The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

and Others in Fields of Usefulness in
other States.
The neurology of the sons and daugn-
ters, of Maine for 1894, contains long
list of those who have been we'll known
or prominent. Some, like Celia Thaxter,
the poet and prose writer, have been
known to fame; but of course the great
er,numher are remem bered only as those
who performed hum bier parts, or for
circumstances in their lives that brought
them to public notice. The list, which
of course cannot be considered as in any
sense complete, follows:
In January-Charles B. Nash, long d
leading merchant of PortlaEd; Benjamin
F.Tallman, Oldest inha bitant of Rich
mohd; Col. William L. Thompson, a
prominent citizen of Kennebunk; john
P.Grifin. of Portland; Charles F, LARA
bee, the Bath Inventors. William P.
Bearce, prominent citizen of Bidde-
ford; Captain Ebeh Griffin, or the Tug
c. A. Warren; Miss Ellen l.. Barton, prin-
oipal of the Portland school for the
deaf; Mrs. Martha Blake, widow of an
old Portland shipmaster; Charles Z.
Barrett. last surviving corporator OF the
Atlantic end st. Lawrence railroad
and a prominent citizen of Portland;
William W. Neal. once shoe manufac-
turer of this city; Henry John Murray,
formerly British Consul at this port;
Capt. John P. Delano, retired ship-mas-
ter of Bath; Capt. Charles Thompson,
kennebunk shipmaster; Judge Edward
for many years register of deeds in York
county; Captain a. W. Hall, of Gardiner;
T. W. Allan, lum Der merchant of Dennys-
vile; DR.. Hampton E. Hill prominent
physician and surgeon of Biddeford;
Mrs. Sarah Jane Clifford, mother of
George Clifford, Esq, a former editor of
the PRESS; Mrs. Sarah J.Clark, widow
of ex-U. S. Marshal Clark; DR.. Edward
W: Morton, prominent physician and
business man OF Kennebunk; Orlando H.
of Portland; William r.
Smith, for SO many years treasurer of
the Augusta Savings bank; Captain
Joseph ". Dresser, of Bridgton; Ruel H.
Stanley, of Bangor, well known news
paper man; Mrs. Frances Haines, widow
of the late Augustine Haines of Port
land; j. H. J. Thayer. of Fall River,
a Portland druggist Joel Hall
Boyd, us. Inspector of steam boats at
this port; Robert Smith, an old Kenne-
bunk shipbuilder; Captain William Sim
nett, of Deering; Rev. &C. Baker, of
Baltimore, native of Maine: Robert
Smith, Jr, prominent Kennebunk ship
builder; Mrs. Lucy LIE Prohon, of Au-
gusta; Capt. Enos G. Soule, of Newton,
Mass, formerly of Freeport; Miss Mary
Thompson. Oldest inha bitant of Bruins
wick; DR.. Charles H. Young, of Casco;
Major Sylvanus B. Bean, Brownfield
veteran of the war: George W. Wood bury,
a we'll known railroad man of this city;
Adam Davis, of Jersey City, formerly
with the Portland Co.. Capt.
Albert Brown, of St. George, swept over
board on voyage to Martinique; Freeman
Jordan, prominent business man of
Cum berIand; Captain Edward Bibber,
Of this city lost on Sable Island on the
SCH oner Robert ]. Edwards.
In February-Thomas W. Meade, clerk |
of the Grand Trunk, who had been &C.
TRACKED ia Ireland for opposing Parnell;
Isaac Perley, of Charleston; Mrs. Althea
Chase Gould, wife of Deacon Edward |
Gould: Rudolf Schuerch, instructor in,|
the Manual Training School; DIR. Fred |
Quimby, formerly of Biddeford, in |
Oklahoma; Obadi ah g. Crook, leading |
business man of Harrison; Deborah |
Murphy, aged 9s Oldest inhabit of |
Belfast; Col. B. F. Eastman, prominent /
citizen of franklin county; ex-Alderman
frederick W. Clark, of this city; Presi-
dent Horatio Quincy Butterfield, of |
Jlivet College (Micb.,) a graduate of |
Bangor Theological Seminary; John W. |
Munger, prominent insurance |
agent VIM. II. H. Loring, OF |
Boston, formerly of Portland; General |
Q. W. Hincks, of Cambridge, Mass, a
native of Bucksport; DR.. Daniel T.. Lam
Eon, well known physician of Frye
burg; Ingalls, H. Berry. OF Portland;
William Milliken, long leading grocer;
Nelson Tenney, the hardware dealer;
William g. Twom oily, the veteran dealer |
n musical supplies; David Dunn, of
Poland, Nestor of the Androscoggin |
Bar and famous for having acted as
governor OF Maine for day; Rev. John |
Kendall Deering, of Perrysburg, Ohio, |
'ormerly in business N Portland; DR.. |
William B. Lapham, of Augusta, the his
orian Seth Scamman,a prominent citizen i
If Scarboro; VIM. Sohier. a Boston law
yer, who studied with Fessenden & De-
,lois; Captain William Richardson, of
liverpool, commander of the Sandman;
Prof. Walter Balentine, of the Maine
State College; R. &. Fuller, leading citi-
zen OF Wilton; Charles Oxnard, formerly |
cashier of the Merchants Bank.
In March-Joseph G. Torrey, aged brass
ounder of Rockland; William H. Hunt,
If Ii berty, prominent Repu blican leader
md business man of Waldo county; A. |
}. Duran, president of law students club /
# Portland; Benjamin f. Adams, of
Springfield, Mass, formerly of Saco;
Ann Canley, of South Berwick, aged