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10. Otis Robbins, 53.
14. In Vinalhaven, Joseph Sanborn, 81, formerly proprietor of the Sanborn House, in Belfast. He was born in Prospect.
15. Jennie B. Sawyer, 37, wife of Isaac T. Leadbetter, and a native of North Haven.
15. In Union, Joshua Brackett, 81, a native of Belfast.
17. In Lynn, Mass., Clara F., 45, wife of Wilson Clark, a former resident of Belfast.
22. In San Francisco, Cal., Emily F., 52, wife of Capt. Phineas Pendleton, formerly of Searsport, and daughter of Augustus Perry, of Belfast.
24. Henry H., 57, son of the late Paul Hayes.
25. In Portland, Miss Florence K., 23, daughter of the late Samuel S. Hersey, Jr., formerly of Belfast.
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Mar. 28. Wyman C. Berry, 19, formerly of Stockton Springs.
29. In Warren, R. I., Rev. William J. Wilson, 81. He was pastor of the Methodist Society in Belfast in 1857-58, and was the prime mover in erecting the present church edifice.
Apr. 30. In Bangor, Louisa (Bryant) Wadleigh, 91, a native of Belfast.
5. Nancy F., 72, wife of John H. Hallowell.
7. Miss Mary Lizzie, 36, youngest daughter of George Dana McCrillis.
12. In Fountain, Mich., Daniel L. Dyer, 77, a native of Steuben, and a former resident of Belfast. He was a brother of David W. Dyer.
13. Ruth M. Staples, 21, wife of Freeman W. Bachelder.
14. Marion E., infant son of Russell Bennett Stephenson.
15. Charles, 2, son of William J. Robbins, Jr.
16. Daniel Lane, 82. He was son of the late Col. Daniel Lane, and was for many years a trader and steamboat agent in Belfast.
21. Edward M. Mowe, 20, a native of Lowell, Mass.
22. Jacob W. Eastman, 82. He was born in East Kingston, N. H., and came to Belfast about 1853.
25. In West Somerville, Mass., Mrs. Mary Olivia Kendall, 50, daughter of the late Col. Silas M. Fuller, formerly of Belfast.
26. In Bangor, Mrs. Erva D. Hubbard, 29, daughter of Israel V. Miller, of Belfast.
May 1. In Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Caro J. Howard. She was daugh- ter of the late Capt. Martin Rogers. Her first husband was Benjamin Sargent and her second Adoniram J. Howard, both of Belfast.
5. In Rockland, Augusta (Nickerson), 50, wife of Alexander P. Davis, and a native of Belfast.
7. Capt. John Moore, 86, for many years a shipmaster in all the branches of the merchant service. During the Civil War he was commander of government steamers.
9. Marion V., 10, daughter of Arthur Collin Whitney.
13. Olive, 80, widow of the late William Thaxter Colburn, and daughter of the late Paul Giles.
13. Mrs. Jennie O'Leary, 90.
21. Emma F., 54, wife of Capt. James Henry Perkins, and daughter of Joseph McKeen.
22. Emily E., 72, widow of the late David Peirce, and daughter of the late Joseph Ellis, of Brooks.
29. In Brooklyn, N. Y., Harriet Elizabeth, wife of John F. Gould, formerly of Belfast.
30. Thomas R. Ellis, 68.
31. Benjamin Miller, 86, a native of Hampden.
June 5. Nathan W. Pettee, 60, a native of East Sullivan. He served in Company E, Twenty-sixth Maine Regiment, and was a
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good soldier, and a man who had the full confidence of all the community.
June 7. Joseph A., 60, son of the late David Gilmore. He served in Company K, First Maine Heavy Artillery, during the War, and also in the Navy.
8. In Jacksonville, Fla., Capt. Preseott H. Nason, 74, a native of Belfast. He went to California, in 1849, in the bark W. O. Alden.
11. Darius N. Royal, 74.
14. Nellie M. Whitcomb, 26.
14. In Brockton, Miss Nellie J., 29, daughter of Capt. Rufus B. Condon, recently of Belfast.
18. Walter E. Baker, 1.
20. Miss Almira Abigail Hicks, 67. She was earnest and active in temperanee, and all other good works. Her father was the late Sullivan Hicks.
28. In Portland, Martha J., 75, widow of George L. Bradley, of Bucksport, and daughter of the late Samuel Cunningham, of Belfast.
