Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-26

said he was Waldo Richards M Wor. ..
ter r'iatNc OF the deceased Governor
AND would like TO see his grave s,,nt
o,a pro1 , WIN him to the tomb
remained Of his departed kinsman NJ
Stevens hronched the matter of a nnrtra;,
10 him. and he put the superintendent in
| the way of obtaining IT tkro,i.h inooi H.
kcnnicut Of Worcester, who wits the ey
ccutor Of an estate In the Lincoln fnp,;i,
which contained portrait of the C;or.
ernbr,
Nathan Cltier IL F'armington. was Gov.
trnor in 1S-s. and two of his sons are Nv
ing. Hon. Isaac NJ. Cutler of I,oston. and
John Lane Cutler Of Florida. The latter
visits Augusta annually. where he IN
| friends, and is an old man in sorncwhh
feeble health. The brothers have nrr
scntcd the State with a portrait Of thci,
! father
| A niece Of ]. G. llunton Of r, aaiie,a
who was Governor in lSa. was found in
Turner. Her name is Mrs. I.orin-
Parrher
Mr.. Stevens has carried on much cor
relatives Of The late Governor Samuel &.
Smith 81 Misrhssct. The second grand
children are now living at the old Smit !.
homestead in Wiscasset. Hon. j. G. Moore
OF Thomuston. is relative: also Chief
Justice Melville Fuller.
T.. \. Dunlap. son OF Robert p Dun
iap of brunswick. who was Chief Exocu-
tive in 1884. now resides in that town and
Mr. Stevens mas correspondent with him M
John Fairfield of Saco. who was Coy
crnor in l&v and aSa:n i'll 1873. and
afterwards elected TO the United States
Senate. left a son. liampden Fairfield OF
Saco. who is II practicing attorney in that
city and president of The York National
Bang.
The widow of Edward Kent of Bangor
Governor in ISIS. still survives and re-
sides in Denver. Col. and she has a son
in business in that city. She was visit
ing at Castine. last summer. She vii.
81 nftv
Edward kavaEaush of Newcastle, act
ing Governor in 1915. left no direct de.
scendants. He has a brother who lived
and died in Lincoln county. The neares-
relatives of Edward now reside in Dam.
ariscotta
Hugh J. Anderson of iielfast. who
served the State as Governor. iSfi-i5 had
three sons who now reside in Portland
anu they are now having portrait Of
their father made
John ". Dana of Frycburg. Governor
III 1871, is survived by Il daughter. Mrs.
Henry HYDE Smith. who resides in Bos-
father.
Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard OF New York,
is The son Of Coy John Hubbard Of Hal
IN senrcnii1g for The descendants Of
! nited States senators. Supt. Stevens has
been moro Or less successful John
were the first men to take their seats In
the Senate from Maine. That was In ls90
No trace Of the descendants of the fGI'-
mer can be found. Mary Ann Chandler,
very old lady. now residing in Mon
mouth. is a distant relative of the de
ceased. Wm. NJ. Stratton. for many years
clerk of courts Of .cnnebec county. mar
rcd his grand daughter. and Joseph II.
tlapp, Formerly Of Augusta. married
second grand daughter. There tx por-
trait of the senator now said to be hang
ing in the custom house at Portland.
Helen y. Gilman of Portland. has been
of material assistance, MIR Stevens in
his Investigations. She knew Cows. Lin
coin and Paris and Senator Holmes. and
remembers them well She visited the
State House the past summer and in
conversation with the superintendent told
him about the first carpet that ever coy
cred the floor of the rotunda. 1t was
made by the ladies of Augusta, and she.
Il girl. assisted
Al traces of the descendants of Pelcg
Sprague of Hallowcll. who was senator
from 1929 to Is inclusive. have been lost.
1t was Learned that he went to aBth to
practice law and thence to California.
where he disappeared. This but illus
tratcs how fleeting is fame and honor.
Here is a man who achieved the emncncc
Vi Z seat in the United States Senate. but
other than tie fact that his name appears
in the list Of senators he is forgotten
Wyman y $ No Moor Of WaterviIle.
pointed BY the Governor He has the
following grandsons who are known to he
living and who will supply the State with
Heath Of Watervllr. Sidney Moor Heath
Of Hoquiam. Wash. ana Dudley ". Moor
of Toledo. o.. the latter being in the real
estate business i'll that city.
John RuEgles of ThomaSton- was Scna-
tor. 1S}5-N. His son John now resides i'll
that town. of the relatives of George
Evans of Gardiner senator. l~il-f.. one
of the ahleSt men Maine ever had, but
little can he learned. Mrs. Frank II.
PhippS. formerly of Augusta. now resid-
ing al the Springfield arsenal is Il distant
relative. and Mr.. Stevens has been in
correspondence with her about a portrait.
traits OF the early celebrities Of the judi
Ciary of the State. Irentiss Melcn Of
Portland. was the first chief justice, scrN-
ing from 1S3n to oct. -. 1894. Absolutely
no trace Of his descendants or relatives
can be found. In the case OF Nathan
Weston of Augusta. who was associate
Justice from 1870 to 1884 and chief until
1871 he was more successful. Through
Chief Justice Fuller he got on the track
of a granddaughter. Mrs. l.. -. Smith "a
Boston. and she is having Il portrait
made. Mrs. j. ". hathaway OF Nor
ridgewock, daughter of John Searlc Ten
lsa.,-s.. will present the State with u p"r-
trait Of her father Her husbands father
was an associate Justice 1873. lie was
Judge Joshua ". Hathaway and his p"r :
trait which she gave has already arrived
1T the State House. 1t is the picture OF
a man il tn. prime oi life. and is a work
Of art IL was painted from life. -lanGor
Commercial
Farmers Institutes will be held. TINS
week IN Sagadahoc county as follows: