered the dry goods business. He was in partnership with Henry Whitman in Whitman and Adams and later founded the D. W. Adams Company. He married Alice Faulkner in Lynn and they were the parents of two daughters: Marion, who married Allen F. Ernst of this city, and Hope, now Mrs. John Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard are shown as the occupants of the home in 1935.
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Sewall Street crosses. . ..
No. 60 Green Street - Residence of Raymond Fortin.
In 1892 this house is shown as the residence of Charles R. Whitten who later built No. 41 Western Avenue. In 1909 the place was the home of Francis B. Purinton, member of Purinton Brothers, coal and wood dealers who unloaded coal from barges which docked near the rear of the Post Office. Mr. and Mrs. Purinton had a son, Willard B., who lives at No. 78 Winthrop Street. Afterwards it was the home of Dr. William J. O'Connor, a practicing physician in Au- gusta for many years. He was born in Bangor in 1884, educated at Bangor High School and graduated from Bowdoin Medical School in 1915. Upon graduation he started practice in Augusta and in 1916 married the former Margaret McQualey of Portland. They had a son Robert, an attorney, and a daughter, Mary E., wife of Dr. Earl Rice of Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. O'Connor passed away in 1954. He was a brother of the late Charles M. O'Connor, whose sons, James F. and Charles B., are residents of Augusta.
No. 64 Green Street - Apartments.
This house is shown as the residence of Lewis C. Dunton in the 1871 directory. In 1884 it is shown as his residence and his business as grocer and fish dealer. There were no houses shown on the 1879 map on the south side of Green Street between Sewall and Dayton Streets with the exception of this place. Lewis C. Dunton died in 1887 at the age of 59 and his wife Nancy in 1888 at the age of 53. They are buried in Forest Grove Cemetery with several children. In 1902 the place is shown as the property of Horace North. In 1909 it was the home of George Leadbetter, Messenger to the Governor. Subsequently for years it was the home of Frank Murphy, post office clerk, and his family. They were shown living there in 1924. His wife was the former Ellen Kemp and they had a son Kemp, now of Portland; two daughters, Gertrude, now Mrs. Richard Kendall of Portland, and Katherine. The place was made over into apartments.
No. 66 and No. 68 Green Street - Apartments.
In 1902 this double house was shown as the property of Horace North. In 1909 Edward B. Savage, a carpenter, is shown as the resident of No. 66 Green Street. His son, Arthur R., was born in Augusta in 1889. He was a graduate of Cony High in 1907 and
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received a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1914. He married Belle L. Smith in 1916. After working in offices in Boston, Bar Harbor and Bath, designing resi- dential and commercial buildings, he returned to Augusta where he formed a partnership with W. G. Bunker in 1918 under the name of Bunker and Savage. For many years the firm specialized in public buildings and schools. Mr. Savage passed away in 1958. This prop- erty has been owned by several parties, including Horace North, Virgil Trouant, Clarence Pierce, Zina Witham who extensively re- modeled it, and the present owner, Harold T. Drew, who bought the place in 1951.
Dayton Street crosses.
No. 72 Green Street - Residence of Mrs. Pearl E. Fuller.
This home was built in 1915 by Pearl E. Fuller, associated with the Maine Central Railroad for over fifty years. He was born in Hallowell, the son of David and Melvina (Beane) Fuller, in 1876. He was educated at Hallowell High School and Dirigo Business College. He started as ticket agent in Hallowell and then went to Augusta in the same capacity. At the time of his death in 1957 he was General Agent for the area. He married Maude A. Peacock in 1902 and they had two daughters, Charlotte R., now Mrs. Gordon Hatch of North Berwick, and Miss Margaret E. Fuller of Augusta.
On the site of this home was the home of Eli Mero, shown in the 1871 directory. He was a car maker for the Portland and Ken- nebec, now the Maine Central Railroad, at the Augusta shop. At that time Dayton Street was called Butman's Lane. In 1871 his son, Eldon H., a plumber working for the Strattons, is shown living at that address. February 18, 1898 the Kennebec Journal carried the news of the ill-fated Maine which was blown up in Havana the night of February 15th. It announced that Eldon H. Mero, Chief Machinist, had been killed in the explosion and that his relatives in Augusta were receiving the condolences of their friends. Subsequently the Mero place was moved, it is said, to Bennett Street and the Fuller home built on the site.
