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BRAGDON FAMILY
Jotham Bragdon m. Sept. 2, 1810, Lydia Welch, both resi- dents of Sorrento. Their son, Oliver Preble Bragdon b. April 24, 1826; d. Feb. 20, 1910; m. Feb. 8, 1852, Lydia Jane Arey, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Burgess) Arey, b. June 23, 1832, at Vinal Haven; d. April 27, 1911.
Children were:
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1853; m. (1st) George Stephen Bunker, son of Uriah Bunker, b. May 7, 1838; m. Dec. 15, 1870 in Sullivan; m. (2) Dec. 31, 1907, Lee Cushman Bower. One dau. by first marriage: Julia Ella, b. Nov. 17, 1871 in Sullivan, Maine. After the death her father, George S. Bunker, she and her mother left Sullivan. Julia E. Bunker m. in Skowhegan, Maine, June 5, 1907, William Henry Pancoast Jr., son of William Henry and Bertha (Ebert) Pancoast, b. Aug. 12, 1872
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in Newark, N. J .; residence 1936, Fort Pierce, Florida. George S. Bunker was proprietor of a store in Ashville district many years dealing in groceries and dry goods. He d. Feb. 9, 1899. His widowed mother, Joanna B. Bunker, resided with his family also his brother, Wyman C. Bunker.
2. Henry J. Bragdon, son of Oliver and Lydia Jane (Arey) Bragdon, b. April 20, 1854; d. Nov. 1927; m. (1st) Elvia Bragg. One dau. was born to them. Nellie Bragdon m. 1900 Herbert A. Martin, son of Algerias and Margarett (Pettee) Martin, b. Nov. 11, 1869. Herbert d. June 9, 1911. No issue.
Henry J. m. (2d) Edith Young. Two children were: Carlyle A. and Doris Y.
3. Fremont Bragdon, son of Oliver and Lydia Jane (Arey) Bragdon d. at the age of 20 years. He was with his father in the vessel in port at Boston when taken ill with a fever and died suddenly. His remains were brought home for burial. He was soon to marry a sister to Mrs. Wylie Hall, who lived in Ells- worth.
4. Edward E. Bragdon, son of Oliver and Lydia Jane (Arey) Bragdon b. April 24, 1860; d. April 12, 1931. Married Jan. 1 1885, Jessie Noyes, dau. of Nathaniel Jr. and Harriet (Wood Noyes, b. Sept. 10, 1864 on Stave Island. Her parents moved to East Sullivan when she was very young.
Their six children were:
Kenneth E., b. Dec. 10, 1887; m. Georgie B. Urann, dau. of Joseph and Satina (Blaisdell) Urann.
Fremont O., b. April 7, 1892; m.
Ruth W., b. Jan. 3, 1894; m. George, son of Fred and Lillian (Bunker) Bartlett of Sorrento. They have two children. Ann m. Edward Fox. Hilda m. Rodney Ash.
Abbie T., b. Nov. 13, 1896; m. Alden Stanley of Minton.
Maurice, b. Jan. 27, 1899. Was accidentally shot while in a boat
Constance, b. March 20, 1910; d. young.
5. Maria J. Bragdon, dau. of Oliver and Lydia Jane (Arey) Bragdon, b. May 18, 1863; m. (Ist) Dayton W. Stevens. One son was born to them. Ralph L. Stevens, b. Dec. 19, 1882; d. 1898. Maria J. Bragdon, m. (2) James B. Havey, son of Simon
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S. and Emeline (Small) Havey of N. Sullivan. James B. Havey a stone cutter. Children were:
James E., See Havey. Florence L., m. Maurice Foss of Han- cock. Rosa M. Carolyn, m. Gordon Bunker, son of Edward K. and Mina (Moon) Bunker of Gouldsboro, Maine. Maria Brag. don Stevens Havey, d. Dec. 24, 1931. James B. Havey, d. Dec. 30, 1945; b. Dec. 4, 1865.
