Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-16
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Mr.. Joseph Rollins. Here he CLEARED .
farm Aad afisY hvinx on is few ysass n
m ,vsd from the TOM This farm thea
passed ,nreulh . snrbsr Of hards and vas
{ ea purchased By Mr. james Burns Who
came frs IN New Brsnssick- M. bafss
hvsd upsn the farm until bis death ssme
fifteen seNs sse and his son, Mr. simeon
Buras. now osearies il. Mr. JonafhAn
Qaim6y cane from Kenns osc Go. about
$40 and eetyied on the lot near where the
Keiies rssd nov intefsscss the BAskahesan
roat. MI Qiimky elesrsd this farm AID
rvsd upaE 4 ursil his 6es.s come astsen
yesIs sgo MIR. John wsrnsn rov hves
up5B the farm. Mr.. Roeest Hineh, Who
VA for yssrs one Of tie prcmioenf business
msn Of Bancroft, came &, ihs town IN lsfe
and settled on the esss side Of the Malta
vsmkezy river. . short distance above the
mouth Of Bs.kshsgsn stream Ne. Hineh
cleared . large farm and VS. for msny
yssrs extensively engaged ia fsfmir and
iunbsring He xss fer sens tine IN com
pAuy with Mr. john Pomrcy.in the lumber
eu.iness and this farm carried on large op'
erstiors fer sumber Of years. Mr., Htrch
died ssme ave years ago. BE vas 9 worthy
usn, of.muth business ability AID vas
highly esteemed by ell who knew him. HIS
son, NJ. John W. Hicch, nov ovna the
homestead. bu. resides in Dsnfarth. Mr.
John W. C. Moore came from hsnneose
count. about ls43 ard settled oa lot
.hsrt distAree ea.t u Mr. Rotett Hinch.
Mr.. Moore cleared . large farm AID vas
fos mAIy years . prominent business man
and leading cstizsn OF bis tosn- He car
riei on Isrxa flaming and lumeeEing
onerAtices ard took M seive part 10 town
airs NJ. More siso represented bis
sfrict in ne Sac Legislature. ) SINE tsn
years ago be sold his farm TO Mr.. Edsio
Smart aud moved to Eodgion where he
died fev yesr, since. He Was Q man OF
slefiifg eba-scer, sirict horssiy ard busi
ness In r gtlty snd had macy ftis NOS. M'.
DsuieI More came from Kennseec county
sbou, 1850 s1d settle; ostle lot nexs east
of Robert Ht Gu. Here he eieaIed farm
and was e. "a CAD In farming aad numbering
uutil shout 1889 when Re sold the farm 10
NJ, S;e~srt Les AID moved to LinDeFs
where he disd some three years ago. Mr.
John w. Sma,, came from Washington
county about 1850 snd settled on Trout
Brook ride, rear the Weston line. He
made Q good farm and lived on it until
his ueBtu nsHc ySNfs D. Ns
Smart was also engaged 10 iumoefiog and
vas chairman Of the board OF assessors for
many years. His son, Edwin Smart, now
lives on the farm. Mr.. James L. Houga-
ton came TO Bancroft shout 1852 snd cleared
q farm on Trout Brook ridge north OF MI
John ". Smsrt's where he lived until ne
desih come seven yesvs ago Mr.. freeman
Btown now has stis farm. Mr.. samuel Il
Gellerson, came 10 Weston, when . smsli
boy, with his father, Rev. George w. Gel-
lerson. 10 1851 he bought tbs Atwelt Gel
ierson farm in Bancroft and has lived on it
ever since. MIR. Geilerson has been an
active business man for msny years hsviog
been engaged in numbering, farming and
cattle buying. Though but . lsd when he
irst came to the settlement, yet his me mory
extends back TO the time when the first
opening vas made in the Gslierson SETTLE %
ment, which is the general name given to
this portion Of the town and the adjoining
portion Of the town Of Weston. He has
seen the forest
Give Way before tn. Pioneers Axe
and where orce the Mattswamkesg flowed
undisturbed through an unbroken wilder
ness, now fertile fields and verdsnt
meadows slope down to its shores. The
humble log cabins Of The first settlers have
been replaced by nest and handsome resi-
t,epces and cspacious barns now hold 10 their
smols moxs the products of the farmers
toll. Mr. Gellers9n can eeilremembsr when
there were no roads in the town except
those used in the winter by the lumbefmen
ard when the early pioneer went 70 his
neiQhboi 4 by path through the greenwood
Now there are good 'utnpikes and in the
settled portion Of the tow n good farms on
all the roads.
