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MOSES M. RICHARDS.
Moses M. Richards was born in Temple, Maine, Feb. 15, 1830, and died in Waldoboro, July 29, 1909. He moved to Waldoboro in 1853. Before coming to Waldoboro he worked for Moses Bailey in Winthrop, making oil cloth carpeting. He located at Fish's Corner and sold goods and bought wool on the road for twenty years. In 1873, he went into the business in Waldoboro, which grew into the clothing manufactory of M. M. Richards & Co., himself traveling on the road as salesman. When he left off traveling he was the oldest traveling salesman in the State of Maine. He was the oldest male member of the M. E. Church. Whatever he undertook and wherever he went he was a power of strength. He was the last of his family.
HARRIET NEWELL HASKELL.
Miss Harriet Newell Haskell, who died in Godfrey, Ill., May 6, 1907, was one of the most notable persons the town of Waldoboro ever pro- duced. She was born in Waldoboro, Jan. 14, 1835, being 72 years old at the time of her death. Miss Haskell attended the Seminary at Castleton, Vt., and was graduated from Mt. Holyoke Semi- nary in 1855. With her sister she opened a pri- vate school for young ladies in the Congregation- al chapel in Waldoboro and afterwards taught a year in Boston. She returned to Waldoboro and
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taught till the fall of 1862 when she accepted the position of principal of Castleton Seminary, re- maining till 1867, when she was chosen principal of Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, Ill., with which she was identified till her death, a period of nearly forty years. During this time, under her judicious management, the buildings were rebuilt and im- proved and the reputation of the Seminary kept up to the standard.
Upon the fiftieth anniversary of her gradua- tion, Mt. Holyoke Seminary conferred upon her the degree of Doctor of Literature. July 1, 1860, she united with the Congregational church in Waldoboro, and retained her membership till her death.
Miss Haskell was a woman of remarkable ex- ecutive ability and wide influence, gaining the love and respect of all with whom she came in contact. She was known as the "Grand Woman of the West," a title of which she was eminently worthy. In Waldoboro she is remembered by the older generation for her sterling qualities and skill as a teacher. One of the touching episodes of her life was the love which existed between her- self and Miss Emily G. Alden, an attachment which began when they were room mates at Mt. Holyoke Seminary and continued unabated through her entire eventful life.
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FRANK MILLER.
Among those who came with Waldo's Ger- man emigrants to Maine, in 1753, was Frank Miller, from whom the Millers of Waldoboro claim a direct lineage. He was born in Germany in 1725. Although the exact spot of his birth is not positively known, it is now generally conceded that he was born in or near Bremen, one of the three free cities of the new German Empire, sit- uated on the river Weser, about fifty miles from the sea, and about sixty miles southwest of Ham- burg.
On his arrival at Waldoboro, he settled on a tract of land allotted him by Waldo's agent, situat- ed about two miles westward of the present limits of the village. His family at this time consisted of himself, wife and son Henry, who was born the year preceding his father's emigration. Frank Miller at once began the laborious task of making a clearing and building a log cabin for himself and family. In a few years, by dint of perseverance, he became possessed of one of the largest and most productive farms in that region. This farm, through all the varying vicisitudes of time, has never been held by any parties other than those of the emigrant's ancestor's lineal decendants un- til recently.
Authorities differ as to the trade or calling of the Millers in Germany. One authority states
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that they were farmers while another credits them with being paper manufacturers. One reason given for Frank Miller's coming to America was that Waldo held out to him extra inducements for carrying on the manufacture of paper in this country. However as the case may be, when he arrived at Waldoboro, he, like his fellow emigrants, found that the promises of Waldo could be as as easily broken as made, and no alternative re- mained for him but to imitate the example of Adam, and make the earth yield to him her increase.
That he was acquainted with the art of paper making is evidenced from the fact that his brother, Thomas, who was to accompany him to America and engage in business with him here, disembark- ed when the vessel, in which he sailed in company with the German colony, touched at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, and proceeded to London where he began the manufacture of paper. He died unmarried, leaving property to the amount of 1500 pounds. A few years ago a representative of the family opened a correspondence with C. D. Bernady, a claim agent of London, for the pur- pose of taking necessary steps to obtain posses- sion of the property. As the claimant could not furnish the documentary proof required to show his descent from Frank Miller, the project was abandoned.
