Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-14

kead8il tutld louise AID HsSd WIN bS1
until be could clear . pieces Of iasd and
bald house scon his ssn lof. Cspt
Tssse cleared up firm and lived spon a
urtI ls43. when be nd 70 bis sor-ia-isv
NJ. Alfssd Tod5, ana made > hess IN
acothef nm in-lsv. Rev. DasI 0ushounl
u1fil NJ asash b 1895. Nj. foa afsef
vxsds removed to NsysyliIe, il Ssstheri
Aroostock, and soA the farm to Mr.. j. w
Jsckins Who still lives upon IT,
Ia 1896. Mr.. Rufus Wisgin came q
HsAedcn asd bcashs the lot opposite Capt
T.vae's. Mr.. wissin came from the tow
OF BovdoInhsm, tus bad &c. soma year
| bssn ss work NJ his trade - . ship cafpen
Ter 1t Oromccp, ~ B. he ffss took thi
| TOT Ia the vest part Of the town Afterwards
oueed By Mr.. Ephraim Bsns, bat - there
was then no road in that psrt OF the fswf
he gave up tia lot after telling about bal
an acre, Ard took the lot on the !ins Of thi
Calais roai. Here he cleared farm anS
inside home and vas one Of The most prom
Insrt citizens Of the town until bis dealt
In 1864. He VA for many years . deacon
Of The Free Baptist church and vas faith
fal worker for the neral and religions in'
terssts Of his so~n. He vas in town ofdce
daring the Whole Of his residence in she
town snd va postmaster Tor many yeArt-
He vas . man Of kindly disposition, scrup
uIously honest, and vas beloved and
respected by all who knew him. His son
Cyrus 8 Virgin now iives on the old farm
His oldsss son, Edgar NJ Wisgin, for many
y<a.ss prominent MAE in the tosn, married
the vido~ Of Benedict White, . son OF
Thomas White, and lived upon the farm
ouposite ths White homestead until bis
death in 1870. His widow still Lives
UPON the farm. Mr.. Thomas Lander came
from the town Of Fairfield in 1896 And SET
He'd On the lot where Henry Jones now
lives, three miles from Houlton village on the
Calais road. Mr.. Lander and his son lease
Lander, cleared up this farm, and Mr.
Lander lived upon i. until his death Ia 1916
He vas one Of the prominent citizen in the
ea'iy days and Al Old account book OF his.
nov in possession Of Mr.. Jones, shows
that be had considerable dealings with all
the settlers. Oae item ia this old book Is
as follows: July 10, l529. Charles -
Dr.. To horse TO the river meaning TO
Woodsoek), 81 90. CT. By coming home
sober, to bal -.
After his death his son, Jesse Lander,
took the farm snd lived upon il until 1901,
xhsn he returned to Fairfield, where he
died. Mr.. Henry Jones, = grandson OF
Thomas Lander, By wnom he was brought
up, then bought the fam and has lived up
on it ever since. Mr.. Jones VAS Chairman
Of the board Of selec.men for twenty years.
Mr.. James Lander. another son Of Thomas
Lander, was the
First He xuIar Mail Carrier
to Houlton, carrying the mail on foot
through the woods on the old BAskAhegan
,ail before and road was made to the town.
After the Cslais road was opened Mr.
Lauder drove the stage and carried the
mail for many years. He WAS kind
public servant. He died about thirty years
sgo.
James Ham went from Bath to Oro-
m lcto, N. b, and worked some time in the
shipyard at that place. He came to Hodg-
don in 1927 and took q lot on the Calsis
r. ad south Of Mr.. Thomas Lsnder's and on
the opposite side Of the road. He cleared
the farm and lived on it until bis death
me forty years ago. His SOB, Barj
Ham, lived on the farm for some time. and
his SOL in law, Mr.. Alvarez Pntnum, now
Of Hot lion, occupied it for . number Of
years. II has since been divided and is
now owned by several p'oprietors. Mr.