July
4. Miss Lavinia Sarah, 52, daughter of the late William H. Brown.
7. Ella L., 41, wife of Albert O. Hall.
8. In Rockland, Martha J. Millburn, 54, formerly of Belfast.
13. In Thorndike, Lovina M. Monroe, 24, of Searsport, formerly of Belfast.
13. In Rockland, Luey T. (Dean), 67, widow of the late George R. Laneaster, formerly of Belfast.
24. George Preston, 79, a native of Cork, Ireland.
31. In San Francisco, M. S. Whiting, about 75, formerly of Rockland.
Aug. 5. In Oswell, Minn., Hon. John P. Williams, 52. He married Emma F., daughter of the late Erastus B. Stephenson, of Belfast.
7. Hon. John Murray Fletcher, M.D., 53. (See chapter XXII, on Physicians, and Portrait.)
15. Hon. Emery Boardman, 50. (See chapter XXI, on Lawyers.)
18. John W., infant son of Wellington Young, of Jamaica Plain, Mass.
25. In Tombstone, Ariz., Daniel J., 65, son of the late John Carter, of Belfast.
Sept. 4. In Bangor, Amelia, widow of the late F. A. H. Pillsbury, formerly of Belfast.
8. Gladys M., infant daughter of Arthur R. Robbins.
11. Clyde W., infant son of Walter S. Packard.
- In Newton, Kansas, William H. Converse, 62. He was son of the late Hon. John H. Converse, of Damariscotta, and resided in Belfast in the carly fifties.
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Sept. 12. Martha A., 57, wife of Owen G. White, and daughter of the late Samuel Berry, of Liberty. She had resided in Belfast since 1868.
13. Emmie A., 38, wife of Walter D. Staples.
14. John Watson Knowlton, 61. He was son of the late Freeman Knowlton, of Liberty. From 1870 to 1888, he was postal clerk in the railway service. He took deep interest in charit- able objects, and was agent of the Humane Society from its organization to his death.
22. In New York, Grace Fuller, wife of Horace Chenery, Esq., and daughter of George A. Fuller, of Chicago.
23. Mary F., 75, widow of the late William H. Brown.
28. Mrs. Pamelia B., 90, widow of the late Daniel Putnam.
Oct. 5. Andrew W. Johnson, 50. He was born a slave, but entered the United States service when fourteen years old. He came to Belfast in 1868, and occasionally lectured upon slave life.
5. In Bucksport, James Emery, 79, a prominent citizen of that town, where he had resided since 1847. He was son of the late Capt. Robert Emery, of Belfast.
6. Jonathan Knowles, 66. He was son of the late Jona- than Knowles, and was born on the farm where he lived and died.
7. In Northport, Charles E. Moody, 19, of Belfast.
12. Lewis H. Whitmore, 78.
14. Adeline W., 89, widow of the late Leonard B. Cobbett, and daughter of the late Robert Brier.
14. Nathaniel Simmons, 61, a native of Nobleboro.
14. Margaret M., 80, widow of the late Prescott Hazeltine, and daughter of the late Salathiel Nickerson.
25. Thomas Knowlton, 73, a native of Swanville. During the War he served in the Eleventh and Nineteenth Maine Regiments, and in the First Maine Heavy Artillery.
