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2. Mary A. Hill m. Samuel Hill (a cousin) against her father's wishes. Their home was in Mariaville, Me. Their two children, Charles and George died in Mariaville.
3. Hannah W. Hill m. Daniel Robinson who kept the Robert- son House in Bucksport, Maine. He was b. Nov. 21, 1815; d. April 2, 1871. Two children: Mary and Fanny, she d. young. 4. Nahum J. Hill b. April 30, 1817; m. Caroline Parker. Their home was in Bucksport, Maine. He was a State Senator. Two children: Edward P. Hill, b. Jan. 1844; Josephine F. Hill, b. Nov. 1846.
5. John W. Hill b. Dec. 30, 1819; m. 1st, Mary Tinker. They lived first in Ellsworth, Me. then in Ship Harbor, N. S., where he carried on a lumbering business. John W. Hill m. 2nd, Helen Emerson. He had four children by first wife. 1. Lewis F. Hill, b. Feb. 19, 1863; m. in Ship Harbor 1942; no children. 2. Georgia B., b. 1865; d. 1878. 3. Everett Hill, d. 1905. 4. Charles Hill.
6. William Hill, b. July 1822; m. Sarah Jane, dau. Capt. Roland and Mary Martin, b. July 16, 1822; he d. March 24, 1903. One son Harry E. Hill, b. Aug. 26, 1862; d. Jan. 6, 1938; m. Emily, dau. of Ambrose and Della (McFarland) Wasgatt. He was the lighthouse keeper Prospect Harbor, Me. Harry and Emily had one dau., Leonice Hill who m. Dean, son of Milton and Rosa (Bunker) Johnson, m. May 27, 1924. One dau. Helen Johnson.
7. Thomas B. Hill, b. Sept. 1, 1824; ship Capt .; m. Prudence, dau. of Jabez and Prudence (Downing) Simpson, b. July 30, 1827. Their children: Elwood W. Hill born March 30, 1856; d. 1883; m. Letitia, dau. of Fred B. and Cora B. Joy of Winter Harbor, Me. Their children: Walters and Lydia Hill.
8. Enoch B. Hill, b. April 13, 1828; m. Sarah Winslow. No
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children. They lived in Bucksport, Me., where he kept a gen- eral store.
9. Eliza C. Hill, b. June 26, 1830; m. Joshua B. Johnson, Jan. 1861. She d. Feb. 22, 1867. One son, Andrew C. John- son, b. May 8, 1865; d. Aug. 24, 1944.
10. Clarissa L. Hill, b. July 16, 1832; m. Ephriam Harding, a salesman. Lived Auburndale, Mass. Children: Cushman Hardin, b. April 3, 1858; m. Allie Hill. He d. Aug. 24, 1923. Mary J. Hardin, b. Oct. 21, 1860; m. Artemus Wyman, April 27, 1881. She d. April 22, 1923. Carrie Hardin, d. Feb. 9, 1881. Everett E., d. young.
11. Lydia S. Hill, b. Oct. 15, 1835; m. Dec. 25, 1866, Daniel S., son of Hiram and Rachel (Simpson) Emery, b. Dec. 29, 1833; resided in Boston, one of the firm of John S. Emery & Co. Children: Fred H., b. Dec. 23, 1863; d. July 12, 1871. John S., b. Jan. 1, 1866; d. Jan. 25, 1868. Daniel R., b. May 16, 1860; d. June 16, 1870. George H., b. Feb. 25, 1871; (adopted). Ralph C. Emery, b. Jan. 23, 1876; d. May 8, 1943, age 67.
12. Abigail A. Hill, b. Oct. 1835; m. Charles Campbell of Cherryfield, Maine. Children: Mary L., Helen, William, Nahum, Grace E., Albert G., Alice C. and David W. Mary L. Campbell m. Henry Whitney Jr. Grace Campbell m. Dwight Baldwin. Alice C. Campbell m. Arthur Campbell of Cherry- field.
13. Caroline Hill, b. April 22, 1841; m. Albert H. Genn. Resided in Bucksport, where he had a store. He was b. Aug 1, 1843; m. Oct. 12, 1868; d. Apr. 14, 1901. Children: Rodney S., b. June 12, 1874. Mary F., b. March 22, 1872. Elizabeth E., Genn, b. Dec. 1, 1880.