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This proof which consists of the family records brought hither from Germany, met a most peculiar fate near the beginning of the present century. These records, together with the pass- ports, were buried with Frank Miller's wife, who died in Waldoboro, October 26th, 1820, at the age of 90 years. This strange and incomprehen- sible proceeding was in compliance with her re- quest made a short time before her death. To carry out such a request in the light of the value of these records to the genealogist, was a blunder worse than a crime, and can receive neither justi- fication nor excuse. The coat-of-arms escaped burial, only to be burned in the great fire which visited Waldoboro, October 20th, 1846, and de- stroyed nearly the whole business portion of the village as well as several residences.
Frank Miller died in Waldoboro, February 21, 1805, and was buried in the old German church- yard. His grave is marked by an ancient slab, erected by his son Charles, and can be easily seen from the entrance of the church which was built within the sacred enclosure. Concerning his personal appearance and mental endowments,. tradition is silent. The motive which induced him to emigrate to America, whether it was gov- erned by public or private considerations, we do not know. Possibly it was governed by the de- sire to escape from the oppressive taxation and.
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other burdens which naturally follow in the track of long continued or oppressive wars, but as he in common with others had been accustomed to this state of things, it was more probable that he was induced to come to America to embrace such a brilliant opportunity as Waldo held out, to improve his condition and increase his means of support .- FRANK B. MILLER.
DEATH OF GEN. C. K. MILLER.
From the Bangor Whig and Courier, April 5, 1876.
Our citizens will be pained to learn of the sud- den death, last evening, of Gen. Charles K. Miller, of paralysis, by which he was attacked between five and six o'clock, and which terminated his life at about ten o'clock. General Miller was one of our oldest and best known citizens, having held the office of postmaster many years, receiving his first appointment from President Van Buren, his com- mission dating May 21, 1839. He was re-ap- pointed by President John Tyler, March 8th, 1844, and held the office until March 8th, 1848. He was again appointed by Andrew Johnson, August 24th, 1866, holding office, however, only until April 11th, 1867, when he was succeeded by Gen. George Fuller. General Miller was a good citizen, a kind neighbor, and was respected by all who knew him. He survived his wife but a few months, she having died during the past winter. He leaves, we believe, but one child, the wife of
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James Vose, Esq., of Washington, D. C., who has been greatly afflicted, having during the year past buried her only child, her mother, and is now called home to follow the remains of her father, and the last of the family to the grave. General Miller's age was about 75.
Charles Kinsell Miller, son of Charles and Elizabeth (Kinsell) Miller, was born in Waldobo- ro, March 19, 1803; died in Bangor, April 4, 1876. Married Jane O. Boyd of Wiscasset who was born February 7, 1800; died in Bangor, Jan- uary 1, 1876. While a resident of Bangor, Mr. Miller was actively engaged in lumbering. DR. FREDERICK ROBIE.
Dr. Frederick Robie was born in Gorham, Aug. 12, 1822, and was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1841, and from Jefferson Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia. He practiced three years in Waldoboro. Since leaving Waldoboro he has resided in Gorham. He was appointed Paymaster by President Lincoln at the beginning of the civil war and was rewarded with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by brevet in recognition of his valuable services to the Union cause. In 1872 and 1876 he was Speaker of the Maine House of Repre- sentatives, and was also a member of the Ex- ecutive Council, and was elected Governor of Maine in 1882. He is living in Gorham.
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JOHN BALCH.
John Balch was born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 7, 1800. He came to Waldoboro in 1834, and served as Postmaster of Waldoboro eight years and represented the town in the Legisla- ture two terms. He was a Mason nearly forty years, having been made a Mason in St. George Lodge, Warren, and afterwards becoming a mem- ber of King Solomon's Lodge in Waldoboro. His business was that of a druggist. He died in Waldoboro, May 28, 1868, and was buried with masonic honors.
WILLIAM WHITE.
