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1858, Feb. 17. Colonel Robert Thompson, a native of Bristol, aged 78. He served during the whole of the war of 1812.
Feb. 18. Samuel Burkmar, aged 74.
May 10. Mrs. Ruth Crockett, aged 85.
June 21. George Robinson, aged 84, a native of London- derry, N. H., and the son of John Robinson, who came here in 1784.
June 25. Andrew T. Palmer, aged 46. (See Chapter XXVII. on Lawyers.)
Aug. 31. Arvida Hayford, a native of Hartford, aged 88.
Sept. 26. Mrs. Frances Darby, aged 76.
Oct. 5. Mrs. Abigail West, wife of William West, aged 80.
Oct. 19. Mrs. Nancy Guptill, aged 80.
Oct. 23. In Calcutta, Captain James Young, master of the ship " Lady Blessington," aged 58. For
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many years he commanded the schooner "Comet," a well-known packet between here and Boston.
1858, Nov. 8. Mrs. Annabel B. Swan, widow of Captain Nathan Swan, aged 70.
Nov. 8. Fisher A. Pitcher, a native of Stoddard, N. H., aged 73.
Nov. 16. Abraham Libby, aged 83. He came here from Rye, N. H., in 1801. For a short time he resided in Montville.
Dec. 12. In Nevada City, Cyrus Rowe, formerly one of the proprietors of the " Republican Journal," aged 50. He was a native of Standish.
1859, Feb. 16. John Gilmore, aged 74.
. March 4. Mrs. Betsey Bean, widow of Lewis Bean, aged 75.
March 4. John Hurd, aged 82.
March -. In Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Rebecca Upton, widow of Samuel Upton, formerly of Belfast, aged 79.
March 6. Mrs. Lois Piper, aged 87.
March 12. Robert Patterson, 3d, aged 83.
March 15. Stephen Longfellow, aged 80.
July 20 Joseph Bean, aged 75.
Nov. 25. Job Shaw, aged 77.
Dec. 5. Mrs. Abigail Brier, aged 84.
Dec. 6. Moses Brier, aged 74.
Dec. 24. John Patterson, aged 81.
Dec. 30. Captain Micah Robinson, aged 77.
1860, Jan.
6. In Searsport, Benjamin Houston, surveyor, aged 62. He was a son of Robert Houston.
Jan. 16. Mrs. Hannah Carter, aged 71.
Jan. 21. In Castine, Charles K. Tilden, a native, and for many years a resident of Belfast, aged 67.
Feb. 9. George Shaw, aged 80.
Feb. 21. James Gammans, Sen., aged 92 years, 6 months.
May 4. James Albert Rowe, formerly a cadet at West Point, aged 36. He was a son of Peter Rowe.
May 18. In Chelsea, Mass., Colonel Watson Berry, for- merly of Chatham, Mass., and a resident here
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for several years. His remains were interred in Grove Cemetery.
1860, May 28. Erastus B. Stephenson, ship-builder, aged 50. Aug. 2. In Auburn, Me., Captain James Douglas, for- merly inspector of the customs here, aged 80.
Aug. 7. In Roxbury, Mass., George Watson, aged 89. He was born in Plymouth, Mass., April 23, 1771. For several years he transacted busi- ness in Boston as a merchant, as a mem- ber of the firm of Leach & Watson. He came to Belfast in July, 1806, and remained until May, 1838, when he removed to North An- dover, Mass.
1861, Jan. 1. Jacob Cunningham, aged 84.
Jan. 6. Samuel Haynes, a native of Durham, and for many years a well-known druggist, aged 59. He came here in 1825.
Jan. 14. Mrs. Huldah H. Johnson, a native of Connecti- cut, aged 78.
Feb. 20. Mrs. Sarah H. Gray, aged 72.
March 16. Mrs. Eleanor McKenney, aged 76.
June 16. Mrs. Rachel Porter, widow of Zaccheus Porter, aged 73.
June 21. Dr. Hollis Monroe, aged 71. (See Chapter XXVIII. on Physicians.)
