Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-26

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man sstt'ei 10 AMY. came from The tevn
pYe.ehe. sni organ ed The fret senufch in
the tovn. Atthe h.ss town nesting Elder
Bsdsl Vas chosen ore Of tie seiectmsn
He rensined ia Amisy unsii ibsus lsas
Yhs rswn Inesrpsraass.
The get Of incorporation OF tbs tow Of
Auisy vss pIsssd March 18Th. 1885, srd
wss approved by Gov K ,s.. p. Dunlap on
the day following. Ths warrant foR the
first town meeting uss isusd ~ Hiram
Essey, Esq justice Of the pescs. 70 Ed
mund Cone April I1th. 1886. fEs meet
ing vas held April 2iG snd the new town
sas orza aized by the eh lice Ct Columbus
Dam, modsrator. Edmund Coae, cierk, and
Edmurd Cone, Z nha Bedei And Samuel
Newman, selectmen. James II. Curtis vas
ehosen treasurer aid Asa Tracy. collector
and constable
Al the fret State election after the ineo,-
poration. aftsen votes we're thrown in the
town, all Of which we're for Governor Dan-
lap. TIE year 1881 Vas IN extremely hard
year for the nav settlers xad bread was
scarce. By the town records II appears
ihu Mss.rs. Toed snd McAliistsr Of CalAis
owed the town fos the stsnpsse on iamssr
ca. on the school lots. This money should
o. course have been devoted To the supparl
# schools, bu, 90 great vas the dsstitu'ion
that .. meeting he'd on Juae 5tb, 1887, IL
x4s voted to divide tina amount sqasliy
.morg the Inhabitants. Is vas Afterwards
decided to sxpsnd the gross amount for
corn and divide the corn among the settlers
Tesms were therefore sent TO Calais srd
ihe corn was procured ssd divided among
she hungry settlers. Il 1886 Berj ,msn
Curtis came from DsItsr aad Hru settled
on the lot where Daniel williams now lives
Here he made small clearing, BAT soop
moved 10 the lot on which Jaha Rsed nov
lives. He cleared . number Of acres on
his lot snd lived on it some { years he
then moved to the Alexr Carr Lot where he
lived un,il 1883, when be bought Of Mans
tielf WI Jams the lot where he now lives
the s3nih part Of the town. Mr.. Cnrtl'
improved this farm and built nes house
tie lost three cons in the army and Is new
old and feebl. and unable to work MIR.
Daniel Hsrmo, came from Calais to Amity
in 1887 and taught the toEn school. be
bought piece Of land Of Column IS
Dunn and lived 10 the town some six
ears ard moved to Portland. Mr..
Harmon vas an educated man Ard was
clerk of the town for a number of years
J 4mes Austin and Jonathan Small came
from Kenpebee county about 1885 and
settled on the lot where Alexander Carr
now lives. Mr.. Small died shortly after
and Mr. Austin moved to No. Eleven AMI
afterwards returned to the southeast part Ct
A nifty where he died. John DAkin came
- in 2c aaIftoa IN
rart Of the Walker lot, where he cleared 8
farm and built set Of buildings. He after
yards sold to Mr.. James II. Curtis and
moved to the west part OF the town VII re
ne died some years ago. Mr.. Hartley
Daering came from Orient in 1896 and
bought the Samuel Newman lot. He lived
on This lot two years and then exchanged
farm, with Mr.. James Dsggett Of Hodgdon
ard moved to that town. where he died
Mr.. Seth Kempton came from MllItown in
1887 and settled on the lot afterwards
owned by Mr.. Alden Spur. He lived on
this lot until ls4S whan he removed to
Gardiner. Mr. Peter Beede came from
Mill.o-n in 1887 and settled on the lot nexs
east of Seth Kempson. He lived on tn !,
farm until 1913, when he moved TO Ksnne-
hec county aud died. Mr.. Samuel Slipp
nov owns this farm.
Other Settlers.
Mr. Daniel Williams came 10 Ami.y ia
1888 He had been engaged in teaching in
Penusylv,nis, and upon first coming to
,mity was employed IS clerk for MIR,
d .niel Wood who had store near Mr.
