The Republican journal., 1903-06-18
OBITUARY.

Cart George w. Roberts died suddenly
of heart disease at his home on Miller street
June 18th He attended to his work in Grove
Cemetery as usual Friday, cleaning and re-
pairing the tools and machinery in the after
noon. He was taken sick at 10 O'Clock and
died at noon the next day. Capt. Roberts
was born in Belfast, son of the late John
and Christiana Roberts. He followed the
sea "a years, and had command of number
of coasting vessels, including the schooners
D. K. Arey and Mary Elizabeth of Belfast
and vessels owned in Boston and Portland,
After returning from the sea he worked
few years as a rigger in the shipyards OF
Belfast and Rockland, and for the past %
wears has worked in Grove Cemetery He
married Lydia Wood of Belfast, who sur
wives him, with one adopted daughter, Miss
Abbie Roberts. They had four children. all
deceased. He leaves one sister. Mrs. Caro-
line Warren of Islesboro. Capt. Roberts
was an honest, industrious man and good
! citizen The funeral was held at his late
home Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Geo. S. Mills
oficiated and Mr.. and Mrs E. S. Pitcher
and Miss Marion Wells sang. The floral
offerings were as follows: basket of flowers
from Llewellyn and Freeman NJ. Wood;
crescent, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Brooks; bou-
quets, Miss Ellen Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Mendall, Mrs. John w. Nash, Mrs.
Ralph Written, Mrs. Isaiah Cross, Mrs. b.
II. Knowlton; baskets of flowers, Mrs.
Adrian Moody and Mrs. Elisha Nash, Mrs.
George White, Miss Abbie Roberts and
Franklin Smith, E. II. and NJ. R. Knowlton !;
pinks, Miss Bertha Blake, William Thurs
ton, James F. Fernald; bouquet and sheaf
! of wheat, Mrs. George w. Roberts.
William Cross Williamson died June 18th
| in Weston, Mass. He was the second son
| of Joseph and Caroline (Cross) Williamson,
and was born IN Belfast, January 81, 1881.
| He graduated at Harvard College in 1852,
in the class with Joseph Choate, the pres
| ent minister to England, Prof James Brad
ley Thayer, Dr. David W. Cheever, and
others since distinguished in professional
life, all of whom became his warm and life
long friends. Upon leaving college he en-
tered the Harvard Law School, receiving
which he began the practice of his profess
sion in Boston, where he always resided
He was a member of the city council in
1859 and of the school committee for a
number of years. He was president for
time of the school committee and devoted
great deal of time and thought and gave
very valuable work to it. His tastes were
ta1ant Of
order and, like his older brother, he found
ais recreation and greatest pleasure among
his books. His visits to Belfast had been
infrequent of late years, but he ever cher
ished ID warm feeling for his birthplace and
kept up a strong interest in all which re-
| lated to its history and its progress. Mr.
Williamson leaves a widow and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Henry H. Edes of Cambridge, and
one sister, Mrs. Robert Willard of Cam
bridge He had removed with his family to
Weston for the summer. They had been
| there every Summer for some years and he
| is to be buried in the cemetery there.
| Mrs Margaret S. Whtcomb died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Georgia Woos-
ter, on Union street. June 10th, at the age
of 6S years and / month. She was born in
Waldo, daughter of the late John and
| Margaret S. Robertson, and was the widow
of John Whitcomb. She leaves one son,
| Charles f. Nhitcomb, of Gilt Edge, Monta-
ma, and one daughter, Mrs. Wooster. One
brother, Joseph Robertson Of Cityp oint sur
wives her.
Mrs Dolly Larrabee died at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Dora Larrabee, r
! Church street, June 10th, at the age of IS
years and months. She was born i'll Stock
ton, a daughter Of the late jeremiah W. and
! Susan ellis Staples, and was the widow of
+, David Larrabee. She leaves one son and
! one daughter. Jefferson Larrabee of Brock
| ton, Mass, and Mrs. Dora Larrabee of Bel
| fast; also two step-daughters, Mrs. Mary
Roberts and Mrs. Sarah Merrithew of Bel
I fast She leaves five brothers, Isaac, Jesse,
| Wilson and William Staples of Belfast. and
Joseph of Stockton Springs. The funeral
| Will be held in Stockton Springs this, Thurs
! day, afternoon.
Mrs Hannah Shea died recently in Port
| land and the remains were taken to Rock
, land for interment. The deceased was for
merly resident of this city and was the
widow of the late John Shea. From Bel
fast they moved to Rockland some years
ago.
Belfast Weather Report.