Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19
Vol. XIV. Whole No. 1926. M. SO.


A certain man often expressed surprise
at the great number Of Smiths in the world
and wondered where they all came from.
Ore day while walking through the streets
of Providence, hs saw . large building.
and reading the sign upon 1t, Smith Man
ufacturing Co., went home and told bis
wife that he had at last discovered the or.
igin of that numerous family. The Smiths
are proyerbially numerous. But In this
town Moorss are plentier; and variations
of the same name such as Moor, Moer
Mower, etc., are found in all parts of the
country.
More than century ago, three brothers
bearing the name of Moore emigrated to
this country and settled at Kittery, Me.
The fate of two of them Is unknown to me
at this time. The third, named Joel, mar
ried one Rebecca Weeks, and having a lit
tie Moore added to his family at frequent
intervals soon became the happy father Of
large number OF children. But as time
rolled on he became dissatisfied with his
location and decided to move. OF course
at that early date he had never heard of
Horace Greeley and his famous advice to
young men to Go West" and so came
east, landed at Goaldsboro Point, In the
northern part Of this town and reclaimed
from the forest primeval' few acres OF
productive land. Gu these few acres OF
land he lived during the rest of his life, aud
when he died there he was buried. II he
could have arisen from his grave on the
morning of the 2Sth ult., the sight that
would have met his eyes would certainly
have been q very gratifying sight for a
father" for on that day on the old farm, a
reunion of his descendants was held They
came from places rs remote as Brooklyn,
N. Y, Westboro, Mass, and Portland,
Me. Delegations were there from Els
worth, Hancock, Eachias, and Lubec,
while all the towns in the immediate yicin-
ity were well represented. Gray-haired
men were there and tow-headed-excuse
me-lair-haired children. Old ladies who
seemed to have passion for kissing one
another and everybody else; boys who
were irreslstibly drawn toward the apple
tree down in the field as well as middle
aged men aud women.
Hardly trace remains OF the handiwork
OF Joel Moore. \ hole in the ground rep
resenting the cellar shows where his house
stood, and well excavated by him still
remains to refresh the weary traveller An
old barn Is the only building now standing
on the place, and that Judging from its ap-
pearance is part and parcel of the hills
and rocks around it, and has stood there
since the creation.
The forenoon was spent in hand shaking,
picnic dinner had been partaken OF, short
speeches were made by several gentlemen
aud ladies, among whom were Gen. Sam
uel Moore 81 years old, the Oldest living
descendent Of Joel Moore; Benz. Moore,
Esq, and John Moore, Esq, of GoulIsbo-
70, Mr., j. II. Sawyer of Westboro, Mass,
and Miss Carrie Simpson of Machias.
statement made by one of the speakers,
that the Moore family is Of Irish descent,
was objected to by Miss Matte c. Moore
OF Ellsworth, In few spirited remarks
She stated that though she Is proud to ac-
that some of her ancestors
were natives of Erin's Fair Isle, she is
more proud of her Scotch blood, "For the
Scotch, said she ARE sturdy race,
protestant people, and above all a moral
people" Miss Jane Moore next read a
short history of the Moore family, and as
she read the names of the children of Joel
Moore, the descendants of each assembled
in group by themselves. There were
eight OF these groups as follows Descen-
dants Of