William White was born in Goshen, Mass., April 15, 1793, the youngest of ten children. In 1810 he came to Waldoboro and worked one winter, and afterwards worked in Camden, Belfast and Bangor and finally located in Waldoboro, where in 1822 he married Sarah Weaver. He worked at his trade, that of edge tool maker, seventy-five years, and died in Waldoboro, July 30, 1887, at the age of 94 years.
JOHN POLERECZKY.
John Polereczky, who took the first census of Waldoboro, was a Frenchman, distinguished as a soldier in the army under General Rochambeau, and resided in Dresden where he was town clerk for fifteen years.
CHAPTER XXIV.
TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. TOWN CLERKS.
I773
Jacob Ludwig
1842
John Manning
1784 Jabez Cole
1843
Elijah A. Daggett
1787 Jacob Ludwig
1844
James R. Groton
1789 Jabez Cole
1846
William H. Manning
I794 Jacob Ludwig
1848
Thomas Genthner
I795
Thomas McGuyer
1850
James D. Genthner
1809
Wm. H. Thomson
1853 Lincoln L. Kennedy
Isaac G. Reed
1856
David N. Bond
1810
William H. Thomson
1857
Samuel W. Jackson
1813
Henry Flagg
1861
Roscoe K. Benner
1824
John Manning
1862
Samuel W. Jackson
1834 Hector M. Brown
1872 George W. Sproul
1836
Isaac Reed
1879
Jesse K. Willett
1839
Henry Kennedy
1886
Percy E. Storer
TOWN TREASURERS.
I773
David Vinal
1849
Alfred Hovey
1777
Jacob Ludwig
1851
Daniel Castner
I 784
Andrew Schenck
1853
Alden F. Miller
1786 John M. Schæfer
1856 Otis Miller
1788
Andrew Schenck
1859
John L. Allen
I 790
Zebedee Simmons
1865
Henry Farrington
1794
Charles Samson
1867
William Eugley
1795
Jacob Winchenbach
1869
John Richards
I798 Charles Samson
1877 William Eugley
1800
Jacob Winchenbach
1879
Otis Miller
ISOI
William Sproul
1881
George Allen
. HISTORY OF WALDOBORO.
266 1804 Joshua Head
1882
B. B. Haskell
182I
Payne Elwell
1883
M: W. Levensaler
1832 William R. Webb
1884 David W. Potter
1834 Samuel Morse
1885
M. W. Levensaler
1839
George Allen
1886
D. H. Pulsifer
1842
William R. Webb
1897 M. W. Levensaler
1844 Edward Benner
1907 Samuel L. Miller
1846
George Allen
1908
M. W. Levensaler
SELECTMEN.
1773
David Vinal, Christopher Newbert, John Weaver
1774 Solomon Hewett, Michael Heisler, Andrew Schenck
I775
Nathaniel Simmons, George Demuth, John Adam Levensaler
1776
Jacob Winchenbach, Jacob Ludwig, Nathaniel Simmons
1777
Waterman Thomas, --- Soule, Nathaniel Simmons
1778 Zebedee Simmons, George Ulmer, Abijah Waterman 1779 # Abijah Waterman, Zebedee Simmons, Conrad Seiders
1780 David Vinal, Stephen Andros, Peter Cramer
1781 Charles Samson, Jacob Ludwig, Andrew Schenck
1782 Nathaniel Simmons, Peter Cramer, Jacob Ludwig
1783 Jacob Ludwig, Joshua Howard, Philip Ulmer
1784 Jacob Ludwig, John Martin Shæffer, Jacob Winchen- bach
1785 & Waterman Thomas, John Martin Shæffer, Joseph Lud- wig
1786 Cornelius Turner, Andrew Schenck, Waterman Thomas
1787 Jacob Ludwig, Joseph Ludwig, Stofel Newbert
1788 Jacob Ludwig, Jacob Winchenbach, Stofel Newbert
1789 Jacob Ludwig, George Demuth, Nathaniel Pitcher
1790 Jacob Ludwig, Cornelius Turner, George Demuth
I79I Jacob Ludwig, Joseph Ludwig, Stephen Andros
1792 Joseph Ludwig, John Fitzgerald, George Clouse
1793 Joseph Ludwig, George Demuth, Stephen Simmons
1794 Jacob Ludwig, Stephen Simmons, Cornelius Turner
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TOWN OFFICERS, ETC.
