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19. Mrs. Catherine M. Howard, 72.
19. In Augusta, Frank Elden Crowley, 42, recently railroad station agent in Belfast.
19. Kate W. Turney, 38, wife of Capt. Alzo M. Carter. She was a native of Presque Isle.
20. In Melrose, Mass., Julia Emma, 4, daughter of Henry O. Whitten.
21. Isaac Watson, 86.
21. In Minneapolis, Minn., Melvina (Winchenbach), 71, widow of the late Charles R. Thombs.
23. In Indio, Cal., Theodore L. Johnson, attorney at law. He went from Belfast about thirty years ago.
26. Hannah (Bulloch), 87, wife of Thomas Warren. She was born in Northport.
27. In De Kalb, Ill., Ella McFarland, wife of Rollin Dodge, and daughter of Capt. Daniel McFarland, formerly of Belfast, but now of Limestone.
June
2. In Boston, Charles Tallman White, 65, sixth child of James Patterson White. After his boyhood, spent in Belfast, he lived in Boston, where he engaged in the importation of iron, and in foreign commerce. He married Sarah Brackett, daugh- ter of Jeffrey Richardson, of Boston. His widow and two daughters survive him.
2. Mary A., 82, widow of the late Hon. Willard Pope Harri- man, and daughter of the late Joseph Ellis, of Brooks.
6. In Brockton, Mass., James S. Dyer, 53, a former resident of Belfast.
14. George J. Brown, 51.
14. Capt. Thomas Warren, 85, a native of Islesboro. His wife, whom he married sixty-two years before, died 26 May.
17. Mrs. Mary Gilmore, 78, a native of County Antrim, Ireland.
18. Mrs. Mary E. Fletcher, 90, wife of Francis A. Russ, and a native of China.
18. In Roxbury, Mass., Mrs. Emeline Brier Eaton, 58, a native of Belfast.
20. In Bangor, George W. Gorham, 64. He was formerly engaged in the shipping business in Belfast.
21. In Newton Centre, Mass., James Gammans, 75, son of the late James Gammans, of Belfast.
22. In Rockland, Mary A., widow of the late Samuel I. Lovejoy, and daughter of the late Dr. Chauncy C. Chandler, of Belfast.
1. In Rockland, Laura F., 54, widow of the late Adoniram J. Ingraham, formerly of Belfast.
July
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July 1. In Lawrence, Mass., Ruth A., 42, wife of Luther Calderwood, of Belfast.
4. Capt. Isaac Miller Boardman, 79. He was born in Islesboro, and in early and middle life commanded several first-class ships. Retiring from the sea during the Civil War, he became prominent in local politics. Besides holding other offices, he was Representative to the Legislature, in 1873-74; State Senator, in 1887; City Treasurer, in 1877; and Mayor, in 1878. (See chapter II and Portrait.)
11. In Swanville, Ross E. Keene, 53.
14. Margaret Ritchie, 9, daughter of Richard B. Snell, of Oak- land, Cal.
15. Edmund Stevens, 59, son of the late Edmund Stevens. Dur- ing the Civil War he served in the Fourth and Nineteenth Maine Regiments, and in the First Maine Heavy Artillery.
18. In Somerville, Mass., Everard Irving, 4, son of Frank I. Wilson, recently of Belfast.
23. Harriet, 77, widow of the late Rufus P. Hassell, and daughter of George Sidens Parker, of Warren.
Aug. 2. Lydia Jane, 79, widow of the late Capt. William Otis Alden, and daughter of the late Dennis Emery.
9. In Dorchester, Mass., Nehemiah T. Merritt, 76, formerly of Belfast.
11. In Cambridgeport, Mass., Herbert Norris, 25, a former resident of Belfast.
16. In Dorchester, Mass., Alzada F. Austin, 69.
25. Mrs. Lydia M., 80, widow of the late Azro Russell.
26. In Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Ann Tucker Crosby, widow of the late Cazneau Palfrey, D.D., pastor of the Unitarian Church in Belfast from 1848 to 1872.
29. Harold L., an infant son of William J. Robbins, Jr.
30. Ezra J. Roberts, 72, a native of Brooks, and a private in Company I, Fifteenth Maine Regiment, during the War. Killed while walking upon the railroad track. (See Accidents.)