GOLDEN WEDDING FEBRUARY 8, 1902
Captain and Mrs. Oliver P. Bragdon of Sullivan married 50 years. Captain and Mrs. Oliver P. Bragdon of East Sullivan, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary Saturday at their hospitable home, where 37 years of their married life have been passed. Their declining years are made happy by children and grandchildren, who live near and are frequent visitors at the old homestead. Captain and Mrs. Bragdon come from a long-lived race. Captain Bragdon's mother lived to be nearly 94 years old, and his father was more than 70. Mrs. Bragdon's mother was in her 95th year when she died.
The captain and his wife still take active interest in affairs of the community especially in church work. Captain Bragdon has been superintendent of the Sunday School many years ..
He was born at Waukeag, Sullivan, a beautiful neck of land running into Frenchman's Bay, now populated by summer cottagers and known as Sorrento.
He is nearly 76 years old. At 19, he began going to sea, and in two years he had risen to the post of master and part owner of a fishing vessel. From that time until three years ago he con- tinued as master of coasting vessels, and was one of the best- known captains on the Atlantic coast. For 20 years he sailed large vessels for Boston ship owners and brokers. He was ship- wrecked once, in the schooner "Saxon".
In spite of his years at sea, Capt. Bragdon, in his winters and occasional stops at home, kept alive his interest in town and state affairs and found time to serve in the state legislature. He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1880 and 1881 and of the Senate in 1883-5. He was the center of the political mailstrom in the famous "count-out" of 1879, it being
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the substitution of a "B" for a "P" in his name over which the board of convassers fought and almost came to bloodshed. Capt. Bragdon won in the contest and his was the deciding republican vote in the legislature that year.
Mrs. Bragdon was born at Vinalhaven, Maine, in 1832, her maiden name being Lydia Jane Arey. She married Capt. Brag- don at Gouldsboro. William Rand who performed the ceremony, is still living at Winter Harbor and Charles Norris, who was best man at the wedding is still living, also.
Capt. and Mrs. Bragdon have four children living, Mrs. Lizzie M. Bunker of East Sullivan, Henry J. Bragdon of Bar Harbor, Capt. Edward E. Bragdon of East Sullivan and Mrs. James Havey of West Sullivan.
The poem written for the celebration of Captain and Mrs. Bragdon's Golden Wedding 1902. By Judson L. Welch of Sorrento.
Dear friends we have met here tonight, With Captain Bragdon and wife, To celebrate their Golden Wedding, The fiftieth year of their married life.
While in health and in bloom of youth, They pledged their vows to be man and wife,
With their sacred promise kept, They have lived an exemplary life.
Their joys have been many In this very long roll of years,
But sorrows at times have been theirs, None are without in the vale of tears.
Three sons and two daughters were theirs, And they fostered them with much care, But one has been called away,
And he's waiting for them over there.
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Their days have been long and well spent, And they're looking beyond to that shore, Where fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, They'll meet over there, to part no more.
Captain Bragdon has sailed on the coast, From eastern Maine to New York Bay, Never a man has he lost at sea, Never I think been cast away.
He kept a lookout for breakers white, While the winds through the shrouds did scream, And he shaped his course by the pilot's quide, And the light hours welcome gleam.
He carried staves for Cyrus Hall, And Smith Beam's shingles in the hold, Sometimes a load of hemlock boards, And came back with corn, flour and coal.
He sometimes carried laths and slabs, And shingles too, for Cyrus Hall, Some ladden poles and hoop-poles too, And lots of kiln wood every fall.
He carried loads from Franklin bay, More kinds than I can now relate, Just one thing more I have to say, He never stole a bit of freight.
We met to welcome this aged pair, Whose steps to "beyond" are treading, But we hope to meet them many times yet, Perhaps to our Golden Wedding.
Now he has left the stormy seas, No more by storms to be driven, Yet he sails his ship with flouring sheets And steers for the light house of heaven.
