The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-06-01
OBITUARY.

OBITUARY..
Manly Ellis died at the home of his
daughter, Mittie NJ. Reynolds, in Brooks.
on May l, 1905, aged 65 years, months and
one Of a family of ten children Of Manly
and Louisa Ellis. When the deceased was
years of age his parents moved to Brooks
and located in the extreme south part of the
! town, on the farm now owned by Arthur 0.
/ Payson. Some of the older Mr. Ellis peo.
pie had preceded him in coming to Brooks
and the family have been among the leading
and influential citizens OF that and sur
rounding towns ever since. In early life
Mr.. Ellis married Mary, daughter of Jacob
and Cynthia Roberts, formerly well known
in Brooks, and was the father of six chill
dren, four of whom survive him, viz: Ralph
, Ellis, Mrs. Mittie NJ. Reynolds, and RAY
mOnd Ellis, all of Brooks, and Wallace FL
lis Of New York. Mr.. Ellis wife died in
; 1892 Mr.. Ellis also leaves six brothers and
Freeman W. Ellis Of Brooks, Mrs. Samuel
Quincy of Belfast, Mrs. Calvin }. Richard
son of Waldo, Mrs Ellen Moore of Brooks
and Miss Virginia Ellis of Lowell, Mass
Mr.. Ellis life had wholly been devoted to
farming, he having for many years owned
He had always been very healthy rugged
health began to fail He gradually grew
worse, and early in the past winter was
taken to the home of his daughter, where
he was kindly cared for until his death
and by industry, good judgment and
! frugality had accumulated a good property
which he disposed of by his will dated Jan
"a, 1905, and witnessed by Fred W. Brown,
Jr., George ii. Ryder and Fred L. Emmons'
i BY request the will, in substance, is print
ed as follows:
After the payment of my just debts,
funeral charges and expenses of admins
tration, | dispose of my estate, as follows
| First. To my son, Ralph Ellis of Brooks,
! Maine, | give and bequeath the sum of five
dollars and all sums due to me from the
| said Ralph Ellis.
| Second To my daughter, Mittie NJ. Rev
nolds of Brooks, Maine, give and devise
the farm owned by me, situated in Monr,
| Maine, and known as my lower farm. if
on condition that said Mittie NJ. Reyno Is
| shall pay to my son Ralph Ellis, above
named, the sum of one hundred dollars
within one year from the date of my del'h
| Third. To my sons, Wallace Ellis and
Raymond Ellis, l give, bequeath and de-
wise, my homestead farm, situated in Mon
roe, Maine, it being the same farm on which
| | now live, and the same | bought of
Nathaniel Evans, and all the rest. residue
and remainder of my estate, wherever stu
dleu. L he ABOVE property is gwen, devised
and bequeathed to said Wallace Ellis and
| Raym Ellis on condition that they each
pay to my son Ralph Ellis, above named,
the sum of fifty dollars each; and it is my
wish that the said Wallace Ellis and Ray
| mond Ellis, or one of them, shall continue
| to live on the farm willed to them and not
! sell it not meaning to make this binding
on them, but simply expressing it as my
wish
Fourth. | hereby appoint my daughter,
Mittie NJ. Reynolds of Brooks, Maine, sole
| executrix of this my last will and tesla
| required to furnish sureties on her official
| bond.
| Harlon P Wilder, who died at his home
| in Gardiner, Mass, May 23I, was born in
Belfast, Me, August 5. 1858, and was
anniversary of his brides birth, to Roxa L.
Gates. He leaves a widow and four
children: Louise, II; Lawrence. 9; Grace,
6; and Harriet, l. Their first child, Philip,
beautiful boy, died about 10 years ago
Eight years. ago Mr.. Wilder had a shock
and has not been robust since. Death was
| caused by an acute attack of Brights
| disease. The Gardiner. Mass, Press saws
of the deceased: "Mr. Wilder has spent the
most of his life among us, coming to Massa-
| chuSettS when u years old, and has lived
here since, with the exception of nine years
| in South Carolina; after returning he be-
came identified with the Oil Stove factory
and for some years was superintendent,
until his health became broken in 1897 ; but
| with all his trouble, enough to overWhelm
a stout heart, no one ever heard him COM
plain. He was always good natured, and
quite likely his drolleries, which many
| times seemed to be for our benefit, may
have been the weapon he was using to
drive away despair. During his final sick
ness he won the hearts OF physicians,
and all hv his and UopI
humor; many of his remarks were unusual
ly bright and witty, although he knew he
was not likely to recover. Mr.. Wilder was
a member of the First Congregational
church, and was superintendent of the
Sunday school for several years. Besides
his immediate family, he leaves a father
and mother, about so years old, who live
on the Wilder Farm, at the head of the Lake,
and brother, William IL. Wilder"
The remains Of Miss Delany Brown were
recently brought to Hope from Belfast and
deposited in the Morey yard where her peo-
pie were buried many years ago. She was
the daughter of Obadiah Brown, who may
be remembered by the old residents of Cam
den as once keeping Negro Island light.
Miss Brown had been unfortunate, first in
losing her mother when young and her fam
lily separating she going wherever her ser
vices were wanted then in losing her rea-
son she spent number of years in the
asylum She lived some years with IA Mrs.
Patterson in Belfast and after her death
with her daughter, Mrs. Simmons. But the
last four years she has been an inmate of
the poor farm. A niece came from Natick,
to attend the burial and pay expenses and
have stone erected. Her age was some
over SO.-Camden Herald.
Alvah Babbidge received news this week
of the death Of Frank G. Lancaster, who
was one of his comrades in the First Maine
Heavy Artillery. He died in Chelsea,
Mass, and the remains were taken to
Stockton Springs, where the deceased for
merIy resided.-Rockland Courier-G Gazette.