Aug. 11. Captain Josiah Farrow, aged 75.
Sept. 20. Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, aged 86.
Oct. 1. Mrs. Hannah D. Ryder, aged 71.
Nov. 15. Mrs. Bashaba W. Curtis, wife of John Curtis, aged 77.
Dec.
2. Nathaniel H. Bradbury, aged 66. He was born in York, and came here in 1818, being ap- pointed Deputy Collector of the customs, a position which he retained for twenty years. He was town clerk from 1825 to 1830. At the expiration of his official term as collector, he was for three successive years one of the selectmen. In 1840, he became cashier of the Belfast Bank, which office he held until 1859, when he retired on account of failing health. He is still remembered as a quiet, estimable
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citizen, a faithful officer, and a man of sterling integrity.
1862, Jan. 13. Mrs. Susanna French, aged 74.
Jan. 17. George W. Burkmar, a soldier in the war of 1812, aged 91.
Feb. 16. In Glenburn, Colonel Philip Morrill, for many years an active and influential merchant here, aged 70.
Feb. 26. In Hallowell, John Hodgdon, a former resident here, aged 62.
March 18. Jonathan Fisk, aged 70.
March 21. Gad Hayford, aged 83.
April 4. Mrs. Sally Wilson, aged 87.
April 18. In Rockland, Joshua Brackett, of Belfast, aged 84.
July 20. Mrs. Elizabeth Webster Giles, widow of Paul Giles, aged 77.
Sept. 1. Nathaniel Wiggin, aged 49.
Sept. 22. Captain Isaac Boardman, aged 70.
Sept. 25. In Chicago, Mrs. Mehetabel C. Ladd, widow of Joseph P. Ladd, aged 76.
Oct. 16. Joseph S. Noyes, Esq., aged 38. (See Chapter XXVII. on Lawyers.)
Oct. 31. Mrs. Mary B. Farrow, widow of Josiah Farrow, aged 77.
1863, Sept. 23. Captain Josiah Simpson, aged 62, a native of Sullivan, and a resident here since 1818. For many years he was a prominent ship-master, and in 1849 commanded the first vessel that went from Maine to California.
Oct. -. Liberty B. Wetherbee, formerly of Brookfield, Mass., and a trader here, aged 63.
Nov. 18. William West, aged 90, a native of Kingston, Mass., and a citizen here since 1793. He voted for Washington. For fifty-five years he was a devoted member of the First Church.
Nov. 19. Mrs. Sarah Poor, aged 75.
Feb. 9. Frederick Havener, aged 71.
March 2. John Tyler Poor, aged 76.
April 17. Deacon Luther Smith, aged 80.
May 31. John Mckinley, aged 85.
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1863, Aug. 26. Hezekiah Wight, aged 25. He was the tallest person in this section of the State, being over seven feet high.
Sept. 16. Mrs. Lucy B. Johnson, aged 73.
Nov. 3. Mrs. Abigail Davis Field, widow of Bohan P. Field, aged 76.
Nov. 7. Mrs. Sarah Palmer, aged 82.
Nov. 11. In Northport, Samuel S. Burd, of Belfast, aged 71.
Nov. 16. Mrs. Deborah Searle, widow of Stephen Long- fellow, aged 82.
Dec. 18. Zebedee Kendall, aged 83.
Dec. 18. Ambrose J. Morison, merchant, aged 39. He built the Morison Block on Main Street, which was destroyed in the great fire of 1865.
1864, Jan. 26. Henry Davidson, son of John Davidson, one of the first settlers, aged 81. He was postmaster of Waldo from 1839 to 1858.
Jan. 4. In Lincoln, Henry C. Field, counsellor at law, and son of the late Bohan P. Field, aged 54.
Feb. 18. Joseph Trafton, aged 87.
Feb. 21. Mrs. Hannah Sleeper, widow of Manasseh Sleeper, aged 74.
March 15. Thomas Milliken, aged 78.
March 15. In Portland, George B. Moore, formerly editor of the "Republican Journal," aged 38.