Sept. 3. In Malden, Mass., Capt. J. Barnet Durham, 73, son of the late Jonathan Durham, and grandson of Jolın Durliam. He followed the sea for thirty-five years, commanding some first-class ships. His collision in 1856, while master of the bark Adriatic, with the French steamer Lyonnais, and the subsequent escape of his vessel from Havre, was a notable event in his career.
8. Ann E., infant of Everett Albert Nickerson.
11. In Alaska, Herbert J., son of the late Rev. John Lym- burner Locke, of Belfast.
13. In Chorley, England, Mrs. Helen Hodgkinson, 58, recently a brief resident in Belfast.
14. Forest, 9, son of Fred A. Robbins.
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Sept. 15. Cyrus D. Tibbetts, 86, a native of Washington.
15. In Boston, William Ezra, 57, son of the late Ezra Bickford.
21. Oliver Gordon Critchett, 69, a well-known wholesale shoe manufacturer. He was born in Candia, N. H., and came to Belfast in 1872.
Oct. 1. In Shanghai, China, Henry S. Fobes, 24, only son of the late Vesta Veazie Hurlburt, formerly of Belfast.
2. Horace E. Twombly, 34. He was son of Nathaniel Twombly, of Monroe.
3. Charles E., 1, son of William J. Robbins, Jr.
5. In Vinalhaven, Richard Brown, 92, formerly of Poor's Mills.
10. Sarah H., 80, widow of the late Capt. Joel Sinart, and a native of Deer Isle.
11. Sarah A., 86, widow of the late Asa Faunce. She was a daugh- ter of the late John Haraden, and the last of her generation.
15. Joseph C. Rackliffe, 63, of Unity.
17. In Newburyport, Mass., Calvin Hervey, 82, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Belfast. His death took place while on a visit to his native place. He was in the watch- making business in Belfast more than fifty years, and was noted for his strict integrity and publie spirit.
23. Allen Hall, 85, recently of Waldoboro. He was a native of Nobleboro, and father of Cyrus Brainard Hall, of Belfast.
29. Andrew Mason, 86, a native of Prospect.
30. In Washington, D. C., Almira, 85, widow of the late Sullivan Patterson, formerly of Belfast, and daughter of the late Paul Revere Hichborn, of Stockton Springs.
30. Frederick H. Francis, 50, a native of Rockland, Mass. He had been engaged in the shoe business in Belfast since 1876.
Nov. 10. In Dorchester, Mass., Eleanor F., 44, wife of George W. Varney, recently one of the proprietors of the Crosby Inn.
18. In Stockton Springs, Milton F. Carter, for many years a ship-carpenter and trader in Belfast. He was son of Jonathan Carter, of Montville.
18. In Lynn, Mass., Mrs. Lueinda Cottrell, 85, a native of Jack- son, and for many years a resident of Belfast. Two of her sons, Jefferson and Judson, lost their lives in the Civil War.
8. Flora Evelyn, 29, wife of George H. Robertson. She was a daughter of David Webber, of Searsport.
10. Eliza Ann, 78, widow of the late Capt. Richard Hopkins, and daughter of the late Peter R. Holmes, of Belfast.
14. Enoch W. Carter, 75. He was a house-joiner by trade, but for several years acted as elerk in hardware stores.
16. John A., 35, son of Thomas P. Logan. He was an honest, intelligent, and much-respected young man.
24. In Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Fannie (Patterson) Horton, 50, formerly of Belfast.
Dec.
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Dec. 26. Mrs. Abigail J. Bates, 71.
26. In Panova, Iowa, Rachel Coburn, 77, widow of the late Parker Jewett, formerly of Belfast.
29. Mrs. Mary A. Bradman, 69.
31. In Rockland, George H. Copeland, 40, a resident of Belfast from 1883 to 1885.
31. In Lincolnville, Olive S., 73, widow of the late Jacob D. Tucker, of Belfast. She was daughter of the late James Mathews, of Lincolnville.
ADDITIONAL NECROLOGY, 1901-13.
In order to make the record of deaths more complete, the following brief biographical notices of persons who have died since 1900 are added here. Except in the cases expressly stated as occurring elsewhere, all births, deaths, and marriages, so far as could be ascertained, took place in Belfast. When the State is not indicated, the town is situated in Maine.