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The Oliver Bragdon's house was built by Eben Bean, where he kept a tavern in the early days. There was a dance hall on the second floor which was well patronized, people coming from miles to attend dances. Eben was a brother of John and Josiah who owned a farm close by.
It caused sorrow to the people of Sullivan when they read the following item. "Cat Sets a Fire at East Sullivan Farm" 1914. "The buildings of the late Captain Oliver Bragdon at East Sullivan, now owned by his son Captain E. E. Bragdon were burned Sunday evening.
Captain Bragdon and his son were pitching hay from the mow, having lantern on the beam, a cat jumped, landing on a loose board which fell on the lantern, breaking it and scattering the oil over the hay, in a few moments the whole interior of the barn was ablaze, Captain Bragdon, having barely time to get the horse out.
Without facilities for fighting the fire, it soon spread to the connecting shed, house and the whole set of buildings was burned. The house was occupied by Mr. LeGacy, who is teach- ing the Bridgham Hill School. The contents were saved.
Captain Bragdon used the stable.
THE NICKERSON FAMILY OF SORRENTO, MAINE
By Margaret E. Caldwell
The first Nickerson to come to the United States was William Nickerson who came from England, with his family in 1635 and settled in Mass. Isreal Nickerson of Mass., m. a French woman by the name of Hatfield. She came from the Island of Guernsey. They were m. in Yarmouth, N. S. where he first met her, and took her to his home in Chatham, Mass. She was dis- contented there and when their son Thomas was three weeks old, they returned to N. S. came there in a fishing vessel. Isreal was well-to-do, but in his old age, a big storm in that section wrecked his two fishing vessels, and he was too old to accumu- late much after that. Their son Thomas Nickerson, b. in Mass .; m. Catherine Burns, her father came from Waterford, Ireland. He m. Miss Hernlow from Scotland. Her parents were quite affluent. As wedding gift they gave one thousand acres of land
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in Nova Scotia to each of their three children. Catherine re- ceived her allotment. Her parents lived on an island where he built vessels and kept sheep and cows.
Thomas Nelson Nickerson b. in Shirbrost, N. S., Dec. 30, 1847; m. Harriet E. Card, dau. of Ruth Wakefield and William Henry Card of Franklin, Me. Their children: 1. Ruth Eleanor, b. Nov. 22, 1878; m. Sept. 14, 1895, William P. Kearin of Ban- gor, Me. 3 children, Mabel, b. Aug. 13, 1896. 2. Margaret Elain, b. April 16, 1882. 3. Frances Folsom, b. May 26, 1885. Jose- phine Cromwell, b. June 6, 1887. Reside at Mt. Desert Ferry, Me. 2. Margaret E. Nickerson; m. July 6, 1927, George Dyer Caldwell of Missouri. No children. 3. Frances F. Nickerson of Sorrento, m. Sept. 25, 1908, Isreal F. Hughes of Brownville, Me. 2 children. Virginia Hughes, b. Jan. 11, 1913; m. Sept. 14, 1947, Richard D. Heble of Brewer, Me. Dudley Hughes, b. Jan. 20, 1916.
4. Josephine C. Nickerson of Sorrento, m. Dec. 9, 1909, Ernest Rockwood Priest of Vassalboro; d. Dec. 18, 1926. Chil- dren: Philip P. Priest of Vassalboro, m. Rosella Humphries of Brewer, Me. Two sons, Cary and David Priest. Elizabeth Card Priest m. Irving Wershow of Alachna, Flo. Donald Maxwell Priest.
Capt. Thomas Nelson Nickerson removed from Mt. Desert Ferry to Sorrento, during the summer of 1896, consisting of a family of five, Captain and Mrs. Nickerson and their daughters. Ruth m. and lived at Mt. Desert Ferry. Capt. Nickerson pur- chased what was known as the Jonathan White Place at Sor- rento. It was part of the original White grant, as the Maine map made from the survey of 1803. List that property as being White's and a White the Original owners, one of Jonathan's ancesters. Jonathan was a blacksmith, also had a shipyard for repairing small craft on the shore of his property. The house when purchased by Capt. Nickerson had an assortment of strange brass hooks, balls and traps similar to a hatch, and because of its many likenesses to a ship, it was called by the Nickerson family "The Ark." Capt. Nickerson and wife Harriet Card Nickerson lived with their daughter, Margaret Caldwell at East Sullivan during the later part of their life and died there.