March 23. Mrs. Sarah Davidson, widow of Henry Davidson, aged 74.
March 27. Jonas Emery, aged 71.
April 14. Mrs. Margaret M., wife of Andrew W. Park, aged 70.
May 10. In Boston, Mrs. Nancy A. Johnson, widow of Hon. Alfred Johnson, aged 71.
May 12. Mrs. Susan Marshall, wife of Hon. Thomas Marshall, aged 70.
May 19. Jonathan Frye, aged 77.
May 20.
Mrs. Sarah Langworthy, widow of James Lang- worthy, aged 81.
Aug. 10. Mrs. Abigail Cunningham, aged 80, widow of Eben C. Cunningham, of Swanville, who was a son of Major William Cunningham.
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1864, Sept. 11. In Auburn, Cal., Jonas S. Barrett, aged 63, a former resident here, where he was well known as a religious enthusiast, of peculiar and original views.
Sept. 11. Isaac Allard, aged 65. He came here from Eaton, N. H., in 1821.
Dec. 8. Mrs. Sally Patterson, widow of Nathaniel Patterson, aged 78.
In Worcester, Mass., Daniel Merrill, a merchant here froin 1839 to 1854, aged 64.
1865, Jan. 10. Mrs. Martha Burkmar, aged 87.
Jan. 30. Phineas Davis, for many years messenger to the courts and sexton, aged 71.
Feb. 4. Mrs. Rhoda Campbell, aged 88.
March 20. Martha R. Nickerson, aged 84.
April 15. James Cook, a well-known colored barber, aged about 70.
May 27. John Phipps, aged 72.
Sept. 19. Daniel M. Trussell, aged 72.
Sept. 30. John McFarland, aged 75.
Nov. 3. Jonathan Durham, son of John Durham, aged 75.
1866, Jan. 13. Mrs. Selina (Hatch) Durham, aged 74.
Jan.
16. Phineas P. Quimby, a native of Lebanon, N. H., and son of Jonathan Quimby, aged 64. He was educated to the trade of watch and clock making ; but, heing naturally of an inventive and investigating mind, he found his principal employment outside the routine of his profes- sional occupation. Having become deeply interested in the art or science of mesmerism, then in its comparative infancy in this country, he devoted the last twenty years of his life to the development of its principles, especially with reference to the healing art. Reducing those principles to practice, he wrought out wonderful results.1
March 27. John W. Wilder, aged 67.
June 14. Mrs. Sarah Hayford, aged 83.
July 13. Harrison G. O. Washburn, for thirty years a bookseller here, aged 55.
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1866, July 29. Lydia W. Conner, aged 74.
Sept. 20. Bartholemew G. Greer, aged 75.
Oct. 12. In Chicago, Ill., Ephraim T. Morrill, formerly a merchant here, aged 65.
Oct. 24. Nahum Hunt, aged 79.
Nov. 27. Mary Thompson, aged 84.
Dec. 15. William Salmond, aged 80. He came here from Hanover, Mass., in 1802, and traded in a building on Main Street, where the store of John S. Caldwell now stands. For many years he was a deputy sheriff and, constable.
Dec. Mrs. Eliza Waite, aged 81.
Dec. 31. Robert White, aged 60, son of Robert White, who died here in 1840. He was one of the founders of the " Republican Journal," and a prominent ship-builder. From 1847 to 1857, he was Register of Deeds and County Treasurer.
1867, Jan. 16. Robie Frye, aged 81 years and 10 months. Born in Pembroke, N. H., in 1785, he came to this section with his father's family when eleven years old. At the age of twenty-one, he settled in Montville, where he cleared the farm on which he resided for nearly a half century, and became one of the foremost farmers in Waldo County. He removed to Belfast in 1857. Energy, punctuality, eco- nomy, and integrity secured him a compe- tence, which he bestowed liberally for religious and benevolent purposes ..
Feb. 14. Samuel A. Moulton, a native of York County, aged 66. With a brief interval, he was a trader here from 1822 to the time of his death.