1901.
Apr. 22. In Boston, Mass., Anne Maria Crosby, 68, born 6 July, 1832, daughter of William George and Ann (Patterson) Crosby. She married (1) 25 December, 1861, at Boston, Mass., Colonel Alfred Waldo Johnson. Children: (1) Alfred, born and died 29 July, 1863; (2) Alfred, 2d, born 24 December, 1864, died 27 January, 1865; (3) Baby, born 11 June, 1868, at Paris, France, died 17 January, 1869. She married (2) 18 November, 1873, at Boston, Mass., Colonel Richard Chen- ery. Child: one son, Horace, born at San Francisco, Cal., 29 September, 1874, who married (1) 23 January, 1896, at Chicago, Ill., Grace Fuller, daughter of George A. Fuller, of Chicago. She died at New York City, 27 September, 1899. He married (2) 31 December 1901, at New York, Julie Hen- drie Lloyd.
Aug. 3. Horatio Johnson Locke, 63, born 4 November, 1837, son of Samuel and Jennet (Lymburner) Locke; a prominent jeweler. He was much interested in the Belfast Fire Department, and was for many years one of its captains. He married, 24 April, 1863, at Camden, Annie N. Dyer. Child: one son, Samuel Merrill Ray, born 18 September, 1866, who married, 7 June, 1897, Ethel Winslow Knowlton. She died 21 February, 1912.
20. Ami Cutter Sibley, 53, born 16 September, 1847, son of Reuben and Hannah (Cutter) Sibley. A leading citizen, and was prominent in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community; served on the School Committee, and was Pres- ident of the Board of Trade, and Vice-President of the State Board. He was a member of the firm of Swan & Sibley
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Bros., 1869-1878, and later of the Critchett Sibley Com- pany, shoe manufacturers, until his death. He married, 7 November, 1877, Margaret A. Ritchie. Child: Ami Cutter, Jr., born 7 October, 1883.
1902
Sept. 22. George Ralph Williamson, 65, born 13 April, 1836, son of the Hon. Joseph and Caroline (Cross) Williamson, and nephew of the Hon. William Durkee Williamson, the Historian of Maine. His early education was, like that of his brothers, Joseph and William Cross, acquired at the Belfast Academy. From there, like so many Belfast young men of his genera- tion, he entered Bowdoin College, graduating with the degree of A.B. in 1856, and receiving that of A.M. in course. He next studied law with his brother, Joseph Williamson, and at the Harvard Law School, receiving there the degree of LL.B., in 1860. After a European tour he practiced law in New York City for a few years, and then went to California as superin- tendent of mines for Goss and Lambard (the Lambard of the firm being the late Orville Dewey Lambard, of Augusta). He later returned to New York City, where the greater part of his business life was passed in important positions with the Postal Telegraph Company. In 1900, he came to Belfast, purchasing part of original lot No. 47, on Northport Avenue, and building the residence there overlooking the bay. The following is quoted from an obituary notice which appeared in the "Republican Journal" at the time of his death: "Mr. Williamson was an enterprising, progressive man, one who put all his energies into what he had to do. Prompt and reliable in all business transactions, genial and companion- able with all with whom he came in contact, he won the highest respect of his business associates and the love and esteem of his neighbors and townsmen." He married, 16 October, 1844, at Brooklyn, N.Y., Emma Ingraham Sprague, only child of William Hammond and Mabel (Heath Bliven) Ingraham. They had no children. His widow survives him.
25. Martha Jane Littlefield, 58, wife of Albert Gammans, born at Brooks, 4 July, 1843, daughter of Eben and Esther (Rack- liffe) Littlefield. She was a charter member and the first president of the Children's Aid Society of Maine; the first president of the Belfast Improvement Society; the vice- president of the Women's Hospital Aid Association, and was active in the affairs of the Universalist Church. She married, 25 Dec., 1863, Albert Gammans. Children: Maud, born 18 Jan., 1866; James Albert, born 16 Feb., 1868.
1903.
Jan. 24. Jeremiah Clements Thompson, 81, born at Montville, August, 1821, son of Joshua and Deborah (Clements) Thompson.
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He was a well-known furniture dealer, and for many years was a deacon in the Congregational Church and active in the Sunday School. He married, 13 June, 1850, Almedia H. Handley, of Hope. One child: William Conant, born 7 June, 1851.