As near as we can recall, Thomas Hill and his wife, Rebecca (Traine) Hill, landed at Skillings river a short time after their marriage, and soon after went to West Gouldsboro and settled there. Their house was about half way from the Mr. J. M. Sears' estate to the shore. Esquire Hill built the first tannery which was run by horse-power. The tannery remains, but the proprietors have passed away and the business ceased many years ago. Marshall Hill, the eldest son, also had a
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tannery on his homestead, later the property of his grandson, James A. Hill. The building was torn down several years ago.
Thomas Hill, Esq. was Justice of the Peace, the first post- master of Gouldsboro, a deacon of the Baptist church, had family worship and was a regular attendant at the Sunday service in the old town house. He was a man of ability and most exemplary.
Under his direction quite a farm was tilled and cultivated. He employed a number of men, especially in haying. One hot summer morning the men had mown from an early hour that would astound the present generation and were shirking some- what. The Squire walked down the field and asked "who mowed this swath?" "Fitzgerald, was the reply." The same for several swaths until he came to the condemed man. "Fitz- gerald, you may go to the house and hang up your scythe, you have done enough." A rebuke not forgotten by his men.
In later years Barney, the ninth son, became proprietor. He was appointed first postmaster in West Gouldsboro, Oct. 19, 1841. He was the pioneer summer tourist host. Esquire Thomas built a vessel at his shore called "The Ten Brothers." Later a vessel was built by Rufus Thomas, Jr. and Barney, three of the ten brothers, Thomas being Capt. of the "Dawn".
Esquire Barney's daughter, Charlotte, was a violinist and teacher of dancing, as was her brother, Peter Hill. Both won the esteem and patronage of eastern communities. Mr. Barney Hill, the last family owner, during a severe storm entertained the stage driver and passengers. A lady was taken very ill during the evening and nothing would relieve her but a certain doctor's pill. The distance was too great and the storm too severe to go, but the descretion of Mr. Hill won the day. He knew the medicine but had none, so he told her he would send to the house of Capt. John Hammond, his neighbor, for the pill. He went into the pantry and taking some white bread, also brownbread, rolled up the pills and in due time returned with a glass of water added. They were hastily taken, washed down with the water and quickly relief came and the patient slept. The ignorance was bliss.
An amusing story told by an old timer: Barney Hill in his
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young manhood days was a frequent caller on two young sisters in town. One of the sisters on returning from doing her night-chores of milking cows and other duties, sniffed herself over and then going over to her sister asked "Do I smell barney?" The sister replied with a smile, "You might, he just left here."
5. Margret Breck, b. Aug. 18, 1730, in Boston; d. April 26, 1817 in Calais. Buried in Eastport, Maine. m. Capt. William Nickels in Boston, son of Capt. Alexander and Hannah Nick- els of Gouldsboro and Cherryfield. Margret Breck m. Dec. 18, 1789.
Alexander Nickels, son of Margaret and Capt. William Nickels, b. Jan. 3, 1704; d. April 14, 1841; m. Nov. 12, 1795, Martha Holway of Machias; res. Cherryfield. She was dau. of O'Brien.
Margret Breck Nickels, b. Oct. 5, 1809; d. Dec. 6, 1895; m. David Wass Campbell, May 14, 1829; res. Cherryfield. Son of Samuel and Rebecca Wass Campbell. David b. Oct. 4, 1804.
Charles Campbell, b. March 3, 1833; m. Nov. 3, 1857, Abi- gail A. Hill, dau. of Nahum and Rebecca Wooster Hill, b. Oct. 5, 1835.
Nahum Hill and his wife Hannah Wooster were both buried in the Simpson Cemetery behind the East Sullivan Union Church. Both were 79 years of age when they died.
Enoch Hill, fourth child of Thomas and Rebecca (Traine) Hill, b. Sept. 13, 1729; d. Nov. 9, 1860, 91 years of age. Enoch Hill purchased land and erected a house which later was owned by Langdon and Eliza Chilcott Hill. They had no children and after they passed out the farm was purchased by Elmer A. Hanna. Enoch Hill had a daughter, Olive Hill, who married Joshua Johnson, son of Stephen and Hannah Bickford Johnson. They had one son, Enoch. He became a sea captain and his father went one voyage with him. Enoch later went to Australia where he died. While making the long trip he made a full rigged little ship which was sent to his father after his death.
Joshua Johnson m. (2nd) 1861, Eliza C. Hill, dau. of Nahum and Hannah (Wooster) Hill, b. June 26, 1830. They
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had one son, Andrew C. Johnson, b. May 8, 1865; d. Aug. 24, 1924.
