Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-19
OUR GARDEN COUNTY.
Cary; lis Preset Surround
iDes,
And Early ssitIsnant IN 1874.

Directly soath Of the sywn Of Hodgdor
and living Along ihs Nev Brunswick line, II
| ths uisntx,ion Of Carr, formerly known ~
No. IL. Range Oaa. The mail foutt
| f-nr, Houston "a Calais rans through CAYJ
| anai.is settled for nearly the entire dis
t.nes .longalhi. road. The plantation oil
| Carr complies but half township, being
| liz mile, cas-, and west and three miles from
no,t., TO south. Il 10 bounded on the north
by Hodz lon. east by New Brunswick, south
nv Aunity and wsst By Letter A township
Il /, generally conceded that the first mar
.h, made chopping upon the town VA
Jjhn Allsn who - early ~ 1924 com
meacsda clearing on what 10 now kcown q
skiegelI ridge, in the north part Of the
tovr- about . mils and . half east OF tns
| Cal.l, road. Allen vas ans old Epalist
soldier and fought under Wellington 81
| Waterloo. He did not make any permanen'
b ,ms upon the lot and 8 year or two after
ca ming 10 the town was taken SICK and
vent to live with Mr.. David Moore, a
Eho.e house be died in 1888. Probably
the first man who made . permanent settle
ment on the town w&s Mr.. George Robin
son. Who came TO No. II in 1925 and settled
on what vas afterwards better known ~
the Putnam lot, though it is still referred
70 BY old settlers ~ the Robinson lot. Mr..
Robinson cleared 8 large farm here and
lived 90 i; until shout 1872, when he sold
10 Joshua and j. Varnum Putnam OF Houi'
ton, and sfter living in Amify Tor shori
time moved TO Smyrna.
Mr.. Robert MeFsrland came the same
year (l825) and settled on the lot now ovns
By James Oliver on the horseback, west OF
the Msduxnekeag stream. Mr.. Mcfarland
commenced 4 clearing on this lot, but soon
Afterwards sold bis improvement to Edward
Dority and never afterwards had any settle
ment in tha town. He remained 3 few
Years. living with Mr.. Hugh Smith and
then removed to the Bay Of Chsleur. Mr..
David Moore came from Hod2don 10 No
II In 1925. He had lived for two yesrs on
The farm now owned by Mr.. Charles Mex
prson In Hodsdon next to the No. II hle.
Mr. Moore nrst settled on the lot Afterwards
owned by Mr.. james Duffy in the north
part Of the town. where he lived two
wears. Mr.. Hugh Sharp made choppinz
on lot in the south part OF the town, and
in 1927 Mr.. Moore exchanged lots with him
and moved to the farm on which he lived
so many years. Mr.. Sharp lived but s
short time on the Duffy place. Mr.. Moore
cleared the farm in the south part OF the
town and built comfortable .et OF build
ings, and was a well-known citizen for
many years. He died at his home in 1s7l.
His .on, David Moore, lives upon the old
homestead, and james Moore. another son,
lives upon the farm opposite.
Mr.. Hugh Smith emigrsted from ireland
to Fredericton, N B., aud in 1926 moved
to No IL and settled on the lot Will
lam Smith low lives. Here he cleared up
a farm and built a log house and frame
barn. He lived upon the farm until 1915,
when he moved to Amity where be died 10
1859. Mr.. B. F. Nickerson of Linneus
then came into possession Of the farm, sad
in 1850 Mr.. William Smith, son OF Hugh
Smith. bought the old homestead, and has
lived upon il ever since. MIR. John Reed
also emigrated from ireland to New Bruins
sick, ard in 1927 came to No. ii and SET
tied in the south part of the town on the
lot &C Joining Mr. David Mnore's. The town
was not st that time lotted and the first set
tiers were merely squstters upon the land.
The half township was lotted in 1881 BY John
Weber and was then opened by t1e State for
settlement. Mr.. Reed cleared the farm
upon which he first settled, and continued
to live on it until his desth in 1861. The
farm was then divided between his two
sons, William and Alex ander, who still re.
side upon it.
Mr.. Hippo Dow moved from New Bruns-
wick in 1927. and settled on the lot next
west Of Mr.. Hugh Smith. Here he made
farm upon which he lived for some 20
years. and then moved to Bancroft. Mr..
n faP
Mr.. James Dow also came from New
Brunswick in 1927 and first settled on the lot
where Mr.. Truman Williams now lives.
He was a blacksmith by trade. and after
wards lived in number Of places in the
town aud finally returned to New Bruins
wick.
Mr.. James McClinchy came from New
Brunswic in 1927 and settled in the east
part of the town on what is now the Frarzoy
lot, where he made clearing, and lived
there until his death many years ago. Mr..
Jonathan Tracy came from New Bruins
wick ia 1928, and settled on the
lot next west of Mr.. George
Robinson. He cleared q farm and
lived on it nesrly twenty years and then
returned to New Brunswick. His farm is
now a part of the Putnam farm. Mr.. Ed
ward Dority came from Ireland and settled
ia No. IL, in 1927, on the lot sfterward
owned by James Duffy. He made large
clearing and lived on the farm until bis
death in ls45. Mr.. Daniel Neal the first
settler in the town of Linneus, was also an
early settler in No. IL. Mr.. Neal settled
in Linneus in 1928 and ia 1889 moved TO
No. IL and settled on the lot where Oven
Scott now lives. He built house OF hewn
pine timber, nicely dovesailed together at
The corners, and lived in it some ten years
and then moved to Jackson brook. The
above named are all the early settlers of
the town of whom we have any reliable
account and IL there were any others they
were but transient men who never msde
any permanent settlement upon the town.
ship.
No other settlers Came to the Town
for number of years and the hardy pio-
neers mentioned above were in the midst Of
the forest and obliged to depend largely
upon their own resources for subsistence.
There were no roads for years after these
Gre. settlers commenced to make their
farms in the wilderness and their families
were subject to all the hardships and privs-
tons thst fall to the lot OF the pioneers Of
q new country. TIE fret ROAD opened
through the town was q somewhat circuit
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