Apr. 24. Frederick Austin Knowlton, 76, born at Northport, 23 Octo- ber, 1826, son of Abram and Lucinda (Billings) Knowlton. Mr. Knowlton was engaged in the grocery business in Bel- fast, for many years. He married at Boston, Mass., 30 Nov., 1859, Elizabeth A. Rhoades. Children: Belle, born 1 August, 1857, who married George E. Wadlin; Annie Maria, born 20 July, 1861; Edith Blanche, born 26 September, 1867, who married George Israel Keating; Harry Austin, born 19 July, 1871; Fred, born 18 February, 1856, died 1866; Ernest, died in infancy.
June 13. At Weston, Mass., William Cross Williamson, 72, born 31 January, 1831, son of the late Hon. Joseph and Caroline (Cross) Williamson, and a nephew of the Hon. William Durkee Williamson, the Historian of Maine. He received his early education at the Belfast Academy, and was fitted for college by H. B. Wheelwright, Harvard, '44, in Roxbury. He graduated from Harvard with the degree of A.B. in 1852, receiving that of LL.B. in 1855, and A.M. in 1860. In college he was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, of which he was both the Secretary and Poet; of the Institute of 1770, the Alpha Delta Phi, and the Pierian Sodality. In 1901, in recognition of his scholarship, he was elected into the Phi Beta Kappa. At graduation he was Class Poet, but owing to the sudden death of his mother while on her way to attend the Class Day exercises, the poem was read by Joseph Hodges Choate. After graduating from the Harvard Law School, in 1855, he took up his permanent residence in Boston, where he was admitted to the Bar in 1856, and entered upon the practice of the law, in which he continued until his death. In early life he was president of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Boston, and in 1858 and 1859, he sat in the Common Council. In 1861, he was elected a com- missioner in insolvency. He later served the city for several ycars, between 1878 and 1888, on the School Committee, of which he was president in the last-named year. In 1890, he was appointed one of the commissioners on the publication of the Province Laws. All other public office he invariably declined. He was a parishioner of the Church of the Disci- ples. He was a principal founder and counsel of the North End Savings Bank, and a member of the Boston Cadets, the Union and St. Botolph Clubs, the Harvard Musical Associa- tion, the Examiner Club, and the Colonial Society of Massa-
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chusetts. Horace was his favorite author, and he became one of the most Icarned Horatians in America. He had a fine collection of the best editions of Horace, including Aldine, Elzevir, Bentley, Pine, and Baskerville, besides other rare editions, some being in French, and others in German. He was an occasional contributor in prose to the "North Ameri- can Review" upon topics of the day, and in verse to the old "Putnam's Magazine." He also wrote some beautiful verses printed in the New York "Evening Post." His last poem was a sonnet on the death of his classmate, James Bradley Thayer, and his last piece of literary work was a memoir of his elder brother, the Hon. Joseph Williamson, the historian of Belfast, which is printed at the beginning of this volume. He married, 29 April, 1863, at New Bedford, Mass., Sarah Howland Ricketson, only daughter of Benjamin Tucker, and Eliza Cowdrey (Warnock) Ricketson, of New Bedford, Mass. His widow survives him with their only child Grace, wife of Henry Herbert Edes, of Cambridge, Mass.
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8. Jeremiah Curtis Whitten, 80, born at Freedom, 26 Oct., 1823, son of Colonel Ivory and Sally K. (Maddocks) Whitten. He taught over two hundred terms of dancing-school in Belfast and the surrounding towns, and was leader of Whitten's Quadrille Band. During his long career succeeding genera- tions of the youth of Belfast were put through their "first steps" and received their earliest lessons in "deportment" from this indefatigable and kindly natured "Professor." His energetic and spirited "fiddling" and his original and rigor- ous methods of enforcing discipline, tempered by his amusing and old-time phraseology, are still vivid in the recollections of many. He married June, 1849, Sarah Wead. Children: Emma Frances, wife of Edward L. Whittier, of Melrose, Mass .; Henry A., who married, Georgia Nickerson, of Somer- ville, Mass.