Green Hill, 7th son of Thomas and Rebecca (Traine) Hill, b. Jan. 28, 1775; m. Oct. 28, 1898, Lura Taft; d. Nov. 1858. They had a son, Augustine Hill, who married Martha Ham- merwell of Cherryfield. She sang in the choir at the Union Church, East Sullivan. They lived in the house built by his father on the corner of the road coming from Morancy.
A dau., Rebecca T. Hill, m. William Bean. He d. Apr. 2, 1871. The farm was later taken over by their son, Fred Bean, b. Jan. 21, 1861.
ANCESTORS OF NAHUM HILL FAMILY
1. John Train came over in the "Mary & Ellen" in 1655 from England. Born in England; res. Weston; d. Jan. 29, 1688; m. Margret Dix, b. England 1616; d. Dec. 18, 1660.
2. John B. Train, b. May 25, 1651; d. Feb. 19, 1717-18; m. March 24, 1674, Mary Stubbs.
3. John B. Train, Jr., b. Oct. 31, 1682, Weston, Mass .; m. May 5, 1705, Watertown, Lydia Jennison, b. May 18, 1688.
4. Samuel Train, b. Dec. 22, 1711, Weston; d. 1806; m. (1st) Mary Holding, b. Concord, Mass .; m. (2nd) Rachel Allen, Dec. 31, 1741; b. April 7, 1722; d. 1802.
5. Rebecca Train, b. Dec. 10, 1754, Weston, Mass .; d. April 12, 1842; m. Thomas Hill, b. April 20, Weston, Mass .; d. Nov. 12, 1821; m. Oct. 29, 1772; res. East Sullivan and West Gouldsboro.
6. Nahum Hill, b. East Sullivan, Maine, May 18, 1783; d. Nov. 5, 1862; m. Nov. 16, 1809, Hannah Wooster. Hannah the dau. of William Wooster and Hannah Bragdon Wooster of Franklin, Maine.
CHARLES CAMPBELL ANCESTORS
1. Edward Breck, b. England about 1595; m. in England, 1st wife; 2nd Isobel Rigby, widow, mother of John, b. in England 1610; d. May 21, 1673; m. in Dorchester, 1647; arrived in America, Aug. 7, 1635. Edward Breck d. Nov. 2, 1662.
2. John Breck, son of Edward, b. 1651; d. Feb. 17, 1691; m. Sussanna -; b. 1698; d. Feb. 8, 1711.
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3. John Breck Jr., b. Dec. 22, 1680; d. Feb. 16, 1713; m. Ann Patteshall of Boston.
4. John Breck, b. Aug. 31, 1705; d. 1761; m. Jan. 18, 1727, Margret Thomas, b. 1709; d. 1765; res. Boston.
WOOSTER
Son of William Wooster Vicar of Walford, England. Rev. William Wooster baptized Oct. 5, 1595, University of Cam- bridge, 1620, ordained 1622. Vicar of Onley Bucks 1624-1636, when he imigrated. First minister of Salisbury, Mass.
Rev. William Wooster, b. in England, came to U. S. in 1638-1640; settled in Salisbury, Mass .; d. Oct. 28, 1662; m. Sarah -, b. England; d. April 28, 1650.
Samuel Wooster, b. England; d. Feb. 20, 1680-8; m. Eliza- beth Parrott Rowley, b. May 1, 1640.
Francis Wooster, b. Rowley, Mass .; d. Dec. 17, 1717; m. Jan. 29, 1690-91, Mary Chenney of Newbury, b. Sept. 2, 1671.
Daniel Wooster, b. Feb. 19, 1703; d. Bradford; m. Joanna Pettingall, Salisbury, Mass.
Oliver Wooster, b. Sept. 18, 1732, Newbury; m. Dec. 6, 1756, Abigail Clark; res. Hancock, Maine; b. Nov. 3, 1739, Newbury.
William Wooster, b. Dec. 29, 1757, Newbury, Mass .; m. Dec. 30, 1784; d. July 24, 1823; res. Hancock and Franklin, Maine; m. Hannah Bragdon, Franklin; d. 1853.
Hannah Wooster, b. Sept. 24, 1701; d. Nov. 5, 1870; m. Nahum Hill, Nov. 6, 1809, East Sullivan; Nahum b. May 18, 1783; d. Nov. 5, 1862, East Sullivan, Maine.
