Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-12
OUR GARDEN COUNTY.
Historical, Descriptive and Personal
Sketches Of the History and Present
Condition Of Hersey.


| YicuisuYal pu.poses The Town 10 bounced
| on the north b. Moro, on the east BY Dyei
Brock, SCUM BY Crystal and vest by MI.
\ Chs.e In Penobscot county. The Old
| A.oosS,o road, now the mail route frou,
Pst;sn u Ashl.nd. rms dasonAlly across
| the north est corner Of the tom AID the
| 9ais road from Smyrna Mills runs on the
Inc between Hetsry ani Moro a,d inter
| sec the Aroo-;0ok road some two miles
| from the northwest corner Of Hsrsey. The
| first settlers I'D "a the towa Of Jersey, then
c.i.ed NaDbrr Five, K 8, were Samuel
| Has,on, Timothy Hale, Nicholas Cooper
.nd u .uiei Cooper. Samuel Huston came
| from Plymouth, in Pee obscot cou1ty In 1883
and settled 90 lot on the Aroostnok road
* miles from patsn. Here he cleared az
| large farm and was for many years one
Of the leading men Of the town and his de-
.cendsats are among the prominent citiz ms
M. Huston lived upon this farm until 4
year ago, when he moved to PArten, but
.tiIi retxiDs possession of the farm. Mr..
Timothy Hale came from Plymouth in
1888 aud settled on ihe north half of the lot
"a which Mr.. Seth Allen now lives, near
| the Penobscot county line. Mr.. Hale felle
ifiesn acres on this lot, but did not clear
he land and after living in the town year
Or two removed to the West Mr.. Harvey
Houghton then took the lot and m.ds a
| .mil. clesring and after remaining year
moved to Oxford county. Nicholas aud
D .ne Cooper came from Plymouth in 1899
snd settled on part Of the Seth Allen lot
and also had lot In the adj 1ining to~n OF
Mount Chase in Penobscot county.
The Beginnings Of Settlement.
Nicholas Cooper bull. the buildings next
I ,th Of Seth Aliens, where he lived for
some twenty years, then moved to Ashland
and Afterwards to Moro, where he died
Daniel Cooper did not remain in the town.
James Brown came from the town Of Will
ton, In Franklin county. in 1910 and settled
on the lot next north Of Nicholas Cooper.
He cleared 9 large farm and lived upon
t until 1858. when he moved to Patten and
died Mr.. Brown was = prominent cit
lzen and vas we'll known throughout this
section. Mr. L. NJ. Davis now lives on
hi. farm Nathan Fish came from Jeffer
son. 10 Lincoln county, in 1910 and settle !
near the Mt Chase liDe, 8 shori distance
Fl IN the Aroos.ook road. Here he made q
farm u,on vi ich he lived until bout 1859
when he returned to Jefferson and died soon
afterwards He was unmarried, aud the
farm il now unoccupied.
D,niel Darling came from Hsrtl4nd, in
Somerset county, in 1910 aud settled north
II Samuel Illusions on the farm now occu-
pied by William Montieth. Mr.. Darling
cleared some twenty acres on this LOT, and
after living on it four years moved to the
adioiniog town Of Moro. Seth Allen came
from the town of Sumner in Oxford county,
in l~i2 and two years later bought the lot
on which he now lives, on the Aroostook
tosd, Ave and one-haf miles from Pstten.
Mr.. Allen cleared this farm and has lived
upon il ever since, and is now
The Oldest settler Living In the Town.
Mr.. Allen has good farm Of 100 acres,
with 100 acres cleared. He cuts % tons Of
hay, and raises good crops Of grain and
potatoes Mr.. Allen is veteran Of the
18th Me. Regt., and has always taken an
sctive aud prominent part in the affairs Of
his Town. Though now advanced in years,
he is sill hale aud hearty man, and has
not yet given up active work upon the farm
Lewis Sargent came to Jersey in l843,
aud settled upon part of the lot now owned
By Seth Allen. He made clearing and
lived upon the lot until 1858, when he moved
to Mount Chase where he died. Columbus
Bragg came from Plymouth in lS44, and
settled on lot = mile and half north of
Seth Aliens. He cleared portion Of the
lot and lived on it few years and moved
to Stscyvilie. where he died ten years ago
Josiah Bates came from Palmyra in 1876,
and Sc tied on the Aroostook road, . mile
south Of the mouth Of the State roAd. He
made large clearing and lived here tao
years A. moved TO Moro. This farm has
been unOccupied and has grown up to forest
again. Hon. VIM. W Thomas of Portland
,wned the township when the settlers
first came to it. He afterwards
sold it to Hall and Lewis of
Cherry led, out obtained possession of
IL again soon after and subsequently sold it
to Gen. Samuel Hersey AID Mr.. George
Stetson Of Bangor. In the north part of
he town, along the State road settlement
was made later and on this road are now
some of the best farms in the town.
