Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-26
OUR GARDEN COUNTY.
0se Of The "Coalt TsIls''
Of Aroosieck.
Historical, Biographical and Descriptive
Sketch q The foyn Of lmity.



az vhst may Be properly designated az the
coat tovns Of Arcostsox county, as, in
eou mon With the toms lying soafh OF II
In the same rsnge, isis sepssasea from the
pos,e s,ions Of Her Britannia sjssty By
vs.er boundary. The ensE line Of the
State Of Maine, on its eastern border, 10
reality extends nonhvs:d nearly TO thr
north line Of the town OF Amity and sor thu
past two yesrss detachment CT the U. s
,,oA.t survey has been at work in this region,
determining the exse. eortoo, OF the east
I'm coast sn3 making an sce1rsts m,p Of
hi. boundary. The M1nunens sussm
which O. rm. me head vstefs CT the 81.
t'roir. rises shout mile south ofsbe north
llns Of Arity and, flowing sou,hvsrd in 40
irregular course, forms the eastern bound
.ry Of the Uei,ed States uotii 1t discharges
lts val, r, Into Nofh lake in the town OF
10 lent. Amity lice dir c.iy south Of Cay
is u1ded on the vest By Hsynesvills ADD
~ the south by Orient.
| The settlement OF the Town
latte back to tbs ysar 1925 sid IN ibt
| year Jonathan Clifford. who mss be re-
garded - the pioneer settler Of the town,
cf miner ed 3 clearing on the lot low ecu
pied By Mr.. James Lzstte, in the North
part Of the town. 3 short distance west OF
The present CaIsis road. Here Mr.. CT ford
lc.e.rsd 3 farm. upOl which ne lived fot
n. any years and Oh which he did some
Itsen.y years ago. At the tins OF Mr
rEslrd's settlement q sev pioneers had e.
fablished themselves upon the adjoining
townshlp Of No II, now Cary, and
ID sif smokes could be seen from the ridge
upon which he commenced bis clearing
! l.. Astk and M,
| rosd passsble in summer led to his wilder
ne 81 home. In 1926, Mr. Edmund Cone
took q 10, nssr Mr.. ClihoId's and com
msneed making cieaiing. MI Cone
come from New Salem. Mats, to II 1ulton
in 1915 snd lived In that town until he re-
moved to his new home in whs. was then
called No. TO- now the to IN Of Amity
| 10 Houton Mr.. Cone vas employed for
arumber OF years as tesmstsr. and be
Afterwards made q clearing on the lot in the
south part Of that tewn near the Hodsdon
line, now owned by Mr.. A. X Bradford
Before leaving Houlton Mr.. Cone msrried
Miss Bsrb.rs Shepard Of Ricbm ond, N i,
and together they brxvely commenced tie
| work of making home In the forest. Mrs
Cone wa, most excellent woman ard was
! courageous and { n Gent heipmste in these
| pio, Ger years Mr.. Cone cleared up
Iags farm and was for many years a prom
inent citizen Of the town. He Was o1e Of
| the offCers Of the tow at it's frs, organ rs
ton. and continued TO take an active interest
in I,s affairs until his death in 1853 His
son. Mr.. Elisha Cone, now owns the old
Homestead, but lives upon farm on the
| Calais road.
| Mr.. Seth Farrar was one of the earliest
.sttler. Of the town. Mr.. FArrar came from
| Ss srsmont. and settled 10 New Brunswick
us then srnigrsted to the south part Of
| iTojgion. and made clearing on the lot
Afterwards Owned by Daniel Smith 10
1926 he moved to Amity aud took lot in
the north part Of the town, q short distance
east of the presen, Calais road. Here he
| made q farm upon which he lived for some
twenty-five yesrs. then moved TO M. /
| Cary) and Afterwards to Orient, where he
aisd some thirty years ago A number Of
his sou, now live in the south par of the
town.