David Doane, Joseph Ludwig, George Demuth Cornelius Turner, Joseph Ludwig, George Demuth Jacob Ludwig, Stephen Andros, Thomas McGuyer Thomas McGuyer, Jacob Winchenbach, John Fitz- gerald
Thomas McGuyer, George Demuth, Jacob Ludwig William H. Thomas, Joseph Ludwig, Thomas McGuyer Thomas McGuyer, William H. Thomas, George Demuth Joshua Howard, Joseph Ludwig, Thomas McGuyer Joseph Ludwig, William H. Thomas, Abel Cole George Demuth, Thomas McGuyer, Cornelius Turner Thomas McGuyer, George Demuth, Jacob Ludwig Thomas McGuyer, Jacob Winchenbach, Jacob Ludwig Thomas McGuyer, George Demuth, Joseph Ludwig Christopher Crammer, Joseph Ludwig, William Groton
Christopher Crammer, John Clark, Jacob Winchenbach
Jacob Bornheimer, Charles Miller, Jacob Ludwig Isaac G. Reed, William Sproul, Benjamin Brown Joseph Ludwig, William Sproul, Isaac G. Reed Benjamin Brown, Charles Miller, Jacob Ludwig, Jr. Benjamin Brown, Charles Miller, Jacob Ludwig, Jr.
Benjamin Brown, Charles Miller, Samuel Morse
Elijah Davis, Jacob Winchenbach, Thomas Waterman
1817 Jacob Ludwig, Jr., Charles Miller, Samuel Morse
Jacob Ludwig, Jr., Charles Miller, Jacob Winchenbach
1818 1819 Jacob Ludwig, Jr., Henry Flagg, Charles Miller
1820 Jacob Ludwig, Jr., Charles Miller, Henry Flagg John Head, William Sproul, Charles Miller Jacob Ludwig, Jr., Henry Flagg, Charles Miller
1821 1822 1823 Jacob Ludwig, Jr., Henry Flagg, Charles Miller
1824 Sedidiah Arnold, Charles Samson, Frederick Castner
1 825 Charles Samson, Frederick Castner, John Manning
1826 Charles Samson, Frederick Castner, John Manning
1827 Charles Samson, Frederick Castner, William Cole
I 795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 I806 1807 1808 1809 1810 18II 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816
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William Cole, John Manning, Frederick Castner William Cole, George Demuth, Jacob Ludwig Jacob Ludwig, George Demuth, William Cole Jacob Ludwig, George Demuth, William Cole Jacob Ludwig, Charles Miller, William Cole Jacob Ludwig, Charles Kaler, John Currier, Jr. John Currier, Jr., John Manning, James R. Groton Jacob Ludwig, John Levensaler, John Currier, Jr. Jacob Ludwig, John Levensaler, Robert C. Webb John Levensaler, William Cole, George Kaler, 3d John Levensaler, William Cole, George Kaler, 3d Jacob Ludwig, Edward Benner, John Kaler, Jr. Jacob Ludwig, Edward Benner, John Kaler, Jr.
Jacob Ludwig, Herman Mero, Abijah Sprague James Cook, Frederick Castner, Alexander Young James Cook, Frederick Castner, Henry Kennedy Charles Miller, John Levensaler, Thomas Russell Charles Miller, Christopher Crammer, Thomas Russell
Joseph Groton, Jacob Bornheimer, Charles W. Caler James R. Groton, James Schwartz, 2d, John A. Leven- saler
1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 185I 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 Alfred Storer, Augustus Welt, George Eugley
James R. Groton, James Schwartz, 2d, Isaac Reed Isaac Reed, James Schwartz, 2d, Isaac G. Benner
Isaac Reed, John H. Kennedy, Isaac G. Benner Isaac Reed, Edgar Day, George Farrington Isaac Reed, Edgar Day, George Farrington
Isaac Reed, Edgar Day, George Farrington Thomas Genthner, Solomon M. Prock, Solomon Shuman Isaac Reed, William F. Storer, Cyrus C. Atwell Isaac Reed, Cyrus C. Atwell, Alfred Storer
1858 Alfred Storer, Augustus Welt, George Eugley
1859 Augustus Welt, John Storer, 2d, Christopher Feyler
1860 Augustus Welt, John Storer, 2d, Christopher Feyler
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I86I Samuel W. Jackson, C. Feyler, Jesse Pitcher
1862 Samuel W. Jackson, Jesse Pitcher, Amos M. Lash 1863-64 Samuel W. Jackson, A. M. Lash, Andrew Sides
1865 Samuel W. Jackson, Andrew Sides, Wm. W. Parsons 1866 Samuel W. Jackson, Wm. W. Parsons, Cyrus C. Atwell 1867-68 Henry Farrington, Milton McIntyer, J. P. Glidden.
