Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-05-16

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Sketches Of the Early History Of Bluehill.
with Notes and Incidents of Later Pc
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The most ancient Of the early settler,
OF BluchUl va. Jonah Dodge, born in
Beverly. Mass. Nov. Is. III; married.
first. Mary Edwards Feb. %, 1887. and
second. Sarah Thorndyke, May -. l170
He came to Bluchill, June. l-,i Their
children were Jonah. Abraham, Benoni
and the daughters We're: Mary, Abigail
and Sarah. MIR, Dodge died March :
l7ss. aged -, and according To the records
of the town, "he wa, buried near the old
Indian camping ground" which place the
town had previously selected and quite
early voted ITO spend two days for To
clear and for TO fence the burying ground. p"
Mr.. Dodge's youngest son, Reuben, who
was born in Beverly, Feb. 10, l113. and To
whom hi> father had given a gool educa-
ton. came TO Bluehill when quite young
Peters, Eeq,-previously noticed in these
sketches quite fully. Jan. lG, 1893. She,
born Feb. ?, l7s0 and died Sept 49, 1850,
aged 20 years. They reared a highly in
telligent and much respected family Of
thirteen children, three sons and ten
daughters, and to all Of housekeeping
the fir,t, who died when quite young. he
gave an academic education. Their names
were Addison, born Feb. %, 1899, died
Sept 4, ls0S. Charlotte. born Feb. 3, ls00,
married Isaac Somes, Sept s. 1926, died
Sept 6. 1872 aged y years. Lucretia, born
Feb 6, 1902, married Sabin Jordan, Nov
II, 1882, died Jan. 20. 1879, aged 16. She
was a school teacher. Elyira, born April
IL, 1901 married jeremiah Nichols, Dec.
2s. 1925, died Dec. 4, 1854 aged 60. Sally,
born Dec. ~, 1906, married, first, Capt.
Moses Clongh, Aug. 8, 1926, he died at
sea married second, Weston Merritt.
She is still living. Addison second, born
Jan. l6, 1909, married Mary Newall !;
drowned in MON river, June q, 1864,
aged 90. He WAS well educated and a land
surveyor of much experience, and in the
employ of the Messrs. Black for several
years, surveying the wild lands north of
Ellsworth, and acting IS their agent, gen.
orally. Julia, born Nov. %, 1910, married
William p. Abtott, March Z, 1887, moved
with ner husband to Illinois and died there,
Dec 80, 1854, aged "A. He still living at
age. OF their children | am not Informed,
excepting one son, Arthur p, who is now a
successful merchant at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota. Without detracting aught of de-
served praise from any member of this fam
lily, with all of whom-excepting the first,
who died at the age of years. was per-
sonally acquainted and having been stu
dent in our academy, where they received
their education, with nearly all of them,
know whereof affirm it is especially pleas
ing to say that Julia was indeed very hand
some woman, and together with her beau.
ty she inherited from her grandmother Pet
ers, before noticed, a remarkably amiable
and lovely disposition and from her father
her highly intellectual endowments
Mary, born April "a, 1918, died Oct. 20
1915, aged 2 years. Reuben G. W., born
March l5, 1915, married, first, Betsey
daughter of John Chever, Sept. 8, lS47
second, Laguria Morgan, Aug. 20, 1858
third, Caroline Allen, Nov. l6, 1862, she
still living at the old homestead of her hus
bands father. He died May 20, 1856, aged
II. He was very active, industrious and
intelligent man, an excellent land survey
or of large practice. He built severa
vessels, bought the saw mill built by Geo
Stevens, and in connection with it he bull
a grist mill and ran them both, together
with large farm, up to the time Of his