March 15. John Haraden, aged 87. He was born in Gloucester, Mass., and came here perma- nently in 1807, as a housewright. In 1823, he entered into mercantile business, which he pursued until within a few years before his death. He occupied the house on Church Street, in which he died, for nearly sixty years.
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1867, April 9. Mrs. Susannah White, widow of Robert White, aged 85 years, 9 months. She was a daughter of James Patterson, one of the first settlers.
April 29. Jonathan Brown, formerly of Swanville, aged 75. May 10. Mrs. Abigail Bean, aged 95.
May 21. Mrs. Hannah Condon, wife of Benjamin Condon, aged 72.
May 25. Otis B. Woods, merchant, and city clerk from 1861 to 1863, aged 35.
May 26. Mrs. Hannah Stephenson, widow of Thomas Stephenson, aged 90 years and 9 months.
July 28. Manoah Ellis, aged 71.
Aug. 23. Captain George A. Gammans, aged 72.
Aug. 28. In Ashley, Mass., Hon. John S. Kimball, aged 83 years and 8 months, a prominent merchant here from 1816 to 1857, when he removed to Salem, Mass. He was representative to the Legislature in 1819, a member of the Execu- tive Council in 1829, and of the Senate in 1826 and 1827. The brick house on High Street, owned by Hon. William H. Mclellan, was built by him. His remains were interred in Grove Cemetery with Masonic honors.
Sept.
4. Captain Andrew Wear Park, aged 81.
Sept. 7. Mrs. Hannah Nutt, aged 70. She was a daugh- ter of David Miller, and grand-daughter of James Miller, one of the first settlers.
Oct. 5. Mrs. Mehetebel Whitcomb, wife of Comfort Whitcomb, aged 71.
Oct. 29. Hon. Thomas Marshall, aged 78. He was born in Tewksbury, Mass., and came here in 1815. For many years he prosecuted the tanning business, in the tannery at the north- erly end of Phoenix Row. He was first selectman in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1845, and 1846, and repeatedly town and city treasurer. In 1841, he was a member of the Executive Council of Gover- nor Kent. From 1847 to the time of his death, he was presi- dent of the Belfast Bank. No inan in a position of trust and responsibility ever more fully enjoyed the confidence of a com- munity. In town and city affairs, he was for a long series of years in employments demanding the exercise of tact and judg- ment and the possession of integrity. Political changes or the
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alternate triumphs of opposing policies made little difference in the matter of his services. For positions calling for calm, cool judgment and keen foresight, all parties turned to him. He was ever ready to counsel those who needed friendly ad- vice, and to illustrate his theories by examples from his own abundant experience and observation. An excellent judge of character, he was seldom deceived in his estimate of men. His memory was remarkably far-reaching and accurate, and so tenacious of facts that, on matters connected with the politics and business of the country, he was among his acquaintances a standard reference to settle doubtful points. The services of Mr. Marshall were much in demand in positions where vigilance and business knowledge were needed for those who could not exercise them in their own behalf. These sacred trusts were invariably discharged with the most scrupulous fidelity. His influence was always consistently and thoroughly on the side of temperance and practical morality. He was respected wherever known, and his death was sincerely and universally lamented in this community, which had been his home for over a half century.
1867, Dec. 17. Mrs. Lydia Shute, aged 84.
Dec. 22. Frederick A. Lewis, aged 69. (See Chapter XXVII. on Lawyers.)
1868, Feb.
7. Mrs. Rebecca Jipson, aged 88. (See Chapter XLIX. on Accidents.)
Feb. 10. William Durham, aged 71.
Feb. 12. Salathiel Nickerson, aged 79, a resident here since 1800. In 1810, he commenced trade at the Upper Bridge, and engaged actively in ship-building. As the reward of industry and business sagacity, he accumulated a large for- tune. He was a zealous promoter of the Moosehead Lake Railroad, and one of the largest individual subscribers to its stock.
Feb.
17. Patrick McGuire, aged 78.
Feb.