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WATTS GENEALOGY
Ruth H. Wakefield, mother of Harriet (Card) Nickerson, and the daughter of Lewis Wakefield of Steuben, Me. who's wife was Abigail Watts, her parents were David Watts, b. 1761 who m. Abigail Noyes, Feb. 1796. David Watts was the son of Samuel Watts Jr., who m. Elsie Bean and another one of their chil- dren was Hannah Watts, b. 1758; m. Josiah Weston, b. 1756 (two of Josiah Westons brothers were killed by Indians at Fal- mouth, Maine.) Hannah and David's grandfather was Samuel Watts Sr., m. Abigail Dustan. He served as a member of legis- lature in General Court of Mass. and this Samuel's father came from Wales, British Isles about 1635. It was their Samuel, Hannah Westons grandfather, who was taken captive by Indians in 1697, Haverhill, Mass. and she who killed and scalped the ten Indians, and returned to her home in Haverhill, Mass. with the scalps for which she received a bounty.
This great granddaughter of Samuel and Abigail Watts, Hannah Watts Weston of Jonesboro, went to Machias through the woods, with a load of 40 lbs. of bullets on her back, she'd made from pewter dishes and molded them, then started at 3 o'clock in the morning, carried them on trail snitched by men, who'd gone to fight the British Man-O-War, sixteen miles away. They, she and a young sister-in-law who carried them reached there at night fall.
There is a monument to Hannah Weston's memory in Machias. Hannah Watts Weston, her husband, father and two brothers were at Machias in the affray meaning the Revolution, the battle of Machias June 12, 1775.
In 1779 corn sold for .35 per bushel. Molasses .16 per gallon. In Augusta one man charged .75 for a bushel of wheat-meal and .19 for a pound of tea. Paper money known now as "Old Continental Money."
Ruth Wakefield who m. Henry Card of Franklin was the daughter of Lewis Wakefield of Steuben. He was a well educat- ed man, taught school in his town, but was a dreamer and in deep study most of the time in writing various things and not financially able to pay patent rights he confided to others who
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made millions from his ideas. The roller flouring machine was his idea, something to separate the hearts from the outside bran part, which made white flour possible, but as one of his descend- ants remarked, it probably killed many in doing so as the whole wheat flour is much more nourishing. All of which he couldn't know at his time of life.
Another of his inventions was the screw on hub cap. The old way was a split pin to hold the wheels of a vehicle in place. That screw on cap used for a century was his idea. But like the roller flouring machine he realized nothing from it, as he was not able to put it on the market and receive a reward.
He recited Burn's poems so much his grand children sup- posed he was a Scotchman but he was not, rather he was a true American born in Maine. In later years he went West and died in Michigan or Minnesota.
The descendants of the Nickerson family are of a mixture of foreign lands. The English, Scotch, French, Welsh and Irish, which English is predominator. The Cards were Welsh, away back records show. They came from Bristol, England. Henry Card had red hair and a black beard. It's Welshman who are the reverse of all others, as most men's beards are lighter than their hair. Red head and black beard is typically Welsh.
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THE SMITH FAMILY
Ancestors of the Smith family of Sullivan and Steuben, Maine.
1. John Smith, b. about 1614, in England; m. 1643, Susannah, dau. of Samuel Hinkley, residence Barnstable, Mass. John Smith d. Oct. 2, 1710.