1869-70 Henry Farrington, Milton McIntyer, Isaac Welt
1871 Samuel W. Jackson, McIntyer, Chas Comery
1872 Samuel W. Jackson, Chas. Comery, G. H. Feyler
1873 Samuel W. Jackson, G. H. Feyler, I. S. Kaler
1874 Augustus Welt, Chas. Comery, Geo. W. Caldwell Milton McIntyer, Wm. Eugley, James Schwartz, 2d
1875 1876 Wm. Fish, S. W. Jackson, Amos M. Lash
1877 Atherton W. Clark, W. L. Mathews, A. M. Lash
1878 A. W. Clark, W. L. Mathews, A. Flanders
1879-81 Isaac Reed, G. W. Caldwell, J. Bornheimer
1882 S. W. Jackson, Chas. Comery, J. E. White 1883-84 S. S. Marble, E. O. Clark, A. Flanders 1885 Geo. Bliss, A. B. Austin, A. E. Howard 1886-87 J. K. Willett, J. A. Mathews, A. Flanders
1888-89 Geo. Bliss A. B. Austin, E. F. Levensaler
1890-92 J. K. Willett, G. G. Benner, S. Creamer
1 893-94 G. W. Caldwell, W. A. Richards, J. A. Haupt
1895 Geo. Bliss, G. W. Young, Wm. E. Mank
1896
G. W. Caldwell, W. A. White, B. L. Burnheimer
1897 W. H. Miller, G. G. Benner, B. L. Burnheimer
1898 H. F. McIntyer, G: G. Benner, J. J. Benner
1 899 H. F. McIntyer, G. G. Benner, A. Burnheimer
1900
H. F. McIntyer, G. G. Benner, C. H. Lilly
1901 H. F. McIntyer, G. G. Benner, B. L. Burnheimer C. W. Gallagher, W. H. Miller, C. A. Winchenbach 1902
1903-04 G. G. Benner, E. H. Davis, C. A. Winchenbach 1905 W. H. Miller, W. H. Levensaler, O. Studley 1906 G. G. Benner, J. E. White, Thos. F. Sproul
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1907 William H. Miller, Oliver J. Studley, Dennis O. Stahl Horace F. McIntyre, George G. Benner, William E. Lermond
1909
Horace F. McIntyre, George G. Benner, Thomas F. Sproul
1910 George N. Winchenbach, Wyman Tibbetts, Wells Deering
REPRESENTATIVES TO LEGISLATURE.