Boundaries of the Town.
Banercft is bounded on the north By
Uayne.A lie on the ea.t by Weston, west by
Reed plaBtstion and extends on The south
to the Washington csu1ty lie. The Mat
savau ksag river flows in tertu0Us cOurse,
bu, ins general scu;hwesterly direction
through tile town and along the river bsnko
are SOME very fire stretches of iD'efvsl
lard. The Baskahegan stream enters the
q IN from We,tcn. Rear It's s1u'nesstern
corner and flo sing in northe esiefly direc'
ton emptiss into the Msttswsnkesg ahout
midway OF its cour-e through ihs town.
Battle brook, 4 stream OF considerable vol
ume, emptlss into the Matts~smkesg from
the q ,thwe.t and there sre several other
brooks of more or less volume in different
portions Of be town. Whine the towns in
northern Ar o took are watered BY
the St .I,hu river aud its tributaries
sud the headquarters Of the lumber
busiress of tnst section has been in
st. John AID Fredericton, The ioSns 10
soutbera ard western Aroostook are drsired
by ft-esms that flow into the Peuobscot 81 d
thus the business Of those portions of the
county has been largely centred at Bangor
Bancroft, as far "a 1t, lumber interests are
concerned, is . peut b,cot town ard lie
.srly settlers, most Of v HON were more or
lees engaged 10 lunbsr opesst.ons, we're
we'll acquainted in Bangor. bu. had no
busine So connection TO speah Of with the
province Of New Bruaswick. ioday many
Of it's citizens dsv0te III. IN '-lves ID q en-
si ierable txteI q to some branch Of tho lum
Der business ard for that reason the tom
has Fever ben distiI city IN agricultural
town III ugh i contains much good iatmiug
land. la tt northeast corner OF the town
tie road from HsyDesvilie enters Bancroft
and running southwar1 for short distance
on the line between this town and Weston,
then turns more to the westward and runs
in q general .onthwt s:erly direction until it
inter.scts III. Baskshegan rosd. Along
thi. fl 3; msrtioned road. kpown As The
Kelley rosd. the oouotry Is cleared for
rear.y n. phoe disssrca and there are
sums very fac farm, 10 This por ion Of the
town.
Crossing the Mattawamkeag
in the largs scow used - ferry tost,
we fr,t come to the farm Of Mi.
Ssmu,l E. Gellerson, coDsistifg OF 100
acres Of goed land, With soou. so sores
cared The farm sx'ends on the north
TO the Met swsmkesg river which here fer
nearly a nile How. 10 = due west course.
Mr.. Gellersar's buildinas se near the north
line Of the town which Is some distance
south Of the river, he nee his farm ispsrtly
in the town q Hayne sville. A portion of
it 10 also in The town Of Weston. He can
therefore plow q farrow through three
towns, but marriages to turn round without
going ont of the county. Mr.. Gellerson
mas been a faithful ferryman for many
yesrs and is sls, 1ns Of the seiee'men Of
Bancroft Though rot now sxs%nsively
engaged in The lumber ousin. s., Yet he can
"Taik Loss-
q fiuen.ly o. ever, ard the force Of habit
10 10 strong that he cannot wholly quit the
business, and is now engaged in 8 sleeper
operation. BE has a good farm and pleas
ant home ard 10 = compauionsble man TO
meet. Nexs south Of Mr. Gelierson is the
farm of Mr.. Nathan Anderson who hss
lived upon this farm nearly forty years.
Mr.. Anderson has 80 acres of lard, with 80
acres cleared and comfortable set of
bulldogs. The farm is quite leve snd free
from stones ard produces we'll. Next south
is Mr.. Charles Case on part Of the orig.
in.l Charles Geliersoa farm. Mr.. Gaze