13 children born in East Sullivan: (See Nahum Hill)
Patrick Mulhern, b. in Ireland, 1813; d. 1901. When quite young he came to Gouldsboro and was taken as a farm hand through the kindness of Nahum Jones, paying him five dollars per month and board. Mr. Lessons, who was leaving town, sold his field of wheat to Patrick for the money he had saved. The receipts from the grain were double the sum paid. Thus Patrick made a profitable deal and every penny was saved. His education consisted of two words, "Patrick Mulhern." The writing lessons were in exchange for milking instructions
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to Mary and Clarissa Jones. An old almanac was the tablet and no blank space was uncovered. While living with Mr. Jones he went to the pasture one night as usual to bring the cows home and on his way he encountered a big bear. He was much afraid, and in his excitement said "Let me pass and I will give you Jones' black heifer."
After a few years he came to East Sulivan, finding a home with Mr. and Mrs. Langdon Hill, helping on their farm, and later bought the James Tuft's lower field with buildings. His house had been rented to Rev. Winefred Baldwin in 1883, and later to William B. Dyer who occupied it until his death, Jan. 13, 1892. Patrick, after buying the farm, purchased a yoke of young steers to help with farming. He made a compost each fall of eel-grass, which grew in abundance in those days along the shore, but for some unknown reason ceased growing a few years later. This he used as fertilizer and his main crop was potatoes.
During his life he accummulated a goodly amount of cash and purchased a safe, which he placed in Mrs. Langdon Hill's shed, and being unable to read the combination entrusted it to Julia, dau. of George S. Bunker, who had a store near by. After Mr. Bunker died, Julia and her mother, Elizabeth (Brag- don) Bunker sold out and moved away. Then he knew not what to do but decided to have the safe put into a wooden box which he hired a carpenter to make, with a door, which fastened with a padlock. Leaving the safe unlocked. One night, to his sorrow the hinges, which were on the outside, were easily taken off and the safe robbed. It troubled him so much he soon failed, both mind and body, and lived but a short time. A relative came to settle his business affairs. Bedford Tracy of Winter Harbor appraised the property and in going through his house found five or six one hundred dollar bills. Fred Patten bought the house and not long after it burned down. Later Gipson H. Hanna purchased the land and built several over-night camps near the shore which was well patronized. Henry Hosking was the next owner who purchased the property in 1948.
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THE SARGENT FAMILY
Epes Sargent of Gloucester, Mass. married second Cather- ine Winthrop.
Paul Dudley Sargent, the elder of Epes Sargent's two sons by his second wife. Catherine (Winthrop) Sargent was born in Salem, Mass., where he was baptized June 23, 1745. He died in Sullivan, Maine, September 15, 1827; m. in Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 12, 1772, Lucy Sanders, dau. of Thomas and Lucy Sanders.
Children:
1. Lucy Sargent, m. Rev. John Turner; d. 1830.
2. Catherine Winthrop Sargent, m. Theodore Jones of Ells- worth; d. 1842.
3. Mary Sargent, b. Salem, Mass., 1777; d. Sept. 16, 1855.
4. Paul Dudley Sargent, Jr., b. Salem, Mass., 1779; drowned in a gale off Cape Cod, Nov. 20, 1798; buried in Truro, Mass.
5. Sarah Allen Sargent, b. in Boston, Mass., Jan. 6, 1781; d. in Franklin, Maine, April 1859; m. in Sullivan 1832 to Robert Gordon; no record of children.
6. Charlotte Sanders Sargent, b. Boston, July 24, 1782; d. June 20, 1865; m. Oct. 29, 1805, Joseph Parsons. They had seven children.
7. John Sargent, b. Boston, Jan. 28, 1784; d. Calais, Maine, Jan. 1, 1842; m. in Weston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1812, Harriet Taft. They had ten children.
8. Julia Sargent, b. 1786; d. aged 90 years; m. Oct. 18, 1812, Abner Johnson of Waterford, Maine. He was the originator and manufacturer of Johnson's Anodyne Linement. Dr. Abner Johnson practiced in Brewer and Cherryfield.
Children of John and Harriet (Taft) Sargent:
1. Daniel Sargent, b. Sullivan, Feb. 22, 1815; d. Bahamas Island, March 5, 1884; m. Una Thompson of England. He was U. S. Consul in the Bahamas 1865. Their youngest son, Charles Arthur Sargent, b. on the Island of Inagna, March 6, 1865.
2. Igratino Sargent.
3. Lucy Sargent, b. Sullivan, Maine.
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4. John Sargent, d. in Sullivan, Feb. 10, 1819.