1779 Jacob Ludwig
1810 Joshua Head and Jacob Ludwig
1782 Jacob Ludwig
1785 Jacob Ludwig 18II Benjamin Brown and 1788 Jacob Ludwig Joseph Ludwig
1790 Waterman Thomas
1812
1795 Jacob Ludwig
1799 Jacob Ludwig
1801 John Head 1813
Benj. Brown, Isaac G. Reed, Joseph Lud- wig Isaac G. Reed, Jacob Ludwig and Henry
1802 Waterman Thomas
1803
Waterman Thomas
Flagg
1805 Joshua Head
1814
Isaac G. Reed
1806 Jacob Ludwig and Joshua Head
1815 Elijah Davis
1808 Alden Bradford
1809
Benjamin Brown and Joseph Ludwig 1818 Jacob Ludwig
1819 Benj. Brown, Jacob Ludwig Above were all sent to the General Court of Massachusetts. FOLLOWING ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATURE OF MAINE :
1820 Isaac G. Reed
1858 John Balch
1821 John Head
1859
Horace Winchenbach
1823 Benjamin Brown 1860 Horace Winchenbach
1824 Avery Rawson
186I Augustus Welt
1825 Charles Samson
1862 Augustus Welt
1826 Charles Miller
1863 Samuel W. Jackson
1816 Jacob Ludwig, Henry Flagg and Charles Miller
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1827 Charles Miller
1864
Bela B. Haskell
1828 Charles Miller
1865
William W. Parsons
1829 Charles Miller
I866 William W. Parsons
1830
Charles Miller
1867 George W. Caldwell
1831 George Sproul
1868
George W. Caldwell
1832 George Sproul
1869
Isaac Reed
1833
Charles Miller
1870
Isaac Reed
1834 Jacob Ludwig
1871
Asa Redington Reed
1835
George Sproul
1872
Asa Redington Reed
1836
George Sproul
1873
Augustus Welt
1837 Jacob Ludwig
1874
Augustus Welt
1838
George Sproul
1875
John L. Allen
1839
Joseph Clark
1876
Bela B. Haskell
1840
Jacob Ludwig
1877
Gorham H. Feyler
1841
Isaac Reed
1878
Gorham H. Feyler
1843
Charles Miller
1880
George Gilbert Benner
1844
Edward Benner
1882
John H. Jameson
1845
Isaac Reed
1884
Charles C. Eugley
1846
John H. Kennedy
1886
Edward F. Levensaler
1847
William S. Cochran
1888
Horace F. McIntyre
1848
William S. Cochran
1890
Archibald S. Kaler
1849
William S. Cochran
1892
George L. Welt
1850
John B. Wildes
1894
J. True Sanborn
1852
William S. Cochran
1896
Ephraim Burnham
1853
Benjamin L. Harriman
1898
George W. Hahn
1854 Meaubec M. Rawson
I 900
W. R. Walter
1855 William S. Cochran
1902
John Wm. Benner
1856
Edgar Day
1904 Sheridan Hodgkins
1857
John Balch
1906 Charles W. Gallagher
1908 Joseph J. McLain
POSTMASTERS.
NAME John Head
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
January 1, 1795
1842 Isaac Reed
1879
George Gilbert Benner
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NAME
Chas. Samson
Isaac G. Reed
Geo. W. Nichols
April 23, 1838
John Balch
March 5, 1839
Moses Young
March 29, 1849
William Fish, Jr.
March 26, 1853
Cyrus C. Atwell
October 7, 1858
Luther Webb
June 20, 1861
Cyrus C. Atwell
February II, 1868
Samuel L. Miller
April 1, 1869
James H. Stanwood Jesse K. Willett Walter E. Clark
1
December 31, 1890
November 6, 1893 January 14, 1898
COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS.
The port of Waldoboro was established by the Act of Congress approved March 31, 1789. Below is given a list of the Collectors of Customs from the time of the establishment of the port to the present time. It will be noted that no ap- pointment is shown from January 23, 1817, to February 9, 1833, which is due to the fact that the records of the office in Washington covering the period named are missing.
NAME
DATE OF COMMISSION
Temporary
Permanent
Waterman Thomas
Apr. 10, 1795
June 13, 1795 Mar. 2, 1799
Joshua Head
Joseph Farley, Jr.
Aug. 25, 1802
Jan. 25, 1803
Denny McCobb
Aug. 9, 1816 Jan. 23, 1817 x Feb. 9, 1833
X X Denny McCobb
x
DATE OF APPOINTMENT December 4, 1820 July 9, 1828
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Denny McCobb
Mar. 11, 1837
Denny McCobb
George Allen
Oct. 17, 1837 Feb. 22, 1838 Mar. 19, 1841 June 25, 1841
Parker McCobb, Jr.
