The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26
FOUR GENERATIONS.
Annual Reunion OF mifliksn Family
ON fremont Street.

The annual reunion Of the Miliiken
family Of East Desring and Portland was
held yesterday OF the home Of Mr.. Lem
usl Milliken, fremont street. Desrfna
Centre. The party numbered 81 persons
aud represented four generations. The
family has held Il consecutive reunions
and the one held yesterday was In every
respect as happy an event 81 those OF
former years The father and great grand
father Of the family. Mr.. bora ce F.Miili-
ken and his sstimable wife, Mrs. Eliza
beth Millikeu, were the centre OF attrac-
ton, and the old folks seemed to enter
into the festivities of the occasion wi tn
the same zsst and interest a. did the
youngest.
Mr.. Horace u. Milliken was born In
scarboro, June 80, 1891. April 90, 1888
he moved to that part of westhrook which
afterward became Dsering and later
part of Portland. From 1851 70 1855 be
was an assessor Of taxes In the town OF
westbrook. In 1858 he had charge Of the
streets OF wsstbrook In the part that
later became Deering, and 10 was nnder
his direction that Pleasant street at
woodfords was laid out and built In 1858
When the street was built thsrs were
Just two houses on 1t. In 1859 Mr.. MILL
ken had charge of the laborers employed
on the Notifications at Fort Preble, re-
firing from that position to accept po-
sitioa as night inspector ct the Portland
Custom house where he served for long
term OF years, under the administrations
of Collectors washburp, Morrill, and Dow.
When the Portland Water company laid
It's pipes through the Deeripg district,
Mr.. Milliken was thu second In charge Of
the construction crew, Mr.. Dyer being
the chief oversser.
Mr.. Milliken's frst wife Is dead. Mr..
Miiliksn Ia hale and hearty and Is quite
an active citizen.
Among those present yesterday at the
reunion were the following sons and
daughters with their familiesi Mrs Re-
becca FRANCIS Crabtres and husband, I'd
ward Crabtree and daughter. Mrs. Carrie
Hanson and husband, Mr.. Harry Han
son; Mrs Sophia Cole and daughter,
Mrs. Annie Adie and husband. Mr.W. b.
Ad!e; Mrs. Allada Meader and husband,
Mr. b. W. Msader, their daughter Mrs.
Peter A. Feeney, and son, George Medsr ;
Mira Sarah Cobb, wife Of Councilman
Elbrldgs l.. Cobb. and their daughter
Mira Fannie Lang and husband, MIR.
George Lang, ard Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb's
son. Lewis Cobb; Lemuel Milliken and
wife, Mrs. Fannie Milliken and daugh.
ter, Miss Louise Milliken; Mr.. Leroy Ii.
Milliken and wife, Mrs. Carrie Miiliken,
with their children, Ralph, Emma and
Inez May.
or the children by the second marriage
there were present: Cynthia, wife OF
Edgar Z. Giles; Miss Bertha Milliken,
Mrs. Addie knight and husband. Mr..
Howard knight and ohildrsn, Madeleine
and Ruth.
A fine Christmas dinner was served a.
noon. During the afternoon these vas
u Christmas tree, heavily laden with
presents for old and young.
MIR. and. Mrs. II. +. Milliken were both
| well remembered by their children and
grand children, who left with them sew
eral tokens of the regard and esteem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Milliken's daugh-
ter. Mrs. Winnie Dalton. wife Of Mr. Ed
ward Dalton, now located in Central
City. COL, together with one other OF
the relatives residing in Bangor, wsre
the only ones not able to be in attsn-
dance.
Mrs Sophia Sawyer, wife Of the late
Simeon Sawyer. who was a sister OF Mr..
H. Il. Milliken's first wife, and 10 now
rs years of age. was also one of the guests
OF the occasion.