25. Capt. Robert T. Emery, 76, son of Dennis Emery. He was born in Belfast, 9 May, 1823, a son of Dennis and Jane Emery, and spent his boyhood on the farm. In early manhood he began to follow the sea, and soon rose to the command of some of the largest and best ships on the ocean. His first ves- sel was the ship Eastern Queen. In 1861, the ship Living Age, of 1180 tons, was built for him in Belfast, he being a large owner. While in command of this vessel on a voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco, he was captured, 13 September, 1863, by the Confederate cruiser Tuscaloosa, one of the vessels of Admiral Semmes's fleet. Lieut. Dow, commander of the bark Tuscaloosa, in reporting a cruise in that vessel under the date of Liverpool, March, 1864, says: - "After seeing a number of neutral vessels, I captured the American ship
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Living Age, but finding she had a neutral cargo on board and bound for a neutral port, I took a ransom bond for $160,000 and allowed her to proceed on her voyage." Captain Emery soon after left the vessel, and in 1868, when he was in Belfast superintending the building of the ship Chandos, the Living Age was burned at sea, while on a voyage from Shields, Eng- land, to Bombay. The Chandos was of 1506 tons, and at the time she was built was one of the largest and best ships afloat. Captain Emery superintended every detail of her construc- tion, buying all the material and looking after the work in the yard. He sailed the Chandos until 1881, when he retired from the sea. He did not, however, lose his interest in mari- time affairs, and was often called upon to serve as an adjustor for marine underwriters. He had visited nearly every part of the habitable globe, and his descriptions of peoples, cus- toms, methods of business, ete., given from his long and varied experiences, were always of interest and value. After retiring from the sea he devoted himself to his home, where everything was kept in "shipshape and Bristol fashion." In 1854, he married Elizabeth S. Ross, of Searsport, who died leaving him a son, Ralph Emery, of Kalamazoo, Mich. In 1869, he was married to Eliza R. Ritchie, of Searsport, who survived him. He left two sisters, Mrs. William O. Alden and Mrs. Isaac M. Boardman, both of Belfast. He was of a genial and social disposition, always ready to assist either friend or stranger in trouble or necd, - a man strong in his likes and dislikes, and positive in his convictions. A better friend or neighbor could not be desired. He was a member of the Club of Thirty from its organization to its end. His friends were many, and located in all quarters of the globe, as his long and honorable career as master mari- ner brought him into elose relations with seafaring and commercial men.
Oct. 27. Lois Burns, 89, widow of the late Otis Gilkey, of Isles- boro.
29. Jane R., 74, widow of the late Peter Laughran, and a native of Thomaston.
- In Germany, Daniel L. Peavey, for many years a clothing dealer in Belfast.
Nov. 7. In Middletown, Conn., Fletcher Ulmer, 22, son of Robert Fletcher Russ.
7. In Swanville, Horatio Spicer, 73, formerly a resident of Belfast.
10. Martin C., 19, son of Martin C. Dilworth.
12. Capt. Elbridge J. Rolerson, 37.
14. In Hermon, Sarah A. (Stewart), 64, wife of Liberty B. Wetherbee, 2d, once a resident of Belfast.
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Nov. 16. Sands Frisbee, 76.
17. Abigail Cunningham, 82, widow of the late Hon. Albert Pilsbury. She was daughter of the late Zacheus Porter, and was the last survivor of her generation of the family. From 1855 to 1872 she resided at Halifax, N. S., where her husband was United States Consul.
18. Isaac D. Mixer, 52, son of George Mixer, of Knox. (See chapter on Accidents.)
19. In Augusta, Addison Warren, 61.
20. Capt. James S. Sylvester, 80, a native of Deer Isle.
22. In Northport, Joseph F. Herrick, 76.
27. John Haraden Quimby, 70. He was son of the late Phineas Parkhurst Quimby. From 1854 to 1878, he was cashier of the Bank of Commerce and was treasurer of the Belfast Sa vings Bank from its organization in the last-named year until his death. He was for many years City Clerk. He was univer- sally respected, and was emphatically "everybody's friend." Versed in finance, he was a wise counsellor. (See Portrait.)
29. Capt. Joseph S. Thombs, 65, a native of Castine. He had commanded many large vessels, and during the War, served as an officer in the Navy.
30. James L. Colcord, 64, son of Benjamin Colcord, of Sears- port.
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1. In Newburyport, Mass., John F. Hall, 66, a native of Belfast.
2. Christina F., 74, widow of the late Ambrose J. Morison. She was daughter of John Philbrook, of Knox.
7. Capt. John Hassell, 77. He followed the sea over forty years, and for twenty-five years was master of large vessels. He died on the same place where he was born.
8. Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth (Bassick) Dustin, 94, a native of Lisbon.
10. In Sissom, Col., Leander J. Griffin, 62, a native of Northport and a former resident of Belfast.
16. In Augusta, William W., 70, son of the late Benjamin Hartshorn, of Belfast. During the War he served in Company C, Nineteenth Maine Infantry.
21. In Brunswick, Nancy B., 68, widow of the late John Atwell Mace, of Belfast.
23. In Northport, Edward G. Crabtree, 60, printer, and a native of Bluehill. For a number of years he was foreman in the "Republican Journal " office.
23. In Barre, Vt., Mrs. John J. Shaw, of Belfast.
23. Stephen A. Estes, 52, a native of China.
24. In Islesboro, Mrs. Catherine Bagley, 86, formerly of Belfast.
25. In Waldoboro, Joseph Frederick Bray, 71, once a resident of Belfast.
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27. David L. Cook, 51, son of Benjamin Cook, and a native of Georgetown.