No. 74 Green Street - Residence of Richard D. Tillotson.
In 1871 this was the home of the Rev. Sylvanus Sargent. His daughter, Mrs. Anne Sargent Hunt of Augusta, was the editor of the Home Mission Echo, said to be a Baptist publication. She was
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known as a prolific writer, both in prose and verse. In 1897 Martha Sargent sold the home to Alma Lyon. It is said that at one time the Rev. Charles A. Mosher, Pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church, lived here. He came from Bangor, Maine in 1902 and remained until 1916. During his pastorate the building at No. 43 State Street, now an apartment house, was abandoned and a grey stone church built on Grove Street. It was dedicated in 1907 as the Penney Memorial Free Baptist Church as a memorial to the Rev. Charles Penney, whose career is mentioned in the description of No. 7 Sum- mer Street. In 1926 the house was sold to the Rev. H. A. Kennedy, a Baptist minister. Afterwards it was purchased by Frank J. Small, Esq., who was a graduate of Bowdoin in 1897 and Maine Law School in 1900. Mr. Small is shown living here in 1935 and at that time was Assistant State Attorney General. Mr. and Mrs. Small, both de- ceased, had a son, G. Knowlton Small, who it is said is living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The present occupants bought the premises in 1956.
No. 72 Green Street - Residence of Vivian Cameron.
Wallace Price, Purchasing Agent of the Central Maine Power Company, is shown living here in 1914. He went to the Augusta Public Schools and Cony High School before the First World War. During that war he held a commission and remained in the Officers Reserve and it is said that he was called to active duty in the Second World War. He died a few years ago in Tucson, Arizona. The place was sold to W. T. Allen, who in turn sold it to General John S. Hadley, Governor of the Togus National Home. The present owner bought in 1925 and has been the occupant ever since.
South Chestnut Street crosses. . .
No. 78 Green Street - Residence of Richard H. Fallon.
This old mansion was the home of Elisha F. Pinkham, a car- penter, in 1871 and also in the 1892 directory. In 1906 it is shown as the home of James F. Blanchard, County Treasurer. He was the son of Edwin Blanchard of Chelsea and was born in 1857. He was educated in the Hallowell Classical Institute and Dirigo Business College. He married Adeline Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Owen. Howard Owen was long known in journalistic and literary circles in Augusta. He was born in Brunswick in 1835. He learned the printer's trade in the offices of the Lewiston Journal and
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the Brunswick Telegraph. At Brunswick he edited and published the first youth's temperance paper ever published in Maine. He wrote a number of poems, was popular as a lecturer and also delivered quite a number of Memorial Day orations. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard had a son Edwin, who like his grandfather has followed a journalistic career in New York City, and a daughter Lena, who is now Mrs. Rickel of Nebraska. In 1912 the premises were sold to John Arnold who was born in Augusta in 1875. He was a graduate of Cony High School and went into the Augusta Post Office in 1893, was Superintendent of Mails in 1909 and was appointed Postmaster in 1922, serving until 1933. He came of an old Augusta family; his lineage is shown in North's History. It is said that one of his an- cestors served in the Revolutionary War and he is said to have been a member of the Society of Mayflower descendants. He never mar- ried. After his death in 1955 the home was acquired by Mrs. Lillian Manter and subsequently sold to Richard and Jean Murray Fallon.
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Various Alumni Directories. (Colleges and Academies)
" Fate of the Maine " by Weems, 1958.
Report of Naval Board of Inquiry concerning the sinking of the " Maine " in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898, Washington 1898. Brief Biographies of Maine 1926-27 Hodgkins.
Town History of Litchfield.
The Trail of the Maine Pioneer, Maine Club Women, Lewiston, 1916. " Widow of Lot Morrill", article from Boston Globe, 1904.
Papers of John L. Stevens, property of Lithgow Library, Augusta.
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