In 1926 Jonah Dunn, Esq, came from
Cornish, ia York county, and established
| his residence in Houl.on. Mr.. Dunn ~ss
A man we'll educated and Of much sb lily
and fore, Of Character. He had repre-
septed tho District Of Maize in the General
| Court Of Massachusetts, and after the sep
aration from the mother state was mem
| Der of the Man, Legislature. He took AZ
active part in the movement for the estsb
Hshment Of military post at Houltor, and
.as instrumental in having the military
road opeued to that place and with bis son,
| Columbus Damn, built part of that rosd,
| He was also contractor and builder Of
| PORTIONS Of the road from HouIton to Calss
| Immediately upon coniog t, Haul'nn, 10
| 1926. E,quire Duun purchased Of the S'sts
A Block of Land
| In No. 10. now Amisy. consisting OF four
| loEs Of 100 acres esch, add iucludiog he
| Columbus Dunn home stead aad the Walton
10, on The cas-. side Of the Cslss road, and
the John Reed lot and Charles +. Dunn lot
on the west side In 1927. Columbus Dunn,
son Of Jonah Dunn, Eco, settled on the
block. At that lime the only road WAS =
lumber road from Houlton through Hvdg-
don and Cary, pssssbls for teams only 10
the winter time Here Mr.. Columbus
Dunn cleared farm and established ,he
home where he lived until his death in 1879
| Deacon Dunn WAS for many years one o.:
the most prominent citizens of the town srd
va. one of its active religious workers. H
was DC s,mss.er OF Amity for eighteen yesfs
l
still lives at the old home with her daughter
and son-in-lav, Mr.. Ecssiu' Haskell. Who
now has the farm. Mr.. Charles Dunn,
brother of Columbus, came soon after and
| settled on the lot next south. afterwards III =
| Walton home stead Mr.. Dunn remained
there some twelve years and was one Of the
selectme Of the town in tue first yssc Of
It's crssuizstior. He afterwards rsturned
1 - II tay his, fpsiHps a
sfser the arrival of the Duuus. a number Of
settlers came to the town and commenced
making ciearings in the forest. Mr. Asa
| Tracy came from GJuldsouro ia 1927 and
m ,de uhopping on the los in The rear Of
tie Lemuel Tracy homestead, He moved
bis family to the town in 1929 and after
wards bought the lot where his son Samuel
| Tracy now lives and remained there until
his death in 1870 During the following
wear ls2s) Jonathan Gr' ilest, Samuel
Nswmap, Bet j,mi1 Wtuship, William
| CLARK and James Fl. Cuts settled in She
new town. Mr.. Jonathan Greenlss', for
many yesrs we'll known citizen nt Amity,
came from the to~n Of Stsrks ssd settled
| i, the south part Of the town. He cleared
| a farm aud kept hotel here for msoy
years. He wss man of much business
sbility ard took an sctive part In the affairs
| Of The town. Mr.. Greenlesf died in 1868
| The old house, so long stopping place for
| travellers, has since teen burned. but two
sons, Ito mas and John GreenleAf still live
on the farm, Mr.. Samuel Newman came
from Sangerville and made . clesrir & some
distance north OF Mr.. Gresnlesfs. He
| vas chosen ore Of the selectmen ~ the or
ganix ,tion OF the tcwr. He l.ft Amity
many years ago and after living for =
time ia 0rien. and afterwards in Haynes
willie. returned to Ssneervills snd died.
Bepj amin Wipship first settled on The lot
opposite he Jacob Simpson lot, where he
lived for 4 numper of years and then re
moved to the south part Of the town sud
died many years sgo. William Clark came
from Liberty srd settled on the lot ~hern
| his s1n, William Clark, nov lives. He
cleared thi. farm ard lived on il until bis
death 10 1854. Hi, snn, David Clark. then
took the farm spt q, his death il 1858 Mr..
William Clark, the present proprietor - TX
possession o. the farm Mr. James Il,
Curtis came from D. xtes al d settled an he
10, where Mr.. SAMUEL Traoy now lives. He
made clearing on This lot and bu Il a &
houss and Irn sud sftsr living there som
six years moved to what wss sf'er~ard,
known as thu Walker plsee. Here be
cleared upward. Of one hundred acres and
built . set Of buildings. Mr. Curtis lived
on this farm until 1886, when be cold to
Mr.. Erss.us Haekeli and moved to New
Brunswick.
| story of the Early Settlements.
| Mr.. Samuel WIKI ,ns vas also one OF the
early settlers Of the town. He settled in
the north part Of the town, . short disisn &c
east Of the Calsis road ard lived in the
town until bis death in 1857. A few years
later than the settlers mentioned above Mr.
u h., Than EI ra IN