The Earliest settler
in this portion Of the to IN was Mr.. John X.
Bbnu, who came from Garland, in Penob-
scot courty, in 1859 aud settled on the lot
where William Fl. Bates now lives. Mr..
Blinn cleared something over twenty acres
on this lot and lived on it some four years,
then moved to Bangor and afterwards en-
Gagged in peddling. He sold the farm to
Mr.. S ephen 2. Bates, who enlarged aud
improved il. Mr. Bates went into the army
and WAS killed near Spottsylvana. Mr.
George l. Bates moved to Hersey from
Moro in 1854 and took the lot where Solo
mon Bates now lives In 1861 he joined
The h Maine Regt and after two years
service Us. discharged ard returned 70
Hersev ard died.
Mr.. Joel p. Jameson came from Lee in
Penobscot county, 10 1860 and bought the
west half Of the lot east of Solomon Bates.
Mr. Jameson cleared some thirty acres on
the 10. aud lived on it eight years. He then
sold TO Mr.. Solomon Bates and moved to
Lincoln. MIR. David l.. Lowell came from
Lee N 1860 and settled on the east half of
the Jameson lot. He cleared some ten
acres and hen went into the army. where
he lost an arm, wss discharged from the
servic1 and died soon after returning home.
The farm passed through number Of
hands aud is now owned by Mr.. E E. Ken.
aedg.
M. William Campbell came from New
Bru wick in 1860 and settled on the lot next
ss Of Mr.. Lowell. he fellsd some ten
acres and then went into the Sth Maine
r ct and served through the war. He wss
promoted to 3 lieutenanoy and did not re-
turn to Hersey. Mr.. James Palmer nov
hs' this lot.
Mr.. James Hall came from Garland in
1851 snd .eltl7d en- the lot next but one
se.t Of VIM. II. Bstes. Mr.. Hall cleared
fifteen acres on this lot, lived on ii some
three year., then sold TO Mr.. John
DE and moved to Moro. Mr. John
McGibney now lives OF this farm.
M Cyru, Carve, came from
tere in 1878 and took the lot next west of
VIM II Bates and still lives upon il.
attsr leaving Dy er Brook, upon the State
road. We fest come TO the farm Of Messrs.
Charles and warre1 MEG 1ire This 10 a
ciesn handsome, hard good lot of 100 acres,
free from stones ant will make q fine val
liable fam when cleared. The McGuires
have some fifteen acres cleared and have 8
good house. After crossing the
West Branch Of tn. Malta wsmkeag
We ride for somstbi7g over = mile through
good l,ni, but with little Improvement in
HeTsty until sc come to the farm Of Mr.
Solomon Bates. This farm is situated upon
beautiful ridge Of hud sni is one of the
bes; farm, in iris REGION. 1t c,n,sins 24O
acres in Jersey with $50 acres cleared. One
block of ore hundred and sixty sores cau
esery foot b. p.owed. 1t 10 very level and
frse from stones and. though the stumps
A. not yet all removed. one can drive 3
buggy ever tie entire field with ease and
comfort. Mr. Bites cuts Seventy f We tons
of hay and raises large crops of grsin He
has & good set OF farm buildings, hi. lsrse
barn being 45x60 feet Mr. Bates has he Id
the flee Of seiecimAn for many years ard
IL 8 prominent N An in the town. Mr. VIM
II. B,tes has the next farm vest Of Solo
mon Bates. This is aso . very Zee farm
sn produces ahrndantiy. Mr.. Bates hiss
leo ac,es Of land with 80 acres cleared.