Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-24
GEORGE KENDALL
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for him to note the birth. CROWN to
MANHOOD and death, where there has
been death, of every citizen of the
place. Those who preceded him in Fair
field can almost be counted on the
fingers. while those who have followed
untl yesterday. number thousands. He
was truly patriarch among patri-
| archs, ana a rare treasure for anv
| town.
The story of this memorable life has
oughly That there scarcely seems 'n anv
| need OF tell isnit again. but ID win be
done briefly. George Kendall was horn
~ h,i si anr;, Or men ,s{o known as kendals
! recorded, so there is no mistake. lie w,,s
the son OF the famous General William
hendaii' W, Who settled in and founded the
towm u, IN. i I General Kendall was pre-
teded Dy Jonas Dunton. who was engaged
In constructing the first dam ever thrown
across the kennebec and who sold hi;
rights s to General I,,r Kendall. who completed
These stood near the present power sta
ton of the Waterville & Fairfield Rail
way K Light Co. and were the naclels
n ,t fairneid well-known group of mills
that gave the place its first name
General Kendall married Miss Agebell
Chase OF Pishon's Ferry. on Christmas
day. l1S2 and took her to a small log
La
prospecting in his business he constructed
comfortable frame house on the corner
OF what arc now Newhall and Bridgc
George Kendall was born General Ken
dali later built q brick house on the sam.
location ana this stood until within a few
Years wnen IL was torn down to give
b. Page
In 1884. George Kendall married Mis-,
LOUISA Hunt of Clinton. Two boys blessed
the union, one dying In infancy and the
other growing to manhood. When Is
years old he mysteriousiy disaDpeare1
from home and no trace of him has ever
been found IT is not known now whether
he Is alive but II he Is he is now - wears
old. This saddened the lives of his pa
rents and was bitter grief 10 his father
al these years.
Mr.. Kendall retained his faculties to q
paratiVely short ume. He east his vote
for the Republican party IN the Septem-
get out to the November election. Hc
was RepIblican from The rganiZa ton
Of the party and before that Il Wing.
lie was never known To change and was
one OF the strongest party men of III"
State. II was memorable occasion when
on that bea ltiful September morning as
sisted by his nciphhors he rode To the
polls and unassisted marked his ballot
ana placed IL In the box for the last time
lie was then 100 years and l months uId
Until within little over q year he WIS
seen on the streets almost every pleaSdQt
day and was q familiar character. IT was
his custom To go To tho barber shop eV-
cry Saturday for shave and he ALWAYS
walked. He did this until he was over 80
years old. when a sick spell greatly en-
ieebled him aud he was Obliged 10 remain
at home more closely. He moved about
the house unassisted however, ana car
ricd in wood from the shed almost every
day until within a few months Of HIS
death. lie was also accustomed 10 split
wood until his relatives hid his axe for
fear of his njuring himself.
lie received many callers on his lt0th
birthday anniversary and many rela
He received congratulations from all
sides and seemed 10 enjoy IL all. 1t was
his ambition to become a centenariitn.
and when that desire was satisfied he
seemed 10 fail more rapidly.
During the fall he had been gradually
growing more feeble and IL was seen that
he probably could not survive another
winter. lie was Il remarkable man, not
only physically hut mentally lie con-
dacted his own business unassisted until
within about Il year of his death. when
a qua rdiln was appointed. His whole
life was spent in the most arduous labor,
mat of lumberman and farmer. on the
death Of nis father he ana his brothers
conducted the business Of numbering.
trading ana farming and this was later
conducted by MIR. Kendall alone. He
heWed q fortune, as fortunes were reck-
oned in his day. out OF the Maine wilder
ness and was one of the principal found
erS of large. prosperous town. Now.
Just as his beloved place is on the eve of
the most prosperous times she has ever
spected by all. \ sturdy New Englandcr
worthy of his State and nation, q man of
the kind that makes Names best prodact
her sons