Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-19
ELLSWORTH IN 1920.
Interesting Old Historical sketch by
the late Joseph \. Deane.


The following sketch Of Ellsworth e
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3Hen consisted at seven GaesisH--, I've
res aud ore .sgr .tta-. Tie. GN.at5nEs
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s-. .faressrs. -ssa7ss4 Butfr.z. samuel jor-
a4. Z4 = #aa. iIsa-s Bowen aua
Tf.t.s. - JONES' L.. -zaar-s- ste1e eecu-
sd ~ ls4azas- 81 a=-za., Andres
Het--. lzz.9f Justice E'essz- tst her,, Ben
l4H45s4 jordan SIRE -zuae. button: the
III J#ns- -tare. standing IN the -;r-=t
ans mostly IL front Of the present city
market. EsA- aueeea ped. TIE !a% oiflee
- eer uE1..li ~ J g. Dean. and Nathan
- Howard mad a.s5 g las Office over
WHITING .taze
Mrs. ky5,e= ana her mother, Mrs. Green,
lived in tae basement Of Deans Office.
To the southeast from three-tourths to
one mile distant. and far from any road,
+ were the dwellings Of Edward Beal and
the Cards. Joseph and sam. Below the
village. on the only road to Trenton,
+ Mount Desert now Water street,, lived
+ one Mansfield, and below where |. NJ.
+ Grants shipyard Is, lived John Martin,
4 tailor. On the west side of the river and
: connected by low and narrow bridge.
stood the Peter Cove tavern, kept by Asa
A Pond, and James {. Fiske's dwelling.
a rod and half beyond. David Chap
man halter. built the house, now ;.
! MtcheIl's and Major Langdon built the
store opposite, that year.
f On the Nil. to the northwe was an
old dwelling. occupied by Benjamin JOY,
and Ms son, Ivory II. Joy.
There was another dwelling, where j..
w Davis house stands. and Mr.. Char
lotte Herbert occupied house IL the
field, south e TIE court house There
were TWO meeting houses, both new the
Pa pt it " here |, H. Thomas house stand.
and the Congregational, on the site %
the present house.
This ! q faithful descrI ptiOn OF the VII
70. al that period, and All Of IT. sur
reandings.
I,,. .Eeeu the meeting house and the
raz1-. sleEe " ere ten dwellings, occupied
y Me5tiaa Jordan. John hopkins, Iii
te#Hy. HutC hingson ingalls,, SylYanus
jordan, John Cham berlsin. John Jelli-
-oH. Nathaniel Jellison, the adIutant.
Temple Lord, and Ivory H. Lord. Thorn
a. J. " hIt5Hg lived IN the house with
Me!ilah jordan; Porter Sawyer kept the
Mi boarding house, and James Grant
occupied -inA.4 house near I he boarding
house
Above tae Fails Has sn old, tumble
down house, occupied ty John Pierce;
a house consisting of one room. ~ Bet
sey M!Hikea. The house, erected ~ tne
ate Daniel Adams. III early lIfe, wa> oc-
cupied by aue Wyatt Moore, The shot
maker The dwellings Of Joseph Moore
and John Wentworth. and farther ~.
Alien MiuIken and on / he aI POI. Ill
Of the river va. tue res IdeHce of tIeufgr
Brimmer on the road TO the Branch
POaa mills were the dwellings - Gal.
Duttor. the "Urquhsrt hous". Ben!
Garland Csiep Msddocks, \ bfEhsM
Tourtelotte Be- jAmln Joy, IT,, AMI u a.
Maddoek- Farther north, and IA gar
Wilderness lived Oliver MaGdock.
Jonathan Maddocks, Oliver Moore IN
tnan JOY and " lIIsm King, perhaps one
or mo more. At the Crags farm lived
William James and n :. dairymeii. q
all the men before 7fned in tins VAT
territory, and thin nave named hem
all. Deacon Saniue. .ution is the Only
person now living.
The largest sill #-.uent at tina; time,
was on he road to surry. The town HHe,
at the separations in $50, from Ma.-a-
chu-ett., wes y here il i num but the
first legislature of Maine IN January.
Is21. restored to Surry all TINT part OF
township No g. embraced WITHIN the
limits OF Ellsworth Fin, legislature. in
1879 re-establi.hed the town " here it
was before snd now
On tnat road and at the " harve-. we're .
then t,enty-tve dseiiiug-. occupied ~
Majo- langdollts iaverI. Elisha AIS III.
Matthew Means, Par-on Nur.e. Dariel
Adams. JOHN Hopkins. ma Jos. y.
Iunexrt. the To~n-end House, samuel
JOY 10 d. LAWN Is-.h, Ezra DAVIS, .
JAi. D.e-. I.,rrg jordan. Eobert
Na-cu, : g. WoodNard v yatt Moore,
solomon Jordan. Matter JORDAN, james
McFarIefu. ana Ju-euh Murcn VIM. .
Murch, ed Elias lord: Samuel BUnsey,