17. Mrs. Eliza Henderson, widow of Robert Hender- son, aged 81.
April 8. Captain Benjamin Brown, aged 70, a native of Ossipee, N. H. He came here about 1818, and for many years was engaged in trade and navigation.
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1868, March 22. In Newnansville, Fla., Rev. George Watson, son of the late George Watson, aged 56. He was born here in 1812, and graduated at West Point in 1832. He served in the Florida war, 1836-38, as First Lieutenant Artillery. He resigned in 1838, and became a Methodist clergyman.1
March 28. Mrs. Elizabeth McHassell, aged 72.
May 11. In Castine, Mrs. Isabella K. Tilden, widow of Charles Tilden, aged 90.
May - 18. Mrs. Martha Brown, aged 78.
July 10. Amos Frye, formerly of Northport, aged 82.
July 30. Job White, aged 82 years, 11 months. He was born in Goshen, Mass., and came here in 1815.
Aug. 15. Miss Lydia Heath, aged 84.
Aug. 19. Rev. Frederic A. Hodsdon, aged 63. (See Chapter XXI. on Universalist Church and Society.)
Sept. 14. Mrs. Susan Hall, widow of Ziba Hall, aged 78. Oct. 2. In China, Hon. Alfred Marshall, aged 71. He resided here from 1846 to 1849, being Col- lector of the Customs. He was a member of Congress from 1841 to 1843.
Oct. 10. Mrs. Priscilla Alden, widow of Apollos Alden, aged 80.
Oct. 25. Captain John Wales, aged 85 years and 7 months.
Nov. 11. Lydia S. Nickerson, aged 75.
1869, Feb. 13. John Worthen, aged 81.
March 1. Mrs. Emma Stover, aged 86.
March 5. Elizabeth Hart, aged 89.
March 30. Narcissus Montrieul, aged 71.
April 2. Mrs. Mercy Frye, aged 81.
April 4. In Charlestown, Mass., Peter Gilson, for many years a resident here, aged 89.
May
19. Mrs. Polly Patterson, widow of John M. Patter- son, aged 85.
July 12. Mrs. Olive C. Lewis, aged 75.
July 26. In Havana, John H. Cousens, son of the late Captain John H. Cousens, aged 28. During
1 Cullum's Biographical Register Graduates of West Point Academy, I. 401.
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the Rebellion, he served in the navy as Ensign. Honorable mention was made of him for courage.
1869, Aug. 3. Benjamin L. Hall, aged 70.
Aug. 3. Abbie Tighe, aged 78.
Aug. 12. Mrs. Jennette L. Locke, widow of Samuel Locke, and daughter of the late Captain John Lymburner, aged 70.
Sept. 24. Mrs. Betsey Atherton, widow of Charles Ather- ton, of Castine, aged 70.
Oct. 28. William Rust, Esq., aged 73. From 1850 to 1853, he was sheriff of the county. His death was appropriately noticed in the Supreme Court, which adjourned as a mark of respect.
Nov. 1. Mrs. Hannah Torrey, widow of Elijah Torrey, aged 78.
Nov. 14. In Boston, Colonel Alfred W. Johnson, aged 44. (See Chapter XXVII. on Lawyers.)
Nov. 20. John Hilt, aged 70.
Dec. -. Nathan McDonald, aged 77.
1870, Feb. -. Terence Nolan, aged 75.
Feb. 15. Mrs. Martha Maddocks, aged 71 years.
April 15. Samuel S. Hersey, for thirty-two years engaged in the tin and hardware business, and a respected citizen, aged 62. He was a native of New Gloucester. In 1846, he represented Belfast in the Legislature.
April 18. Major David G. Ames, aged 83. He was born in Ossipee, N. H., and came here in 1812. His memory was remarkable, especially of the early prominent residents here.
April 22. Persia Weymouth, of Morrill, aged 77.
April 26. Mrs. Alice Clark, widow of Eliphalet Clark, aged 82.