13. Horatio Hatch Carter, 81, born at Montville, 19 March, 1822, son of Thomas and Joanna (Perkins) Carter. He was a member of the well-known firm of Columbia Perkins Carter & Company, which built more than 125 vessels. He married, 31 December, 1853, Lorinda McCrillis. Children: Janett, Frances, born 31 January, 1846, who married Franklin A. Follett; Mary D., born 1848, died 16 March, 1875; Charles, died in infancy; Carrie Belle, born 14 October, 1859, who married George C. Trussell; Horatio Herbert, born 17 Feb- ruary, 1864.
28. Charles Franklin Ginn, 56, born at Prospect, 7 January, 1847, son of Samuel and Isabel (Ridley) Ginn. He was one of the original members of the firm of Ellis & Ginn, grocers. He married, 12 February, 1874, Susan E. Elllis. Children:
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Isabel, born 20 December, 1875; Emeroy, born 29 May, 1878.
1904.
Mar. 14. Horatio Palmer Thompson, 67, born at Frankfort (now Winterport) 3 January, 1837, son of John and Mary (Palmer) Thompson. His parents both dying when he was young, he came to Belfast to live with his uncle Horatio N. Palmer. In 1865-66, he had commercial interests in Oil City, Penn. Returning to Belfast, he became associated with the Russells in the manufacture of paper in East Belfast, which continued until this firm removed to Lawrence, Mass. Afterwards, he was a member of the shoe manufacturing firm of Critchett Sibley Co. He was president of the Belfast Common Council, 1878-79. Mr. Thompson was a man of executive ability and sound business judgment, affable in manner, and possessed of a keen sense of humor. His ancestry is an interesting one; his emigrant ancestor, the Rev. William Tompson, whose grave, still clearly marked "1666," is now the oldest in the ancient cemetery at Quincy, Mass., was among the first to come to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Horatio Palmer Thompson married (1) 17 October, 1861, Mary Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Rev. Wooster and Wealthy Ann (Pond) Parker, who died 6 December, 1864. Child: Albert Wooster, born 17 May, 1864, and marrried to Elizabeth M. Winston. He married (2) 25 January, 1874, Delia Wood Parker, daughter of Rev. Wooster and Wealthy Ann (Pond) Parker. Child: Edward Parker, born 18 Nov., 1875, died in infancy. June 14. David Whitten Dyer, 88, born at Steuben, 29 November, 1815, son of Reuben and Anna (Whitten) Dyer. He was one of the oldest shipbuilders in Eastern Maine, and established the first Marine Railway in Belfast, which he successfully operated for over half a century. He married (1) 14 Nov., 1839, Sarah Ann Shute. Child: Sarah Ellen, born 19 Oct., 1840, who married Horatio H. MeDonald. He married (2) 7 Dec., 1843, Jenette Turner Bradman. Children : Frederick Howard, born 18 Aug., 1845, died at Key West, Fla., 11 June, 1864, while serving in the Navy; Frances Jennette, born 5 June, 1847; Edward Arthur, born 28 June, 1850.
1905.
June 28. In Denver, Col., Rebecca Palfrey, wife of Rev. David Utter, 61, born at Barnstable, Mass., 9 May, 1844, daughter of Rev. Cazneau and Anne Parker (Crosby) Palfrey. She was a graceful writer of both prose and verse (see page 2). She married, 16 September, 1872, Rev. David Utter. Children: Margaret Germaine, born 8 August, 1873, who married Benjamin Standish Baker; Robert Palfrey, born at Olympia, Washington, 23 November, 1875, A.B. Harvard 1898, Ph.D.
HIGH STREET LOOKING TOWARD PRIMROSE HILL, WINTER, 1887
RALPH CROSS JOHNSON HOMESTEAD. BUILT, 1812
ALFRED JOHNSON HOMESTEAD. BUILT 1801
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1906, who has been an instructor at Harvard University, and is at present an Associate Professor of English at Amherst College. He married at Cambridge, Mass., 18 May, 1907, Madeline Bôcher, daughter of the late Professor Ferdinand Bôcher, of Harvard University : Richard van Winkle, born ncar Wilmington, O., 2 August, 1882.
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13. William McGray Woods, 83, born at Unity, 9 November, 1821, son of Moses and Elizabeth (McGray) Woods. He organized in 1850 the "Mutual Store," which later became the firm of Woods, Mathews & Baker. He married 12 March, 1851, Celia J. Frye. Children : Emily Pierce, born in 1853, married Lendal Tyler Shales, 30 November, 1876. She died, 25 November, 1896.