2. John Smith Jr., b. 1658; m. May 23, 1684, Mary Ellen- wood, dau. of Ralph Ellenwood Herrick in Beverly, Mass .; resi- dence Beverly and Middleboro, Mass. Their nine children were: 3. 1. Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1686. 2. Jonothan, b. Sept. 24, 1688. 3. James, b. May 3, 1692. 4. Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1694. 5. Ansirs, b. Nov. 18, 1695. 6. Hannah, baptised April 3, 1698. 7. John, b. 1703. 8. Melatiah, b. 1705. 9. Elizabeth, b. no date.
3. Jonothan Smith, son of John and Mary Ellenwood Smith, b. Sept. 24, 1688; m. (1) 1713, Susanna Thomas. They had two children: Samuel and Jonothan Smith. Susanna d. 1724; Jono- than Smith m. (2) June 8, 1725, Sarsh Churchill in Middleboro, Mass. Four children by (2nd) wife: 1. Sarah, b. Jan 16, 1728. 2. John, b. Feb. 13, 1730. 3. Mary, b. March 23, 1732. 4. Ebene- zer Smith, b. March 29, 1734.
CHURCHILL FAMILY (Allied Families of Smith)
1. John Churchill, b. in England; m. Dec. 18, 1644; m. Sarah Pontus. John d. Jan. 1, 1662, Plymouth, Mass. One child: John Churchill Jr., b. 1657, Plymouth, Mass .; m. Dec. 28, 1686, Rebecca Delano, dau. of Philip Delano; residence Plymouth, Mass. 3. Sarah Churchill, dau. of John and Rebecca Delano Churchill; m. June 8, 1725, Jonothan Smith. Their son: 4. John Smith, b. Feb. 13, 1730; m. (1st) no record; (2nd) March 13, 1754, Anna Macomber.
MACOMBER FAMILY
1. John Macomber, b. in Scotland; m. Mary Babcock; d. before 1690, in Taunton, Mass. Their son: 2. John Macomber Jr., b. Taunton, Mass .; m. July 16, 1765 to Anna Evans. One son: 3. John Macomber, b. March 18, 1681, Taunton, Mass .; m. March 17, 1709 to Elizabeth Williams. He d. Dec. 14, 1749,
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Taunton, Mass. Their dau. 4. Anna Macomber, b. Jan. 2, 1763, Taunton, Mass .; m. 1754, John Smith, son of Jonothan and Sarah (Churchill) Smith. John Smith d. 1774.
WILLIAMS FAMILY
1. Nathaniel Williams, b. no record; m. Elizabeth Rogers, no date; d. no date. 2. Elizabeth Williams, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Rogers) Williams, b. April 1686, Taunton, Mass .; m. March 17, 1709 to John Macomber, father of Anna Macomber.
DELANO FAMILY
1. Philip Delano, b. 1602 in Belgium; m. 1647 to Mary Pontus, dau. of William Pontus. He d. 1698, Bridgewater, Mass. Their dau .: 2. Rebecca Delano, b. 1651, Plymouth, Mass .; m. Dec. 28, 1686; 2nd John Churchill, son of 1st John Churchill; res. Ply- mouth, Mass. David C. Smith of Steuben, Maine. furnished most interesting data of the Smith family, which shows them to be descended from Philip Delano, ancestor of the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Churchill, Macomber, Williams and Delano families all lead to John Smith and Anna Macom- ber, m. March 13, 1749.
Children of 4. John and Anna (Macomber) Smith:
(5) 1. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 11, 1750. 2. John, b. Feb. 18, 1753. 3. Job, b. Feb. 4, 1754. 4. Joshua, b. Sept. 23, 1755. 5. Abiah, b. Sept. 13, 1757. 6. Ezra, b. Jan. 3, 1761. Anna, b. Jan. 4. 1764. All born in Middleboro, Mass.
(5) Job Smith b. Feb. 4, 1754; m. Aug. 12, 1776, Diadena Booth of Middleboro, Mass .; d. Dec. 1821 in Steuben, Maine. Sophronia Sawyer Smith has said that Gen. Cobb in whose home Job Smith had lived brought Job Smith and family to Steuben in June 1796.