5. John Dudley Sargent.
6. Harriet Taft Sargent.
7. Francis Taft Sargent.
8. Epes Dixwell Sargent.
9. Henrietta Louisa Sargent.
10. Charles Arthur Sargent, b. March 6, 1865, on the Island of Inagna.
Children of Julia Sargent, who m. Dr. Abner Johnson:
1. Harriet Sargent Johnson, b. in Brewer, 1813; d. West- field, Conn., 1892; m. Rev. A. C. Adams.
2. Mary Sargent Johnson, b. Brewer 1816; d. in Sullivan 1836.
3. Charlotte Elizabeth Johnson, b. Waterford, Maine 1818; d. San Diego, California, April 10, 1894; m. William P. Mckay 1854; he d. 1856 and in the beginning of the Civil War. She went to the front as a hospital nurse and was cited in gun orders City Point.
4. Isaac Samuel Johnson, b. Bangor 1821; d. Bangor 1900; had one dau., Ann Mary, who m. a Clark from N. S.
2. Laurella Johnson, teacher in a mission to Van.
3. Harriet Johnson who m. two Greenback brothers; d. in 1906.
5. Thomas Sanders Johnson, b. Sullivan; d. in California 1850; m. in Miltown, N. B. Dau.
1. Mary Garland Johnson, m. Clark of St. Stephen, N. B.
2. Thomas Winthrop Johnson, d. Philadelphia 1902.
6. Charles Fitz Abner Johnson.
7. Henry Dudley Johnson.
Sargent Mountain is named for Paul Dudley Sargent. Sargentville was named for a descendent that moved later to Ohio and founded a great steel business.
Charlotte Elizabeth Johnson, third child of Julia Johnson, wrote a sketch of her life entitled, the "Reminiscenses of a Nonagenarian."
Paul Dudley Sargent being in Boston in 1772, was present at a meeting attended by John Hancock, Samuel Adams and other leaders in the Revolutionary movement (raising com-
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panies and regiments). Col. Sargent's companies of Waterford, too late for Concord, arrived with 1000 men the night of the battle, and two days later ordered to Cambridge. Arrived late for Bunker Hill but got near enough to receive a slight wound from a four pound shot from a British gun boat. After evacua- tion of Boston, Washington ordered him into Boston where he commanded the Castle under General Wood. Marched his regiment to New York. On arrival was posted at Hell Gate with a battery of twelve, 18 pound guns. Fought the British, then withdrew to Harlem Heights, where he commanded a strong Brigade. From there over Kings Bridge to West Chester, and then White Plain. Hard fighting, sickness, sick himself for several weeks, he was ordered at Peekskill to join the force under Gen. Lee, which was to support Washington in Pennsyl- vania, and three weeks later joined Washington in a New Jersey campaign in the autumn 1777 and the battles at Trenton and Princeton. After the army went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, broken in health, hardships and sickness was obliged, after thirty-one months of active service, to resign his command and return home. During his connection with the army he formed an intimate friendship with Lafayette which lasted through his life. After leaving the army he lived first in Salem, and then Boston, shipping and privateering. With serious losses he became inpovrished and moved to Sullivan, Maine about 1788. His wife, Lucy, moved with him from Boston with eight children (had lost one in infancy) and the farm probably a wilderness. His wife, Lucy, was 36 at that time. They educated their six girls and two boys with only a small library, and in contact with the French community at Lamoine Fountain Laval. It was there before the French terror. Tallyrand saved his head by aiding out there. Tally- rand was a French politician. Tallyrand was lame all his life, which the story said was caused by some fisher folk throwing hot fat on him accidentally when a child.
A monument, erected to the memory of Col. Sargent, may be seen at Sullivan in the field in front of the Dunbar Store, near the old homesite of the Colonel. Col. Paul Dudley Sargent was a son of Col. Epps Sargent at Gloucester, Mass. His mother
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was a daughter of John Winthrop, F. R. S. being Ann Dudley, granddaughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts. John Winthrop, F. R. S. was a son of Watsill Winthrop of Con- necticut, and a greatgrandson of Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay, the first Governor of the colony.
Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's wife was Lucy Saunders, daugh- ter of Thomas Saunders of Salem, Mass. A patriot and dis- tinguished member of Massachusetts during the dispute with the mother country, England. Col. Sargent had commanded one of the 19 regiments which constituted Gen. Washington's army at Cambridge, in July 1775, and at times shared with the young Marquis De Lafayette, the honor of aid-de-camp to the General. Regiments in those days were not up to the present size and Col. Sargent's, an average one, numbered only 192 men. To these he supplied shoes and other garments at his own expense, and after an honorable service of over three years retired from the army, having sacrificed nearly all of his personal fortune in the cause of the young republic.