1906. Jan. 18. In Boston, Edward Johnson, 65, born 30 June, 1840, son of Judge Alfred and Nancy (Atkinson) Johnson. In early life he was interested in foreign shipping, and made several foreign voyages in old-time square-rigged ships, sailing more than once around the world. Later he was engaged in commerce on the Great Lakes and on the Western frontier. From 1868 he was interested in the construction and financing of the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad and in the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad, and was director in both companies. For 37 years he was trustee of the Alfred Waldo Johnson estate, and executor and trustee for other estates and trust funds. At the time of his death he was a director in the Waldo Trust Company, and President of the Belfast Savings Bank. He passed the winter season in Bos- ton, and resided in Belfast during the summer months. His love for Belfast and the surrounding country, its lakes, hills, bay, and islands, always strong, increased as the years advanced, and he frequently made the statement that in no part of the world had he found more attractive natural scenery. He was a member of the following : Somerset Club; Exchange Club (charter member); Boston Art Club; Bostonian Society; State of Maine Club (charter member); Belfast Club; Master Mariners' Association; Boston Marine Society, - all of Boston; also the Maine Historical Society and the Cumber- land Club of Portland. He married, at Boston, Mass., 15 September, 1870, Georgianna Parker Miller. The latter, born at Franklin, Mass., 23 December, 1842, and deceased 15 August, 1907, at the Jolmson Homestead, Belfast, Me., was the daughter of Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Louisa (Clarke) Miller, of Dorchester Distriet, Boston. Children: Alfred, born 28 June, 1871, Boston, unmarried (1912); Ralph Miller, born 25 August, 1872, at Boston, married, 30 October, 1907, at New York City, to Marie Antoinette Davis; Edward, Jr.,
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born 4 December, 1876, at Boston, married, 25 November, 1903, at San Diego, California, to Gertrude Ellen Nukerek Clark; Louise Miller, born 4 December, 1876, at Boston, married 10 April, 1902, at Boston, to William Veazie Pratt, Lieutenant, United States Navy.
Oct. 30. Alden Darwin Chase, 84, born at Waldo, 1 May, 1822, son of Timothy and Eleanor (Blood) Chase. He was Lieutenant in Company K, 4th Maine Infantry. After returning from the War Mr. Chase engaged in the dry-goods business which his wife had established in 1856 on the corner of Maine and Church streets, upon the present site (1913) of the City National Bank. Together they carried this business on successfully for over half a century. Mrs. Chase, whose maiden name was Nancy Jane Patterson, was married to Alden Darwin Chase, 31 December, 1844. She died, 23 October, 1907. Children: Frederick P., died in infancy : Robert Patterson, born 27 January, 1852, married Alice Brown.
1907.
Mar. 30. Charles Bellows Hazeltine, 78, born 2 April, 1828, son of Benjamin and Mary A. (Bellows) Hazeltine. Immediately upon the discovery of gold in California, in 1849, Mr. Hazel- tine went there by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and entered into a variety of enterprises with such good judgment and energy, that he was able to return to Belfast, a few years later, and retire for life, at the age of 26. Though he then relinquished active business he was later at different times interested in foreign shipping, the ship C. B. Hazeltine being named for him; and in the coasting trade between Belfast and Jacksonville, Fla., in which latter place he passed many winter seasons, having real estate investments there in connection with his brother, the late Benjamin Prescott Hazeltine. He was one of the original directors of the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company, and its president for many years; and a trustee of the Belfast Savings Bank, from its foundation in 1868, until his death. Mr. Hazeltine was a man of an unusually attractive and genial personality, with a warm, hearty greeting and a friendly, helpful attitude toward all he met. In his tastes and mode of life, he was a country gentleman of the best type. His horses, dogs, gar- den, orchard, and hayfields received an intelligent personal supervision, and at his residence ou Primrose Hill, built in 1859 after his return to Belfast, a genuine hospitality was for years extended to distinguished men, who came there from all sections of the country, from Massachusetts to California. As a sportsman, Mr. Hazeltine was widely known, he being one of the first to take up brush-shooting over bird dogs in
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