Apr. 1, 1845
Edmund Wilson
July 25, 1846
Bela B. Haskell
Apr. 23, 1849
Sept. 20, 1850 Apr. 1, 1853
John H. Kennedy
April 2, 1857
Dec. 22, 1857
Davis Tillson
Apr. 1, 1861
July 27, 1861
Sebastian S. Marble
May 23, 1863
Jan. 19, 1864
James A. Hall
Aug 9, 1866 Jan. 22, 1867
James A. Hall
Jan. 21, 1871 Jan. 29, 1875 Feb. 19, 1879
James A. Hall
Henry A. Kennedy
Edwin Sprague
Joseph E. Moore
William H. Luce
Joseph E. Moore
Fred W. Wight
Sept. 6, 1899
Dec. 23, 1899
Fred W. Wight
Dec. 21, 1903 Jan. 15, 1908
Fred W. Wight
May 31, 1881 Oct. 21, 1881 Jan. 19, 1885 Nov. 29, 1886 Jan. 22, 1887 Jan. 28, 1891 Feb. 9, 1895
James A. Hall
Edmund Wilson
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CENSUS OF WALDOBORO
Year
Population
1790
1,210
1800
1,516
1810
2,160
1820
2,449
1830
3,113
1840
3,66I
1850
4,199
1860
4,569
1870
4,174
1880
3,758
1890
3,505
1900
3,145
1910
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ADDENDA.
ADDENDA.
MEDOMAK BANK.
The Medomak Bank was incorporated in 1836 and began business the same year. The first President was George D. Smouse, and James R. Groton was Cashier. Mr. Groton was followed by Parker McCobb, George Allen and David W. Potter. Feb. 15, 1865, the bank became a Nation- al Bank with the following Directors: Samuel W. Jackson, George D. Smouse, Henry Kennedy, Alfred Storer, Samuel M. Morse, George Allen remaining as Cashier. Mr. Allen served as Cashier some forty years. At this time Samuel
W. Jackson was President. The present officers of the bank are A. R. Reed, Levitt Storer, Jona- than Mathews, George F. Weeks, Alfred Storer, Directors; A. R. Reed, President; Hadley H. Kuhn, Cashier.
MEDOMAK MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The Medomak Mutual Fire Insurance Comp- any was incorporated Jan. 25, 1894; organized and commenced business with the following officers and directors : William H. Levensaler, President; George W. Simmons, Vice-President ; Ozro D. Castner, Secretary and Treasurer ; John Fisk, Alpheus Ludwig, John A. Haupt, John M. Winslow, William Eugley, William E. Lermond, Edward F. Levensaler, James J. Benner, Hudson B. Stahl, Directors. The present officers are
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George W. Simmons, President; Wilbur Pitcher, Vice-President; William H. Levensaler, Secretary and Treasurer. The company has 600 policies outstanding.
WALDOBORO LOAN & BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
The Waldoboro Loan & Building Association was organized March 18, 1891, with the following officers: Percy E. Storer, President, Charles T. Keene, Vice-President; Ernest A. Glidden, Secre- tary; George W. Young, Treasurer; Everett Far- rington, Attorney; E. A. Glidden, P. E. Storer, Meaubec R. Achorn, Frank Achorn, C. H. How- ard, G. W. Young, G. J. Kuhn, W. A. Vannah, Directors. The condition of the Association is as follows :
Accumulated capital
Interest
$19,667.50 439.73
Fines
8.80
Membership Fees
2.50
Reserved Fund
494.04
Profits
319.03
Certificates of Deposits
6,124.06
Bills Payable
3,350.00
Advance Payments
4.00
Total Liabilities
$30,409.66
Loans on Real Estate $29,200.00
Expense Account 261.24
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Cash
948.42
Total Resources
$30,409.66.
June 30, 1910.
STEAMER CHARLES HOUGHTON.
Previous to the appearance of the steamer Charles Houghton on the Waldoboro route, the. DeWitt Clinton ran here one season. In 1867 or '68 stock was taken largely by Portland mer- chants and parties in Waldoboro, Damariscotta and Round Pond, and the Charles Houghton, a side wheel steamer, was placed on the Medomak and Damariscotta rivers, running to Portland. She ran here four or five years. The railroad, which began business in 1871, deprived the water route of so much freight and passenger traffic that the boat was run at a loss the last year, and she was finally sold in Eastport, or vicinity. She was com- manded three years by Capt. Alden Winchen- bach, who was succeeded by Alexander Farnham, of Damariscotta.