G reenleafs. In 1910, Mr.. William, bought
The lot where he now lives and where hs
H. nj nj horo,
He has been prominent man in the togn
TOR many wears, aud though now eighty jur
ears old is still smart and active Mr.
Israel Davis came from Concord, n. Fl g,
about the time the town was incorp Iratei
or very soon after. H took l,s in the
north vest part OF thu town. The Davis
nroos, tributary Of the Msdux1ekesg.
runs through this lot and on this stream Mr..
Davis built mill containing an u p aud dow ]
ssw After bis death in 1868, his son, N
f bridge G. Davis. took the property and
adied gtist mill and sfterward, a single
mill This mill was sfterws,d, burned
and Mr.. Davis built new mill with steam
prwer into which he put one single ma
chine and was plsnnitg to pu. in rotary
saw, but died in 1888 before completing hi
designs. The mill has no. since been oper-
sted ard the engine fni machinery have
been removed James D4gger, Jr., cam
from II d9dl in 1888 and bought of Hart
'eg Deeting the Samuel Newmsn To-. II =.
cleared a large farm and lived on ii until
1866 He then moved TO Otkfield aud f.,
erSsrds TO Massachusetts,. After a few
wears he returned 10 Amity and lived With
hi. son. Mr. Warren Dsgg,tt, until his
desth in 1885 Mr. Samuel Shepsrd came
from Ner Brunswick about 1897, and after
Icing for while on 4 part of E mind
Comes lot. .ught OF Charles D M the lot
Mt 1t north of Colunbu, Dnu' lie built
the bulldogs en- this fam al a1out 1874
sold to James Ballard and mlvel to III 3,
Gidney lot ia the southwest part of the
Io<n, where he lived sTunosr Of Yeas
AT hen returned to New Brunswick.
James Ballad c.ms frem Massachusetts, -
teacher He bought the Samuel Shepard
farm and lived on it scms three years, ard
acid to Mr. Nib Wsltcn snd returned to
Mass Hammond Estabreok came from
n. b. in 1910 and took lot in the west
part of the town He cleared farm ard
lived on it until his death in 1864 His sop,
j ed Esisbrook, now lives on the farm. Mr..
Lemucl Tracy bought the lot where he now
lives in 1912 He cleared large farm and
" for many yeas been one of the leading
ci.iz.n of the town. M, Thomas Green
lest, = brother to Jon sthan Greenleaf, came
from S,srks In 1910 sni took a 10. in the
south art Of he town, ore mile vest from
the Calais ro,d. He made clearing o.
forts acres and built house sna barn. He
lived hsre six yssrs and moved TO Mss ru'i.
Mr. Wares Dsggett NV owns this farm
Mr. Milo Walton came from Chesterfield,
N. Fl to Houlton in ls45 and KEPT d-rg
st5rl IN that town for two years. In ls4T.
he moved to Anity and bought the farm
rxt nth Of Columbus Duan. He imme
dis,eT entered into
The Business of Orcharding.
ard fruit raising which he planned to csrry
Gu; m lsrge scale. he sat 'ensive nur-
sstivs of apples, plums, cherries etc and
had sl.o large smount Of email fruits. He
had just commenced to reap the first fruits
OF Ii. enterprise when hi. death in 1854
suddenly terminated what promised to be q
m 3st successful business career. He vas
u man Of much ability and worth and his
early death was q severe loss to the town
where hs had Fixed bis residence. Hiswid-
ow continued the business 70 soma extent
until her death in 1871 His son Mr.. Isasc
T. Walton nov has he farm. Mr.. Alden
Spur came from New Brunswick in
Is4s ard bought -ths Seth Kempton
TOT in the southwest part Of the
tosn He cleared large farm and
built 8 good Get OF bulldog. Mr. Spur
was angsged in numbering and was an
sctiva and Pre- miDert CITIZEN during his res
lien II Ia lhs to~u. Two of his sons died
in the srmy and some time after the close
of tie var he moved 10 Milliovn and alter
usris to Houiton, VIII, RI b died few
y-srs sgo. M Cslsiu B CARTS bought
ire fam ~te's he now lives in ls49 II
uss he ~ild lot and Mr. Curtis clssrs
the farm, ard built the buiidu G.. He his
,Iso a,,,ked a. hlseksmi,hinr a nat of tie