Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-02-09

!Ic name, u thu immediate descendants
~ Jonathan rli Hannah Holt Darling.
beside, ,Ao-r already named. particularly
thr children of .Irdeiah and Lydia stln-
son Darling. hitherto omiuei. were
,renrgr " horn Fcb. 3, l-lp. died Jniy
b.. I~4- aged -. lie married Elizabeth
VI. Er,kine of ritt>tnn Maine; ~j& chill
lIreu. four ui whom died In infancy.
Martin Van Hurcn ami Hannah Lydia -lil
survive and hi widow J. still living and
resides Win her daughter Mr. II T.
Smith, N Franklin Mc., AZ the nge IF
about "a years She j. a woman Of re-
markAbir perseverance. of rare attain
u,uJ> aud yer, much respected by all WHO
know her. a. faithful vile and mother
and a. a ,nc.rr anu devoted christian.
Mr.. Darling dr>t located il sullivan,
Where hc bought farm, built house.
barn ana 2tore and engaged III trading
and al 80 built a vessel, called the North
star ana opened public house, known
- the Granite House, but he soon sold
uut ana moved to Franklin, near the head
of thc bay, bought farm. house, barn
AMI store and engaged IN trading numbering
and farming H. waS a remarkably tn
geuious, Industrious and perscycriug man,
and VA, formerly a noted school teacher,
and did considerable legal business a. a
Justice Of the peace and a, a lawyer.
At the time of hi, death lie had the tim
Der III dock for 4 bark
NOTE This timber was sold 60 Capt.
" X Cha>e and put into bark In Blue
hill. called the T. \. Chase" Capt Chase
had previously built a bark called the
Eliza Ann" and while about being mar
ricd he bniit a brig and called her name
the Bride" all named in honor of her
who became lis Wife-Eliza Ann Wc>cott) y
Chase. who is one Of the most active
members Of tie Congregational church
ana Of the society and ever ready in
every good word and work.
.Irdediah, ,Jr. whose name was changed IN
1888, to Byron Whiteleld, born Sept. %,
1913. and stin living at the age OF a,
married first Evelina ". Erskine, of
Lowell, Mass. Nov. ~, 1888, She died
Aug. /. 1874. aged %, six children Har-
ret Augusta, born June IL, 1886, died
June II, 1886. Georgianna Montague,
born May II. 1881, married Capt Hiram
Clo,son. who died Dec 3, 1851, at Hum
boldt. Cal, aged 40. She died Jan. Il,
1870. aged 81 She left a daughter, Carrie
g.. three years old who is now Mrs. Car
rie G. Barnard and living at Laupahoehoe,
Hawaii; Henry Wheelock, born Ang. 10,
ls3s. died Dec 81, 1885 Eyelina Albertine,
born Nov. 10, 1910, died April I, 1913,
Byron Fairfield born May l6, lS4j, died
Dec lG. ls45, Henry Byron, born Sept
4, ls47, and still living. lie married first,
Louisa b. Walker. She died March 49,
1889, married second, Miss Lizzie +. Hib-
bard Jan -, 1857, she still living.
Mr. Darling married second, Mrs.
Emeline L. Guptill of Boston, Mass. He
received a common school and an academic
education, but living so remote from the
schools, his opportunities for instruction
were quite limited as the school in his
district, if taught by man, was never
more than six weeks long, and to the
academy was over two miles, yet by hard
toll and close application to his studies
and reading, he acquired good, common
education, aud at the age of Is he taught
the first of his 80 public schools, and sew
eral singing schools. He held several
offices, both of honor and trust, such
as selectiBan, S. S. Committeeman, etc,
for several years; he was member of the
Maine legislature in 1913, a coroner of
the county of Hancock for years, a
deputy sheriff, under Richard Tinker, and
John X. Rcdman II years, deputy collector
at Castine under Mr.. Redman, years,
and several years was engaged in the gran
ite business, with his father and brothers,
but by the failure of the firm of J. Darl-
ing { Sons and by the death Of the senior
partner the firm became dissolved. and he
engaged in cemetery granite work, on bus
own account, and the several monuments
he put up in Seaside cemetery in Huehill
and lots therein enclosed, and also in Sur