WATER WORKS.
By aneroid barometer measurement the res- ervoir of the Waldoboro Water Company is 105 feet above tide water and about 75 feet higher than Gay's Corner.
INDEX.
Achorn's Mill 187
Achorn, Edgar O. 2I
Addenda .
2 75
Aroostook War
I26
Baptist Church 219
Berry, Hiram G. I36
Band .
140
Biographical Sketches
228
Civil War
142
Camden, defense of. 115
Custom House
103, 135
Centennial Celebration .
179
Cramer, Peter
57
Census of Waldoboro
274
Census, First
97
Courts .
94
Conrad Guards
I35
Congregational Church 110, 218
Collectors of Customs
2 72
Charles Houghton, steamer
2 77
Corn Canning . I88
Churches and Lodges 218
Cilley, Johnathan
125
Demuth, Henry 49
Drowne Line. 54
Declaration of Independence 83
Division of Town
120
INDEX. 279
Enterprise and Boxer II3
Embargo . . II2
Early Settlement. 18
Early Settlers, list of . 5I
Exodus to North Carolina
66
Fire of 1846. I29
Fire of 1854 I34
Fire Engine 126, 131, 177
Foundry I33
Fellows, John I32
Fennelly Fund I38
Ferry. .
55
French, Ezra B. 123
German Meeting House 208
General Knox, steamer 138
Gruhner, Rev. Frederick
96, 231
Hahn, Hans George. 6I
Hessian Prisoners 86
Havener, Charles
Heyer, Conrad. I39
26, 136, 228
Head, John
103
Indian War
45
Jones' Sailloft burned 19I
Knox, Henry
8, 108
Kinsell, Barnard .
69
Lincoln Patriot.
123
Lincoln County News 178
Lincoln County incorporated 5 I
Land Claims
53
Lower Bridge 95
M. E. Church
22I
Maine, Separation from Massachusetts IIO, II 7
280
INDEX.
Maine, State of
Medomak River 12,25
Meeting House, first 59
Muscongus
6
Monhegan .
5
Moravian Mission 66
Miller, Charles II2
Maine Telegraph Company I3I
Medomak Engine I3I
Medomak Bank.
275
Medomak Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 275
Permanent Settlement 24
Post Office
103, 120
Powder House
II7
Palmer, Nathaniel 89
Postmasters
27 I
Rich, Rufus
I33
Revolution
82
Revolutionary Soldiers
9I
Reed, Col. Isaac G.
IIO, IJ5, 119
Railroad, Building
176
Railroad, Sold .
I90
Representatives, to Legislatures 270
Reservoir, Construction of. 187
Small Pox. 102
Second Colony
40
Sælle, George.
61
Shæffer, John Martin
60, 63, 96, 101, 229
Soule, Levi, murder
89
Sides, Loring 48
Surplus Revenue. I24
Samson, Charles
I20
Starman, Rev. John Wm. 112, 233
INDEX.
281
Separation II7
Selectmen 266
Ship Building
193
Shoe Factory
189
Sproul's Mill, burned
190
Topography of Town I2
Town Officers.
77
Town Meeting, first
77
Town Meetings
81
Tucker, Samuel
I22
Thomas, Waterman
103
Town Clerks.
265
Town Treasurers
265
Town Boundaries, surveyed
79
Ulmer, John
27
Union Block burned
191
Vannah, George
43
Village Corporation 187
Waldo Patent
5
Waldo, Samuel . 8
Waldo's Circular
29
Waldo's Stockade
45
Waldoboro, incorporation of
72
Werner, George
43
Waldoboro during Revolution
82
Waldoboro Light Infantry
III
Waldoboro Bank .
I39
Waldoboro Lyceum
123
Waldoboro Loan & Bldg. Assn
276
Waldoboro Electric Light Co.
191
Waldoboro Water Co. 19I
Winslow's Mills 188
War with Spain 190
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