Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-12-06
For the oxford Democrat.
AN AGED WOMAN GONE.

A letter Just received from Perham Plan
tation in the county OF Aroostook, announ-
ces the death, on the 18th inst. of Mrs.
Lucre;ia, widow OF the late James Nutting
formerly OF Bethel, at the advanced age OF
s. years. She had many relatives and
friends in Bethel and towns near by, and a
brief sketch OF her and her late husband
may not be amiss. She was the daughter
of job Young OF Gray, and was married TO
James Nutting in 1911. Mr.. Nutting was
native OF Abingdon, Mass, where he was
born in 1856. In early manhood he came
20 Maine and entered the service OF Mich
ael Little of Lewiston, to work in the mill.
Mr.. Little was part owner OF Plantation
No. ;, now Woodstock in the county OF
Oxford, and on the marriage OF Mr.. Nut
ting he gave him lot of land in the Plan
tation on condition that he should settle
upon it. lie remained on his new lot only
one year when he purchased the Bisbee,
afterwards known as the stephens mill,
situated on tho old county road below DR..
whitman's He lived here few years,
then moved TO Greenwood and was long a
resident on Whist was called Felts Hill.
lie subsequently moved 20 Bethel, and
died there In l>6l. lie was q soldier IN
the war OF lSl2. He had three sons, viz. ::
Amsziah who died of consumption in mid
die life. Oliver Y. who lives in Perham,
and ROYAL II. who was Killed at the battle
OF shiloh, aged 81.
We saw Mrs. Nu,ting at Perham in the
summer Of lsS0. when she was quite active
for person OF her great age. She was
well acquainted with the early settlers OF
Woodstock and was oten in the plantation
before she moved there. She told me OF
her tlrSt visit 10 that place in 1906, eight
years amer the first families moved In.
The old county road had only been built s
few years, and settled upon 1t were Jacob
sud Luther Whitman, Solomon Bryant,
William Swan, and on settlers roads lead
Ing into il were Luther Briggs, Levi Ber-
", David Kicker, stephen and Merrill
Chase, Christopher and Samuel Bryant,
Consider Fuller, aud perhaps others. She
said IS she passed up the road in The late
twilight, she saw no houses but saw at in
tcryals what appeared TO be stacks of hay,
but on the following day she found that
what She supposed 10 De stacks OF hay
were really the log huts OF the settlers.
She related many anecdotes OF the early
settlers which II appropriate in this con-
nection. have not the space nor time 20
relate. In her declining years, she was
kindly cared for by her grandson, James
Mating, whose nearest neigh6or is her
son Oliver. She had one brother, Joshua
Young, who lived many years in Wood
stock, and one OF her sisters married Ma
thaniel Swan OF Bethel. She will be kind
~ remembered by many Of the older inhab-
tsutS Of Paris, Woodstock, Greenwood,
and Bethel, Is kind and helpful in the sick
room, I good neighbor and true friend.
She was not evidently Tecouciled TO NOV
Ing so far away from home, in her old age,
but there seemed 10 be no other way. She
died OF no particular disease, but old and
full Of years she wrapped the drspery OF
her couch about her and lsy down TO pleas
ant dreams" lNDEN.
AUGUSTA, Noc. 20, 1881.