Dec. 29. Capt. George T. Ranlett, 56, son of George Ranlett, late of Freedom. He was in Company H, Second Maine Cavalry, during the War, and afterwards joined the Navy.
30. In Northport, Miss Alberta A. Dickey, 24, a former resident of Belfast.
- In Tacoma, Wash., Mary E. Dyer, 58, widow of the late John H. Hayden, and daughter of the late Capt. John Dyer, of Belfast.
1900.
Jan. 1. Mary Jane, 67, widow of the late Luther Pitcher.
5. Capt. Simeon Riley Cottrell, 70. He was born in Northport, and for many years commanded vessels belonging in Belfast.
6. Parker G., 2, son of Nathaniel Gordon Pettengill. (See Ac- cidents.)
9. Moses Warren Frost, 64, a native of Limington.
10. In Bangor, Rev. George Warren Field, D.D., 81. He was a son of Bohan Field, the first lawyer who became established in Belfast, and was born 9 December, 1818. He graduated from Bowdoin College, in 1837, at the age of eighteen. After teaching in Belfast, Bangor, and Gorham, he completed a course of studies at the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1846. From 1852 to 1864 he was settled in Frankfort, Brewer, and Boston. From the latter pastorate he accepted a call to the Central Church, Bangor, and for nearly a generation he was the honored leader of a devoted and appreciative people. His resignation was reluctantly accepted in 1892. During the remainder of his life he continued in the fullness of his power, commanding a wealth of love and respect such as falls to the lot of few men.
For many years, Dr. Field was accounted the ablest of ministers in Maine. He was always studious in habits, with a mind discriminately open to both the old and new. His modesty, amounting almost to diffidence, kept him from publishing what the public would gladly have welcomed from his pen. Many of his sermons, however, appeared in "The Word and the Work." The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater in 1869, but the title was repulsive to his tastes. In 1876, he married Mrs. Lucy Humphrey, of Bangor, who died at Bangor 22 July, 1910.
11. In New York, Elinore Frances, 6, daughter of Thomas E. Shea.
16. Prentice Colson, 67, a native of Winterport, and a soldier in Company I, Fourth Maine Infantry, and afterwards in the Nineteenth Maine, and First Maine Heavy Artillery. He was a prisoner in Andersonville eleven months. His deathı
PASSAGASSAWAKEAG RIVER. BELFAST HARBOR AND BAY, LOOKING EAST FROM UPPER HIGH STREET
PASSAGASSAWAKEAG RIVER FROM FIELD HOMESTEAD, PRIMROSE HILL
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was caused by being struck by a railroad train. (See Acci- dents.)
Jan. 17. In Evanston, Ill., Emily Whittier, 87, widow of the late William Durham, formerly of Belfast.
18. In Hampden, Rev. William L. Brown, from 1871 to 1873 pastor of the Methodist Church in Belfast.
19. William Henry Hall, 75, son of the late William Hall.
22. Mary Anna, 53, widow of the late Benjamin Libby.
23. Frank A. Gilkey, 50, son of the late Joseph B. Gilkey, and a native of Unity. He was agent of the Eastern and American express companies from 1870 until his death. He was an upright and genial man in all his dealings.
25. In Augusta, Nathan Eugene, 19, son of Nathan Brown.
28. Agnes Lorena West, 35, wife of Charles William Coombs.
29. James Cunningham, 81, formerly of Searsport.
30. In Waterville, Mary J., 68, widow of the late Alonzo J. Harriman, of Belfast. She was a daughter of Jonathan Morrison, of Boothbay.
30. In Anoca, Iowa, Stephen Caldwell, a native of Ipswich, Mass., and a resident of Belfast from 1841 to 1849, when he went to California in the Suliote. In 1873, he sent a carload of corn to aid sufferers in the great fire of Belfast.
Feb. 2. In Brockton, Mass., Harry B. Dyer, 19, a native of Belfast.
8. John A., 31, son of Luther H. Emmons.
9. In New York, Charles Field, 27, only son of F. Hendee Russell.
11. In North Middleboro, Mass., Miss Kate H. Grover, 81, a former resident of Belfast.
16. An infant daughter of Alton Clement.
20. Nathaniel W. Holmes, 83, for many years a well-known stage driver and hotel keeper. He was born in Albion.
20. In Belmont, Samuel Greenleaf Thurlow, 83, a native of Augusta, and a resident of Belfast for over half a century. He was prominent in politics, and an active member of the Whig and Republican parties; besides holding various county and municipal positions, he was Deputy Collector of Customs from 1861 to 1865, and postmaster during the succeeding twelve years.
