The Republican journal., 1892-01-28
Obituary.

manufacturing concerns in Massachusetts,
was found dead in his room at 3 o'clock
Wednesday morning, Jan. Goth. Mr.. Luce
was in good health and retired the night he
fore at a late hour. just before 3 A. NJ. his
mother heard groans and went to his room
door and called, but received no answer
The door was broken in and Luce was found
lying dead in bed. Mr.. Luce will be pleas
antly remembered in Belfast where two
years ago he was in partnership with Mr..
W. o. Sargent in the granite business, and
resided at Crosby lnn He ii genial
gentleman, good singer ,and was Il member
of the Belfast Iarlor Musical Society Mr.
Luce was born at Cape Elizabeth in tins
State, his father being a native Of Rockpurt.
He was 3S Years old, d widowcr, with tWo
young sons, and resided With his parents um
Miller street, Quincy. He WAS very we'll
known throughout tile country hy memhers
of the granite trade.
Lorenzo -. Fogg died on Saturday ot COM
sumption, aged about t.; years Mn. Fogu
born III Brooks. About Twenty-Five
years ago he came to Belfast from Lowell
and has Since resided here. For many years
he kept fruit and confectionery store, but
retired a few years ago on account of failing
health. He manufactured d cough remedy
that had more than d local sale Mr.. Fogg's
wife died short time ago. He leaves no
children, but has one brother here and one
i'll Methuen, Mass. Mr.. Fogg was an excel
lent citizen and will be much missed.
Miss Jane Atkinson, who died at Mont
Vile, JAN 10th, at the age of W years, was
the oldest woman i'll that town. She was AN
aunt of U. q. White, Belfast.
David ID. Wardwell, the well-knovn
| draughtsman and Ship carpenter, died at
| Rockland Jan. 21st aged6 67 years. Deceased
| went to Rockland eight years ago from Stock
| ton, where he had been employed in the ia
NOUS Hichhorn yard. His death caused
| by yphoid-pneumonia, with which disease
| his widow is now dangerously ILL., He left
seven children, five of whom We're by his
| first wife. They are as follows Frank c.
John, Arthur and George Waruwell, Leila,
| wife of A. w Benner, Lizzie NJ, wife OF f.
| B. Ingraham, and Edna and Hattie Ward
| we'll. Mr.. Waruwell was amember of Auro-
! IA Lodge Of Masons, and leaves great many
| friends to mourn their loss.
Mr.. John NJ. Pease, of Burnham, who died
| Jan. 18th, was born in the town of Hope,
| Me, i'll 1900, and was 81 Years old last No
| vember. He was the son of James Pease,
| who moved to this State from Martha's Vine
| yard, Mass. and was one of nine brothers
| and sisters, only one of whom survives him
| Abigail Spear, ot Warren, Me, aged about
SO years The deceased was the father of
nine children, all OF hom are now living.
| Their names are as follows Wttherhe
| Pease, of Buxton; Andrew Pease, of Burn
| ham: Lovina Sweetland, of Rockland: Mer-
| chant PeaSe of Elmsborough, Wash. Mercy
| ID. Pckard, of Burnham Richmond Peast,
| of Arizona; Amanda l.. Bassler, OF Burn
| ham: Elmna Morgan, of Lewiston Amelia
| \. Gould, Of Lewiston. He leaves 3. grand
| children and u great gran,lchildrcn. He
| Was converted and haptised under the Bal-
| tlst persuasion but never joined amy church,
| but was sincere believer iii the Christian
| religion and kept the faith to the last, The
| deceased was able to walk about up to about
| a month before his death. He WAS often
| seen wal king from his home at his SON An
| drew S to the village. a distance of two miles
| to visit his daughter, Mrs. Bassler, who
| seemed to he very dear to him and from
| whom he received many dautles and conn
| forts. His daughter, Mrs. Plckard, also sac
| riced her own time and money to attend on
| her aged parent for several years and con-
| tlnutd with Hmm to the last The funeral
| services We're held at the Mount schuolhuuse
Jan. 20th Rev VIM. Brown, of Clinton, Of
| ticiatng,
Capt David G. Amesof Stockton one of our
| most prominent and respected citizens, died
Jan. 20th of heart failure, aged 66 years. II
mos, and T. days. Capt. Ames had been in
poor health for some time, but until within
a few hours of his death was not thought to
be i'll amy immediate danger Capt. Ames
was the son Of Joseph -Ames, by his second
wife, Elizabeth Kingsbury. of Frankfort, and
was the oldest of eight children, three of
whom survive him-Mrs. II. j. Body, Chas
Ames, Bangor, and John AmeS, one of the
merchants of Stockton. He also leaves a
half-hroth her, Flurian Ames, master Of a
steamer in Georgia. and a half-Sisttr Mrs
Amanda Costigan, Of Hamrdrn. children of
his father by a third wife, Dorothy B. Berry.
Capt. AmtS was born in North Starspur1
and lived there until he was II, when his va
rents removed t" Stockton, then a part of
Prospect. AT the age of II, he began to fol
low the sea, and at Il was master of the
schooner Paulina. He continued going to
sea for is years, and during that time had
command of ships Lawrence Brown, Valley
Forge. Marcia {. Day and Gardiner Colby
July %, 1S49, he married Margaret Berry uf
Pros ptct, at Nashville. \. ]. . who now sur
wives him. Three children were born 10
them. Ealand, William and Charles Ealand
the oldest, died of ofconsumption in Hampden
Sept 81, aged 3i yrs, at which time his f;-
ther was making his last voyage to the Pa
tic, ac, panied by Mrs. Ames William
is first officer Of ship Gen. Farchild, and
Charles is first officer of S. S. Searle ON Pu-
get Sound, and was brought before the pub
lie notice lately by his heroic action in say
ing the lives of two sailors nearly losinr his