Town records of Steuben, Page 75, Job Smith b. 1754; d. Dec. 1821. Diadena Booth Smith, b. 1755; d. Feb. 25, 1829.
Of the 13 children of Job and Diadena Smith, 11 were born in Middleboro, Mass. the two youngest born in Steuben, Maine.
Allen, b. Aug. 10, 1777. 2. Justus, b. Aug. 3, 1779. 3. James, b. Feb. 3, 1781. 4. Job Jr., b. Feb. 1782. 5. Lucinda, b. Oct. 5,
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1784. 6. Ebenezer, b. June 1, 1786. 7. Stephen, b. 1788. 8. Diadena, b. April 5, 1790. 9. Reuben, b. March 15, 1792. 10. Anna, b. Dec. 4, 1795. 11. Barnabus, b. Jan. 26, 1794. 12. Will- iam, b. May 9, 1798, Steuben. 13. Polly, b. May 28, 1801, Steu- ben, Maine.
5. Lucinda Smith, fifth child of Job and Diadena (Booth) Smith, b. Oct. 5, 1784; m. Benjamin Smith in Steuben, Maine. Their 7 children b. in Steuben were: 1. Asa, b. 1805. 2. Wealthy, b. 1807; m. T. Parritt. 3. Reuben Smith, b. 1810; m. Mary Ashley. 4. Louisa Smith, b. 1812; m. Drew Joy. 5. Emily Smith, b. 1814. 6. Amy Smith, b. 1816; m. Capt. Strout. 7. Margaret Smith, b. 1820; m. Samuel Hutchings of Prospect Harbor, Maine. He came to E. Sullivan and built the store for their son, Charles Hutchings, about 1880, which later is the residence home of Henry Hosking since 1948. Reuben Smith, third child of Lucinda and Benjamin Smith, b. 1810, attended school at Steuben village when James Gordon Bennet taught there in 1820; later Mr. Bennet became editor of the New York Herald. Reuben at the age of 10 or 12 lived with Capt. Charles Haskell and worked as an apprentice in a carding mill. When he became of age he came to E. Sullivan and m. Mary Ashley, dau. of John Ashley of Morancy district. Eben Bean who built the Bragdon house had a sister who m. Oakman Ford. He built the mill at the Morancy Stream for carding wool and dressing cloth. Mr. Ford sold the mill to Green Hill and Reuben Smith. Mr. Smith carried on the business there many years. When 90 years of age he crossed the road to watch his son, Herman, carry on the business.
Reuben Smith, b. March 15, 1810, Steuben, Me .; d. Jan. 16, 1902; m. Jan. 16, 1840, Mary Ashley, dau. of John Ashley, b. Jan. 9, 1809, East Sullivan. Their children 1. Herman Smith, b. May 8, 1841; d. May 27, 1908; m. Jan. 26, 1870, Lydia Clark b. May 11, 1845, Prospect Harbor, Me .; d. 1902, East Sullivan. 2. Edward Henry Smith, b. Dec. 19, 1844; d. Aug. 14, 1863, Mount Carlo City Hospital, Illinois. He was a member of Co. E., 26th Reg. Maine Volunteers Civil War.
Children of Herman and Lydia (Clark) Smith:
Edward Henry Smith, b. Feb. 16, 1879, E. Sullivan, graduate
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of U. of M. 1900. In 1902 there was a well conducted school system under the superintendance of Mr. Edward H. Smith and the advantages in this direction outdid those of any villages of its size along the coast. He also established the first high school of which he taught the first terms. Mr. Smith later went to Stam- ford, Conn. as sub-master of the high school and remained there many years. Retired 1945 Edward H. Smith m. Nellie Pillsbury, b. Sept. 17, 1884, Hollis, Maine. She d. Nov. 29, 1938, Lewiston, Me. Edward H. Smith, d. 1948, Stamford, Conn.
