Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-12-26


died In 1870 at Phipsburg, We In after
years his remains were brought t Els
worth and buried in the Cong regational
| churchyard, VIII re monument erected
| by the ladies' OF Ellsworth marks his grave.
| A small grist mill was built on the river
| just below the water station, at the falls
on the west end, by Joshua Aaddocks, m
1884 1t was run several years, and then
| removed. Col John Black came into
possession of the mills on the lower dam
in 1920 These mills were burned In 1884.
He rebuilt them in 1885, also a clothing
mill The clothing mill was operated by
Henry Bowers for few years In 1850
the mills we're carried on by the sons of
Col Black under the firm name of Black
& Bros In 1859 they became the prop
er,y Of Brown, Hopkins Il 60, who oper-
ated them 'or years. From them they
came into the possession of Seth Mill.
ken, Portland
The mills on the west emf OF this dam,
built by Joy & Fly, came into the hands
| of Jesse Dutton, from him to his son,
Samuel Dutton, thence to George N. Black,
thence to H M. & B. Hall.
Seth risdale built the mills on the fve-
saw dam in 1910 The mill on the west
end of this dam was built by B. F. Aus
tin in 1912 afterwards carried on by Enos
Woodward. Mr.. Tisdale also built the mill
on the burnt dam or water station in 1846.
This mill was burned in 1856 In 1904
large stave mill was built on this dam;
it was burned in 1861. On this dam are
now located the water works and electric
light station. Mr.. Tisdale also built the
mills called the "upper gang" at the Head
Of the Falls in 1S47, hich, after the death
of Mr. Tisdale, came into the pos session Of
Smith q Davis and from them to Whit
comb, Haynes & Co.
The mills on what is called the Hopkins
dam was built by Nathaniel Dunn in 1886,
and passed into the hands of George W.
Brown. The mill on the west side was
built by James Grant in 1913, and after
ward became the property of and was car
ried on by his son, Joseph r. Grant.
The mill W here H. M. q Hall oper-
ated, was first built by Joseph Woodman
in 1915. passing into the hands of N. J.
Miller 4 Co. and from them to FL M &
B. Hall The mill above the water station,
which was carried on by Roscoe Holmes,
was built by John True and Hamilton Joy
in 1866
Seth Tisdale was a native of Taunton,
Mass. He came to Ellsworth about 1920,
commenced business as carpenter and
builder, and afterward he went into the
lum bering business, which he carried on
on large scale, building mills He also
had other property in houses He built
the ship "Horizon" in 1854 She was
launched in the spring 1855.
njamin Mlllken built log house
where the old Bunker house now stands.
benjamin joys place or farm on the
bridge hill, where a LOG house was built
and occupied by him for years, John Tur-
ner's house was on Turner's hill, which
gave the nart to that hill
William Weymouth lived at Weymouth
Point, here he cleared the land and had
a farm. Daniel Treworthy lived on the
Surry road at what was afterwards called
| the Nourse place. Benjamin Davis built
house on the Surry road near the lane
leading to Bonsey's wharf. A house was
built on the western side of the river, by
Donald Ross, formerly known as the Ross
| house 1t was built on the lot and in the
John Black field to the southwark of
Turner's hill. This lot and house came
into the possession of John Black, who
built large wharf and store at the river.
These buildings were nearly west of In
dian point Col. Black lived here many
years, until he built the fine large resi-
dence on the west OF the Surry road in
1924. The old Tinker house was built in
1776.
There was built previous to 1870, store
by Peter Cove on the lot where the Han
cock house now stands, the old Jones
store, by Theodore Jones, at the corner OF
Main and Water streets about 1890 The
travel from village to village and from
town to town was on foot or on horse
back. The road through the woods to
| OriaDd was not opened till 1925,
| The communication between Ellsworth
and Bangor was by foot or horseb back, fol-
| lowing path or spotted line, till 1880,
when a carriage road was built, daily
mail esta blished, and passenger coach put
| on. Col Thomas was the contractor
Abner Lee being employed as agent.
| The first white man who settled at or
| near Branch pond was William Ring W no
settled near the Tyler place, SO called. His
farm extended to the pond During the
fem barge in 1912, the people in this vicin
| ity suffered from the loss of trade coast
wise, and from failure of crops There
was no w heat -four and very little corn
meal, and the people We're compelled to go
to extremes for food. The next year the
crops were large and enough was had for
| all
The Union river was a great fishing
| ground and spawning ground for salmon
The Indians and early settlers speared
them in the eddies and pools at the falls
Later, after the dams were built, the sal
mon began to grow less. There were no
| fishways to allow them to ascend the river.
| They were then taken in nets, made for
that purpose. These nets were seventy or
eighty feet long, seven or eight feet deep,
with wooden floats on the top line and
lead on the lower line The meshes in the
| net were about two and one half inches