The Republican journal., 1904-03-03
OBITUARY.

| died Thursday after long Illness, aG0O
sixty-fve. During the C,vll war ne conf
regiment. A widow and one son, Danforth
l.. Nash, survive him.
A better man never lived than Charles E..
Nash. He was not only a brave soldier but
| brave citizen as well. 1t is truly said of
him that ale never turned his back upon q
foe, but fought him in the open." He bore
conspicuous part in the count-Out, when
| blOOdshed was averted mainly through his
! coolness and courage. Years ago, seated
on the veranda of hotel in Plymouth,
| Mass, Capt. Nash gave to the writer and
sour George" the inside history of that
! affair, but enjoined strict secrecy, so that
! the story can never be told 1t was story
worth the telling In journalism and in
literature, Capt. Nash had made his mark.
In acknowledgment of his valuable ser
| vices to the schools of his adopted city a
schOOlhOuse erected in 1897 was named for
him. He was elected mayor of Augusta for
four successive terms and had previously
served as president of the city council. At
the time of his death he was putting
through the press The II .story of Augusta
| in two large octovo volumes, which will
| stand as an enduring monument to the
memory of the author. He spent upon it
| several years of the best part of his life,
deriving much of his material from labor-
GUS original Investigations.
Mrs. Belinda Bray died Feb. 18th, aged 81
years, at the residence of her nephew. Mr..
| Howard Moore of Frankfort. She was born
Aug. 9, 1906, in Prospect, Me-, and was the
daughter of Capt. Josiah and Abigail
Haynes Berry. Her father was captain of
| the Good Intent, well known Searsport
vessel. Capt. Berry died when Mrs. Bray
and her sister Wealthea were small chill
| dren. Her sister, Mrs. Wealthea Maria
| Mann, died in the west many years ago.
| She had several half brothers and sisters
| but only one is now living-Mr. Joseph
Massure of Winterport. Her brother, Mr..
George Massure, died just one week before
she did. Mrs. Bray had been for many
years member of the Methodist church
and consistent and devoted Christian.
; She was married several times and had
been widow for about 12 years since Mr..
Bray's death. She had no children, but
was tenderly cared for in her declining
years by Mr.. and Mrs. Moore. Mrs Bray
had pleasant and genial disposition and
made friends wherever she went She
was a very intelligent woman, a great
reader and always we'll informed in regard
to current events. Mr.. H. r. Dawson of
Monroe preached the funeral sermon, using
the text, ''lf man die, shall he live again. -
"Only a moment of dark,
| A dream of the tleeting night,
| And then the beautiful break of day,
And the quiet peace of the light.
And you found yourself where you longed
to stand,
In the calm repose of the Fatherland"
Mr.. Byron Cross, highly respected citi-
zen, died at his home in Knox Feb. 18th at
the advanced age of rs years, months and
| 13 days. Mr.. Cross was born in Knox,
June l, 1928, and had always lived there,
making farming his principal occupation.
In 1852 he married Miss Louisa Farnham,
who died in 1867. Their children are
Frank A. Cross of Los Angeles Cal.
! Charles W. Cross of Bangor Mrs. Julia
Curtis and Harland P. Cross of Knox the
last two with whom he made his home and
he was most faithfully and tenderly cared
for by them. Mr.. Cross was the last of a
family of eleven children. He was men,
/ Der of Unity Lodge of Masons of Thorn
dixie, charter member of Dana b. Garter
Post, G. A. r., of Freedom and an active
and constant attendant as long as his health
permitted also charter member of Rising
Sun Grarge, of East Knox, in which Or
ganization he always took keen interest
A beautiful floral pillow from the members
of the Post and Ladies Relief Corps testi-
fec to the esteem in which the departed
comrade was held. The funeral was held
at his late home Feb. 10th, Rev. E. E. Col.
burn officiating.
Annie B., wife of Wallace w. Shaw, died
at her house in Brewer Feb 2Sth, after a
brief illness. She was born in Belfast, a
daughter of Lucy A. (SmalI and the late
Albert L. Hall, and lived here until after
her marriage, when she and her husband
moved to Brewer. They have no children
She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband
and mother and one sister, Isa wife of Eu
gene Ellis. Mrs. Shaw had many friends
in this city, where her girlhood days were
spent. She was an interested and efficient
worker in the Relief Corps and Ladies
Aid Society, and did much to keep up the
interests in those organizations. The flu
neral was held at the home of her mother
on Bay View street, Wednesday afternoon
The funeral of the late Charles A. Pipel
was held at the home of his daughter, Mrs
Charles F. Wood, on Charles street Wednes
day afternoon, Feb. oath, Rev. G. E. Edget
officiating. The bearers were from Pheni,
Lodge of Masons: Chas. F. Swift, Mariol
E. Brown, John W. Jones and Adrian c
Tuttle. The floral offerings included ,
wreath of 60 pinks from the wife; pillow
with the word Father" from the children
bouquet from MIR. and Mrs. f. S. Pitcher
pinks from his sister, Mrs. Daniel Gibbs
bouquet of pinks from Mr.. and Mrs. N.
Piper and basket of flowers from Tara
tine Tribe of Red Men.
Erastus F. Whitney died at his home il
Friendship Feb. 18th. aged 70 years. II
was one of the Oldest and most respecte'
residents of that town. Mr. Whitney wa
born in Unity, Jan. 3, 1925. He had alway
beer Democrat and active in town an
county affairs. He leaves widow, thre
} sons md three daughters: W. A. Whitney
a seiectman of friendship Preston, who i
a dentist in Alaska; BiOn, a steamboat cap
: tain in Oregon; Miss Helen of Friendship
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