Edward and Nellie (Pillsbury) Smith had two children: Lydia Clark Smith, b. Feb. 18, 1922; and Edward Henry Smith Jr., b. Dec. 13, 1926, Stamford, Conn. Bernice Mary Smith, dau. of Herman and Lydia (Clark) Smith, b. Aug. 3, 1881; m. Oct. 10, 1910; Dr. George A. Patten, son of George G. Patten of E. Sullivan. George A. Patten was a dentist, practiced in Augusta, Maine several years. His health failed and they went to Lake Hamilton, Florida where he died.
Bradbury Smith also a descendant of John Smith b. in Eng- land about 1614; Justus Smith 5th generation b. Aug. 10, 1779; son of Job and Diadena (Booth) Smith; m. Jane Allen. Their 6 children were Robert, Leonard, Alfred, Stillman, Ann Maria and Juliette Smith. Robert Smith m. Jane Leighton, dau. of Alexander and Polly Laurina Leighton (He the son of Thomas and Lydia (Tracy) Leighton. Lydia a descendant of the first King of England (King Egbert). Robert and Jane (Leighton) Smith lived on the place the house built by his father, Justus Smith, where they reared seven children: Eliza Ann Smith, m. Handy Leighton of Steuben. 2. Guilford Smith m. Paulina Watts. 3. Herman Smith d. young. 4. Clara Smith m. Capt. Joseph Haraden of Gouldsboro. 5. Theodocia Smith, m. Capt. Herbert Handy of Steuben. 6. Julia Smith m. a Mr. Allen of Columbia, Maine. 7. Another son, m. Lucy Allen of Columbia. 2. Guilford Smith, son of Robert and Polly (Allen) Smith m. Paulina J. Watts, dau. of Hannah (Wakefield) and Joseph Tupper Watts of Steuben, b. in the house built by her grand- father, Benjamin Wakefield in 1800. The ancestors of Paulina J. Watts were: John Wakefield the progenitor of the Maine family
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of Wakefield's. He was b. in England, the first record of him is of date Jan. 1, 1637, at Marblehead, Mass.
Guilford Smith m. Paulina Watts. They had five children: 1. Rebecca Smith m. Charles T. Guptil. 2. Abbie Smith m. Fred H. Lyon. 3. Cora Smith m. Dr. S. B. Overlock. 4. Herman Dagget Smith m. and resided in Bar Harbor. 5. Bradbury Smith, b. 1865, m. Alice Smith of Steuben. They had one dau., Vera Smith who m. Arthur Jellison of Hancock, Me. Bradbury came to Sullivan at an early age and always made this town his home. Known to everyone, both old and young as "Brad," he was willing to aid any way possible any undertaking that would prove a benefit to the town and was one of the most widely known business men. During the years he was proprietor of the Granite Hotel, of this town he gained a wide acquaint- ance among the traveling public and also as owner of the Sullivan Hancock Ferry before the construction of the new Sullivan-Hancock Bridge. Bradbury Smith and Dr. Stauart Phelps were the first two men to sign up for the new bridge although Bradbury was having a good business running the ferry. After selling his interest in the Granite Hotel to Fred Wheeler, Mr. Smith was connected in the operation of the Sullivan-Hancock ferry with Curtis Moon. The ferry was dis- continued when the bridge was completed connecting Sullivan and Hancock April 26, 1926. Toll was never taken for cross- ing the bridge, the expense of building was paid by the two towns in taxes each year. For the past ten years before passing out Bradbury successfully managed the Franklin Road restau- rant and pavillion. He was prominent in the secret orders of the town, one of the leaders of the Democratic party in this section, and as road commissioner he ranked with the best.
Bradbury Smith passed to the life beyond Feb. 13, 1928 at the age of 63 years. The funeral services were held at Steuben, conducted by Rev. F. E. Baldwin of Sullivan. The floral tributes from the Masons, K. of P., Grange, Eastern Star and Sisterhood lodges as well as from friends and relatives showed the high esteem in which Mr. Smith was held.
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