Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-27
own bounty, s22.94s; cost per recruit

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"a. BRooKsvILLE. Inc. (5-222 town
June -. 1917. Pep. 1915. Dec loss, l52
Wealth per cap, $3.50. State VAL, Sl9S.-
99S. U. 5. VAL. $3.50, 557. Named in hon
or of Gov. Brooks. 1t took from Sedg
wick an eighth, and from Csstine and Pc
nobscot each fifth OF their taxable prop
I eif. Ii was part ot ancient Pentagoet
/ H. early history Is almost entirely embod-
! led In that OF Castiae and Penobscot. The
| tirst exploration twas by James Rnzier in
1905. First settled in l177. by John was
son. samuel WATSON and David Halves,
! Revolutionary soldiers. The, found three
| squatt.Is here. a MIR. tosx, Eben Leland.
/ aud Arch Hanty. Ahou, l7S0. WIN Roax
/ aud Elisha Blake svttl, Il upon the Cape.
[ The first white child bora within the pres .
/ ent town limits, was Mary Grinde, May.
| 1865 she was born upon the farm now
| owned by q. NJ. Farnham. Upon Henry :
/ POINT. aud near Oliver Bakemau's, the
British erected 6 gun batteries, In 1879. =
! The tooth of time" has nearly obliterated
both. The first corporate town meeting
| was held in John Bray's house.
Union soldiers, 1870; State Aid, s3,62l /;
| Town Bounty. s22, 0S6; cost per recruit.
sl95.
% FRANKLIN. Inc. Go town. Jan. 81,
| 1925. Pop. 1912. Dee. gain, IS. Wealth
PER cap. sl65. State Val. Sl23. 056. L.
$. Val. sl77.3l0. Originally, Plantation
| No. 9. Named ia honor Of DIR. Franklin.
| First occupied by the French. at Batter ;
| Point Moses Butler aud Mr.. Wentworth
came here in l16i. aud are supposed To be
1 the first English settlers. The next set
| tlrIs were Joseph Bragdou, Mr. llardlson,
/ Mr.. Hooper and Abram Donnell. This is
QUE OF the eight towns In the county which
shows gain of population during the last
/ drcrnnial period. On Buffers Point are
apple trees upward. Of 100 years old,
J Union soldiers. l20; State Aid s5,sOi (;
Town bounty. sl2,2S0; cost per recruit,
Sl50.
20. HANCOCK. Inc. az town. Feb 81
| ISIS. Pop "a. Dec. gam, 40. Wealth,
| per cap, $40 State Val, s1G3, 90i. L.
5. Val, s23G62 Formed from parts Of
Sullivan, Trenton aud No. s. The pioneer
/ settlers were Oliver Wooster, Agreen
| Crahtree. Thomas Mcfarland. Thomas
Roger. and Joseph Guugin>. They came
/ in lf6i-5. Philip fiodgkins, Reuben Ab.
1 bot. Thomas Moon and Richard Clark,
/ came in l1G67-S. There are two mill
streams. which glory in the names OF
I "Egypt," and Kilkenny"
/ Union soldiers, llj; State Aid. s3.0jt
| Town bounty, $4,000; Cost per recruit.
| sl.3.
! % CRANBERRY ISLES. Inc. rs town
Z March lG, 1880. Pop. $50. Dec. gain 8.
/ Wealth PR cIp. 1855 State Val. SOL. 5l5
I Y. ; Val So. $50 Named for it extensive
I cranberry marsh, 2oO acres In extent. It.,
( early history mus be chiefly sought in con-
I nection with that of the parent town, ut.
/ Desert. The first English settler within
I the present limits OF tn" town, was john
I Robertson. who about 1861, settled upon the
Island which bears his name. The hrst
settlers upon Cranberry Isle. was suppo,-
/ ed 10 be- 4 Mr.. Bunker, and William Fu>-.
/ The hr>t Selcctmen were SaVuel HndlocA
1 Enoch Squirting and Joseph Moore.
Union soldiers -. State aid slG2. Town
bounty 50 900. Cost per recruit 1892
Is. AURORA. Iuc. Feb. |, 1881. Area
$50 acres. Pop. 2l2 Wealth pr cap.
Sl55 Derived IT, name from Aurora.
Goddess OF morning. Its first settler, were
-four brothers. samuel, Benjamin, David.
and Roswell Silsby, who came here in 1906.
For some years they had. As there were no
/ roads, 70 carry their sruir on their backs.
'cvcn or eight miles to have il ground.
! lhS was one of the lottery" townships,
and was inc. as plantation No. y, IN lS22
The Whales Back" one OF those iorma-
lions knows as "horsebacks" il IN this
town. The ''aiT line road" passes over Ii
for distance OF three and one half miles.
Dec. loss IS. State Val. S32 .052. L. :.
Val. s5G,l5i. Union Soldiers -. state
aid 500. Town bounty 81 ,9s3. Cost per
recruit Sll..
20. AMHERST. 1t was set of from the
plantation OF Mariavile. in 1872 and incor-
porated on the 9Th of February. 1881. It's
name was suggested from Amherst, y. H.
1t is thought that men began 10 come 10
and fell trees "a II a rlv a.. $500 or
Among the first that came. was Mr.. Chap
man, Mr.. Shumway, Mr.. Whitman, John
Barker; John Giles, Thomas llarpworth
and Mr.. Graves. In 1905 Capt. Goodell
Sil>by came In from Charleston, y. II. In
lsO6 or 1907 his parents came and took up
the lots, now known as The Old Siisbv
Place"
The first and only me etiny house was
erected in 1914. Three men. one living in
Amherst and two in Aurora, built it, The
first settlers endured many hardships
Some came into Ellsworth, In vessel, and
from that point found their way hither by
following spotted line on the trees. Some
carried their grain twelve miles, on their
backs To srist mill and then home again.
This Is the 26th town. Pop. $50. Dec.
loss 81. Wealth per cap. sl6J. Area 49,
OiO acres. State Val. S57 .276, u. S. Val.
Ss2,iiI. Union soldiers 43. State aid S522.
Town bounty $500. Cost per man sl42
80. WALrHAM. Inc. (2l town. Jan ~,
1888. Pop. 36G. Wealth per cap. sl6O.
Derives its name from Waltham, Mass
This town was cared out of Mariaville
Its first settlers were Samuel Ingalls,, Eben
Jordan, Lebbeus and Eben Kngman, who
settled here, in 1906. Webb's Brook. the
outlet Of Webb's, Scammon's, Abrams and
Mohsses Ponds, affords a very valuable
water power, which Improperly utilized
would build up thriving village.
Dec. loss 5. State Val. S44,092. L. ).
Val. s6},492. Union soldiers 81. State
aid sl,094. Town bounty s6,l94. Cost
per recruit Sl9i.