May 28. Benjamin Monroe, aged 90 years and 8 months. He was born in Rutland, Mass., in 1779. In 1801, he removed to Belfast, travelling on horseback from Augusta through an unbroken wilderness, guided by spotted trees. So primitive was the country that it was with difficulty that he found pasturage for his horse
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on arriving here. He was finally accommo- dated by Robert White. He immediately commenced clearing the farm on Belmont Avenue which he occupied until his death. He was a man of vigorous health, and never experienced a day's sickness until extreme old age. His temperament was cheerful, and his memory of past events vivid.
1870, Aug. 19. Captain William Farrow, aged 79. During the war of 1812, Captain Farrow was captured by an English cruiser, and suffered a long im- prisonment at Halifax.
Sept. 3. Eben Whitcomb, formerly of Waldo, aged 80.
Oct.' 20. William Bishop, aged 74.
Dec. 24. Hon. James White, aged 70. (Sce Chapter XXVII. on Lawyers.)
1871, Jan. 2. Captain William Shute, aged 70.
Feb. 6. In East Corinth, Mrs. Phebe F. Boardman, widow of Isaac Boardman, aged 74.
March 5. Calvin Pitcher, aged 81. He came here early in the present century, from New Hampshire ; and with his brother, Fisher A. Pitcher, settled in the south-west part of the town, then a wilderness, with no road leading to it.
March 10. Mrs. Ruth Gardiner, aged 74.
March 23. Mrs. Susanna Rankin, aged 91, a native of Thomaston.
May 8. Mrs. Hannah Patterson, wife of George Patter- son, aged 71.
May 25. Mrs. Mary Tapley, wife of Thomas Tapley, aged 73.
Aug. 21. In Woolwich, Isaac Smith, for many years a truckman here, aged 90.
Aug. 28. Lieutenant Asa Day, a soldier of the war of 1812, aged about 81.
Sept. 8. In Lowell, Mass., Nehemiah Smart, recently of Belfast, aged 78.
Sept. 12. Mrs. Eunice P. Brown, widow of Colonel John Brown, aged 97.
Sept. 16. Mrs. Barbara J. Stevens, wife of John Stevens, aged 71.
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1871, Sept. 30. Prescott Hazeltine, aged 64. He was born in Warwick, Mass., in 1807, and was one of six brothers who emigrated to Maine. Benja- min, Paul R., Prescott, and Mayo settled here; Harry, in Searsmont ; and Arad, a law- yer, in Nobleboro'. Prescott engaged in trade here in 1827, and was among the most prom- inent merchants, a man of the utmost integ- rity during his long and successful business career.
Oct. 7. In Washington, D. C., General Henry W. Cun- ningham, a native of Swanville, and a resident of Belfast from 1850 to 1865, aged 65. He was for many years an active Democratic politician. He was a commissioner to locate grants under the Ashburton treaty in 1843, senator in 1843 and 1844, councillor in 1847, deputy sheriff from 1850 to 1853, and deputy collector from 1853 to 1856. For several years he kept the New England House here. During the Rebellion, he was Captain Company A, Fourth Regiment, and Major and Lieu- tenant-colonel of the Nineteenth Maine Infantry. Upon the establishment of peace, he purchased a farm in Virginia, where he resided until his death. He was twice chosen sheriff of Prince William County in that State.
1871, Oct. 19. Stephen S. Lewis, aged 55, for many years a prominent merchant here. He was a man of genial character and of liberal charity.
Nov. 28. Brian Cullnan, aged 71.
Dec. 26. Thomas P. Piper, aged 71.
Dec. 31. Mrs. Mercy Webber, formerly of Monroe, aged 84.
1872, Jan. 25. In New York, James Nesmith, a native of Belfast.
Jan. 29. In Bangor, Captain Ruel Stanley, for many years a packet-master between here and Boston, aged 63.
Feb. 5. Catherine Fogherty, aged 80.
Feb. 18. Samuel Peck, aged 92. He was the first cabinet- maker here, coming from Ipswich, Mass., his native place, in 1804. He was the last person in town who remembered seeing Washing- ton. In 1789, when he was a school-boy, Washington passed through Ipswich ; and all
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the scholars, each with a quill in his hands, marched in order before him.