He was largely interested in shipping to the East India trade, but some of his vessels were taken by English privateers when nearly in port, and his income was greatly reduced. He was induced at the age of 44 to make for himself and family a humble home in the village of Sullivan, where he lived 39 years in greatly reduced circumstances. The old homestead was a square house with flat roof, commanding a fine view of Frenchman's Bay and Mt. Desert Hills, as many can vouch who pass the place nowadays. Col. Sargent died at the age of 83 years.
A PATRIOT AND HIS GRAVE 1946
(Few people realize the significance attached to the tomb at Sullivan Harbor overlooking Frenchman's Bay. The selectmen, having had it brought to their attention, have published the following brief history written by Col. Harry M. Smith, of Bangor, who is well known to Sullivan residents).
In Sullivan, overlooking the harbor and the sweep of Frenchman's Bay, is the grave of a great Revolutionary patriot
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-Paul Dudley Sargent; he was one of those to whom the young republic owed its birth; whose later life was mentioned with what is now Maine, and who left a deep impression on its history.
But man forgets. The resting place of this patriot is not known to the average Maine man or woman today. A busy world has passed it by. Modern life has erased memories that should have remained golden through the centuries.
It so happened that a Bangor business man, Col. Harry M. Smith, has found time in his active life to become a lover and student of history. Yes, a somewhat profound student-even though he himself might be the last to admit it. And to Col. Smith there was due, on this dreary July Fourth a unique and inspiring gesture in patriotism, taking his two young grandsons, Whitney and Edward Rawson Jennison, to Paul Sargent's grave. He told them-very simply and very earnestly-the lesson of a life that should be known, but unfortunately it is not known, to every Maine schoolboy. Here in this brief ceremony, was patriotism expressed with greater eloquence than by all the powder burned that day along Maine's coast.
Whether or not others who remembered went to the grave of Paul Dudley Sargent, this writer does not know. But there seemed to him something singularly appealing in the idea of three who could be modern and still be patriotic, a Bangor business man and his two grandsons, thus meeting by them- selves-meeting to revive memories that ought never to have been forgotten. Meeting on a spot where, dreary as was this particular Fourth-of-July, nature herself seems striving to do a great man honor, meeting for one without whom, and others like him, the nation would have had no birthday.
THE CEREMONY
Col. Smith began by saying to his grandsons: "we three have done our humble best to honor a great man who gave his fortune and fought in all the early battles of the Revolu- tion for the ideals that have made this country great. He was a friend of John Hancock and Samuel Adams and was one of the orignators of the Boston Tea Party."
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"He served under Washington as a brigade commander and aide-de-camp with Alexander Hamilton and Lafayette."
"He crossed the Delaware with Washington and fought in the battles of Trenton and Princeton."
"After three years of glorious service in the Army he re- signed to join the Navy."
"Following the war, at the age of forty-four, he came to this spot and made it his home, with his wife, his seven daughters and two sons."
"For thirty-nine years he lived his humble, useful life here, having always the memories of his gallant past."
"Standing near his grave we are looking down Frenchman's Bay from Sullivan Harbor, a most satisfying scene of natural beauty, with Mt. Desert mountains and the Atlantic Ocean for a background. The historical significance of this region can best be expressed in a prayer."
Col. Smith's prayer was as follows:
"Oh God of this beautiful place; Supreme Being who saw those hills arise from the sea; Whose great Spirit gave some small comfort in their primitive worship to the red man, who so loved this spot that they chose that nearby mound for the burying ground of their dead; God of the French adventurers who sailed those waters and gave the mountains their names."
"God of the band of men consecrated to Thee, who founded the first colony of the Jesuits on our shores at the foot of that mountain, near Southwest Harbor on Somes Sound; who saw ships of war of the French, then the English, then the Dutch, again the English, seeking the possession of Castine on the Penobscot Bay; Who saw near these very waters the first clash of the sea power of the colonies in their protest against their Mother Country, England; Who saw the colony of the refugees from the cruel French Court and the French Terror; Who saw the fire of the cross erected to commemorate the 300th an- niversary of the Jesuits landing, and burned by some thought- less child of another faith; who saw the majestic Kronprinzas- sen Cecille after her mad dash to Europe and back to ride at anchor until America joined the rest of the world as crusaders to make war to end all war; Father of all Who loves, but does
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