Abner Ham, q brother Of James Ham, also
came at the same time and took lot in the
extreme south part Of the town. Here he
made farm upon which he lived until his
d ath many years ago. Mr.. l.. e. Jackins
now lives upon this lot. Many de-
see ndsnts of these two brothers are now
livitg in Hodgdon and other towns IN
Aroostook county.
Mr. Asa Brown came from Scion in 1927
and took the lot adjoining the Houlson
line, which is now q part of the John
Sipp farm. This lot was decided by Joh1
II )dgdon in 1929 to Nancy Brown Of
Fl odgdon Pl., married woman" MI
Brown cleared farm here and .asa man
Of come prominence in the town during his
residence there. He lived upon the farm
some fourteen years, when he. moved to
Bangor, and Mr.. John Hodgdon purchased
the farm.
AYear of Many Settlements.
Ia 1928 there was quite an emigration to
the new town, and a number of settlers
came during that year who becsme proni-
nent citizens of the town and had much to
do with shaping its affairs.
Mr.. Daniel Smith came from Hamp-
stead. N. Is in 1928 and bought lot on
the line Of the Gala road in the south part
of the town. Mr.. Marcus Peters had made
8 small clearing on the 10. aud built log
house ard Mr.. Smith bought his improve
ment He WAS ooe Of the first settlers in
this portion of the town. He made . good
farm and lived upon il until his death in
II OF
retiring man. but man Of sterling integrity
and is r. membered ss one Of the best citi-
zens Of the town. His SOD, Berj j. Smith,
af;erward had the farm for number OF
years and sold it to Mr.. Andrew J. Tidd and
to Caribou, where he 10 now land
/ I'd of the Vaughan House. Mr.. john
O dthouse came the same year from Nova
Scotia and bought the lot next south OF
Daniel Smith and also the two lots ADJ ,in-
ing on the east He made clearings on all
these lots and built bis buildings on the
idle lot. through which the Calais road
tsl. This 800 acre block was afterward
divided trsnsvsrsely into three lots, so that
the bull ilngs on each could be built upon
he county road. Rev. Daniel Outhouie,
3 son Of John Clubhouse, had the south
hundred acres. John j. Royal had the
middle lot AMI Geo. II. Smith. a son of
Daniel Smith, the north lot Mr.. Johl
Clubhouse spent the last years Of his life
with his son Daniel and died At hi. house
shout 1850. Rev Daniel Clubhouse wss
for many years preacher Of the Calv mist
Baptist faith and was q good man and much
respe cted. Hs died in 1873 and his widow
now lives near Hodg Ion Mills. MI. Thomas
J Brown came in 1928 from Madrid in
f. anklin county. He first settled on q lot
10 the north half Of the town mex; to the
Linneus lire. Here he made good farm
and liz ed upon it uutil 1853. when he ex-
changed farms with Mr.. Benz. Tsrbell and
moved to the Tsrbell farm near Hodgdon
Corner, where he lived until his death in
1862. He was An energetic business man and
for many years engaged 10 numbering and
trading. Major james DAsgett came from
Wiseasset in 1928 and took the 10. in the
extreme south part of the town. on the
Calais road. on which Mr.. Edwin Robinson
now lives. His son Ebenezer Daggett lived
With him until 1s49. when he went to Cal
ifornia and did not return to Hodgd IN
to live. Msi,r Dsggett cleared up
farm and lived on it 9 number Of years
and then gave II to his son Frank
Dsgzett and removed to Massachusetts,
II > afterwards returned to Hodsdop. but
soon went to live with his son, James Dag
z tt in Amity, where ne died in 1856 Mr..
Frank Daggett lived upon the old fam for
q number Of years and then sid it to Mr.
c. C. Bradbury and moved to Massachu-
sets where he now lives. Mr.. Waterman
Dsggett, = son Of M,j,r Dsaget, came
~ith his father and took the mex lot on the
east Here he made farm on which he
died in 1879. His sou, Diego d isgett, now
lives on this farm. JAbsz Dsggett. another
son of Major James Dsggsn. also came
With his father and bought he lot next to
the south line Of the town on which Mr.