21. Ephraim A. Pitcher, the oldest citizen of Belfast, having been born 22 March, 1806. He was for many years a school- teacher, and during the War Collector of Internal Revenue. In March, 1899, at the age of ninety-three, he led the march in the Old Folk's Ball, and his erect carriage and vigor were noticeable.
24. Willard Seekins, 45.
24. In Milford, Mass., Byron C., 28, son of Robert V. Dunton, and a native of Belfast.
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Feb. 26. William Augustus Swift, 87. He came to Belfast from Warren when twenty-three years old. He was the last survivor but one of the company who went from Belfast to the Aroostook War in 1839.
Mar. 4. In Damariscotta, Rev. Gustavus B. Chadwick, pastor of the Methodist Church in Belfast from 1889 to 1892.
5. In Lunenburg, Vt., Fred Stevens, 29, formerly of Belfast. He was a son of Ansel F. Stevens.
6. In South Boston, Daniel Sheehan. 90, formerly a resident of Belfast.
8. In Roxbury, Mass., Jonathan Lovell Frye, 85, for many years a resident of Belfast; and on the same day, his wife, Mary Perry Frye.
9. Capt. John C. Condon, 75. He was a native of Matinicus, and for many years commanded fishing vessels from Belfast.
12. In Bangor, Sarah R. McRuer, 75, widow of the late Dr. Edward M. Field.
13. Charles L., 9, son of Smith B. Bunker.
15. In Oldtown, Alphonso F., 59, son of the late Capt. John T. Gilman, of Belfast.
15. In North Searsport, Mrs. Annie L. (Dumplice) Smart, 95, formerly a resident of Belfast.
15. Amelia J., 68, daughter of the late Robert Hodgdon, of Northport, and widow of the late George W. Cottrell.
17. Pamelia Oakes, 94, widow of the late Nathan Wight. She was a daughter of the late Mathew Kalloch, of Thomaston.
19. Thomas Taylor, 74, a native of England. He served in the Army and Navy during the Civil War.
19. Gladys June, 9, daughter of Asa C. Cobb, of Searsmont.
24. Mary C., 3, daughter of Frank Robinson.
26. Emma A., 42, wife of George R. Stover, and a native of Rockport.
26. In Auburn, Betsey H. Clark, 69. She was a daughter of the late Abraham Libby, and widow of the late Benjamin F. Clark, a former resident of Belfast.
26. In Roxbury, Mass., Nettie J. Thayer, 40, formerly of Belfast.
27. Henry Randall, 3, son of David Allen Webber.
28. Catherine C., 93, widow of the late Daniel C. Pillsbury.
29. Caroline W., 80, widow of the late Nathaniel Merrill.
30. Abial W. Gay, 75. He was a native of Union and for many years resided in Morrill.
31. In Camden, Rebecca, widow of the late Capt. Joseph T. Conant, and a former resident of Belfast.
1. Terrence Owen, 83, a native of Ireland.
Apr. 3. In Omaha, Neb., while on a journey, Owen G. White, 66, of Belfast, and a native of Montville. He removed to Belfast in 1868. He took an active part in public affairs and held various
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offices of trust. At the time of his death he was a member of the School Committee, and Agent of the Humane Society.
Apr. 5. In Pittsburg, Pa., Horace Crosby, 52, youngest, and last surviving son of the late Gov. William George Crosby. He was manager of the National Tube Company, in which business he accumulated a large estate.
5. Col. Hiram Chase, 82. He was born in Charlton, Mass., but with a short exception in the early forties had resided in Bel- fast since he was six months old. He learned the watch- maker's trade of his father, the late Major Timothy Chase, whom he succeeded in 1844, in the location on Main Street, Belfast, where the family has done a continuous business for well-nigh a century (1913). Col. Chase was a soldier in the Aroostook War of 1839, and the last survivor of the com- pany which went from Belfast. In 1855, he was on the military staff of Gov. Anson P. Morrill. During the administration of President Lincoln, in 1861-65, he held the office of post- master. Always a prominent Free Mason, he attained the higher degrees of that institution, and became Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine in 1857 and 1858. At its seventy-fifth anniversary, in 1895, he delivered an address which was published in the proceedings of that body. Col. Chase was a kind friend and a genial companion, of strong and outspoken convictions, and a man of great energy.