1872, March 11. Mrs. Mary B. Trussell, widow of Daniel M. Trussell, aged 72.
March 17. Hon. Nathaniel Patterson, aged 74. (See Chapter XXVII. on Lawyers.)
March 29.
Mrs. Relief Banks, aged 71.
July 6. Capt. James Miller, aged 84 years and 6 months. He was the son of David Miller, of North- port, and grandson of James Miller, one of the first settlers here. During early life, lie followed the sea ; but for the last forty years his attention was directed to the improve- ment and sale of portions of lots No. 37 and 38, which he inherited, and which were situ- ated in the central part of the city. He was a charitable, unobtrusive, and respected citi- zen. (See Chapter VII. on Proprietary His- tory.)
July 18. John G. Brown, aged 91. He came here from Gorham, about 1805.
July 23. Robert Hills, a native of Chester, N. H., aged 76.
Aug. 20. Emily Gilbreth, aged 72.
Aug. 26. Benjamin Curtis, aged 73.
Sept. 8. Paul Hayes, aged 72.
Sept. 26. Mrs. Margaret Patterson, aged 94 years and 9 months. She was daughter of John Mitchell, who was son of John Mitchell, one of the first settlers of Belfast. Mrs. Patterson, who was born in Boston, came to live in Belfast in 1790, being then thirteen years old. The present site of the city was then an unbroken wilderness. Of the thirty families in town, only six resided on this side of the river; and the only highway was that leading to Northport. The first frame-house on this side was not built until the next year, 1791. Tho mother of Mrs. Patterson died that year, and was the first person buried in the old cemetery near the Baptist meeting- house, the forest trees being felled to make room for the grave. Robert Patterson, husband of the subject of this notice, was son of James Patterson, one of the earliest set- tlers; and they were married in 1798. He was lost at sea, on his passage to Havana, in 1830. She was the mother of seven
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children, the only survivor being Mrs. William G. Crosby. At the time of her death, Mrs. Patterson was the oldest per- son in Belfast except one, Mrs. Ferguson, who was about one year her senior.
1872, Sept. 29. In Camden, Hon. Ephraim K. Smart, aged 59. He was representative to Congress in 1848- 49 and 1851-53, and Collector of Belfast from 1853 to 1858.
Oct. 29. Near Norwalk, Ohio, Captain Alexis Morrill, formerly a resident here. He was killed by a railroad accident.
Oct. 29. Mrs. Dorothy Shaw, widow of Job Shaw, aged 86.
Nov. 8. In Castine, Alonzo Osborn, a native of, and for many years a resident of, Belfast, aged 71. He was a son of Dr. John S. Osborn.
Dec. 28. In Springfield, Mass., Oshea Page, formerly a trader here, aged 75.
1873, Jan. 3. Albert S. Luce, aged 30. (See Chapter XXVII. on Lawyers.)
Jan. 11. In Searsport, Captain Charles Gordon, for many years cashier of the Searsport Bank, aged 78. He represented Belfast in the Legislatures of 1835 and 1836.
Jan. 19. Dennis Emery, a native of Thomaston, aged 82.
Jan. 31. Mrs. Eleanor Chase, wife of Major Timothy Chase, aged 75.
Jan. 31. Mrs. Elizabeth Newell, aged 88.
Feb. 3. In Rockland, Mrs. Harriet Linneken, wife of Captain Benjamin Linneken, of Belfast, aged 75.
Feb. 17. Joseph McDonald, aged 71.
Feb. 21. Miss Elizabeth W. Read, daughter of Hon. Nathan Read, aged 79.
Feb. 19. Nathaniel Gurney, aged 79.
Feb. 19. Joel Blood, aged 86.
March 21. Mrs. Elizabeth Durham, wife of James Durham aged 78.
March 30. Mrs. Mary Mason, aged 76. April 13. Mrs. Betsey Morse, widow of John L. Morse, aged 90.
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1873, April 23. In Baltimore, Dr. Nahum P. Monroe, aged 63. (See Chapter XXVIII. on Physicians.)
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