6. In Elmira, N. Y., Emma Charlotte, 50, wife of Capt. Fred- erick Barker, and daughter of the late John Warren White.
9. Charles R. Hamilton, 58, a native of Swanville. He enlisted in Company D, Nineteenth Maine Regiment, and was severely wounded at Gettysburg.
10. In Denver, Col., Frank A. Wagner, 37, formerly of Belfast. He was son of Jacob Wagner, of Belmont.
11. In Lawrence, Mass., Alvan Page, 83, for many years a ship- carpenter in Belfast.
11. Mrs. Lydia Brooks, widow of the late Moses Wason Ferguson, in her ninety-fifth year. Mrs. Ferguson, whose maiden name was Lydia Brooks, she being a daughter of Jonas and Lydia (Temple) Brooks, was born in Princeton, Mass., in 1806. She came to Belfast to teach school in 1825, making a journey which in those days meant far more than now. Railroads and steamboats were unknown in Maine, and her journey was accomplished from Princeton to Boston by private conveyance, thence to Belfast in a small coasting vessel (perhaps the old schooner Polly), with the attendant privations and dangers. The wind being unfavorable for running the packet up into Belfast Bay, the captain put her ashore at Fort Point, and from there, she walked to her destination, at the Head of the Tide, fourteen miles.
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In 1828 she married Mr. Moses Wason Ferguson, with whom she lived happily for almost sixty years, their home being at Citypoint. Of seven children, six were still living to celebrate her ninetieth birthday, in 1896, as follows: Albert, of Sears- port; Captains Jonas B. and John W., and Miss Jane W., of Belfast; Mrs. Hannah E. Grimes, of Princeton, Mass .; and Miss Lydia, a teacher of languages in Mrs. Hayes's school on Marlboro Street, Boston. Our fellow townsman, the late Hon. George B. Ferguson, who died in 1893, was also her son. Mrs. Ferguson was at the time of her death the oldest mem- ber of the Belfast Congregational Church, having been for three quarters of a century of her long and useful life a member of both the City and Head of the Tide churches. To the last, she took a lively interest in every passing event, and her mental and physical faculties were retained to a remarkable degree.
Apr. 18. Naomi Sargent Richardson, 73, of Knox, widow of the late Ebenezer Richardson and a native of Montville.
20. Mrs. Ellen A. Flagg, 54.
21. James W. Triggs, of Bangor, 72.
22. Flora A. Thomas, 42.
23. In San Francisco, Mrs. Harriet M. Trautman, 75, former widow of the late Cyrus Rowe, of Belfast.
23. William J. Brown, 62, a native of Appleton. He was a vet- eran of the Civil War, participated in eleven battles and lost a leg at the battle of Petersburg.
27. In Angusta, Alfred Fred, 30, son of Warren E. Marsh.
28. Harry Newland, 5, son of Charles Thaddeus Littlefield.
30. In Gardiner, Otis, 25, son of the late Charles A. Russell, of Belfast. He was born in Newport.
May 3. Joanna (Sargent) Morse, 74, widow of the late Joseph Morse, and a native of Searsport.
8. Agnes C., 82, widow of the late Capt. Joseph Richards, and daughter of the late William Salmond.
9. Frank Oliver, 41, only son of Oliver Gordon Critehett.
10. Ambrose Curtis, 35.
11. In Rockland, Cyrus N. Richards, 64, a native of Belfast.
11. Mrs. Eliza A. Dickerson, 67, wife of Rev. Lindley M. Burring- ton. She was a native of Wyoming Co., New York, and formerly taught in leading institutions for young ladies. She was prominent for many years in philanthropie work, and in 1882 represented Maine at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. The Children's Aid Society was established by her efforts, and she was its president from its organization until her death. The July number (1900) of the " Girl's Home," a quarterly published by that society, contains several deserved tributes to her memory.
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May 15. In Pittsfield, Ulysses G. Hussey, 36, formerly of Belfast.
15. In Rockland, Miss Mary Edna Simonton, 27, of Belfast.
16. Harriet M., 60, widow of the late Ward Mason, of Montville.
17. Miss Mary A., 41, daughter of the late Thomas Hershen.
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