The Republican journal., 1905-07-20
OBITUARY..

ness, July IS, 1906 Mr.. Woods, the Oldest
| son of the late Colonel Moses and Elizabeth
| McGray Woods, was born in Unity Novem-
| months old Mr. Woods received his edu-
cation in the common schools and at Sears
| port Academy and on the death of his father,
| who was in business at ''The Head of the
| Tide this city, in 1910, he taught two or
three winters but quite early in life entered
| the store with the late Prescott Hazeltine,
where he proved an efficient clerk and where
he remained until about 1850, when he or
ganized "The Mutual Store in the Allyn
block on Main street and was the first to
adopt the motto of "Quick sales and small
| profits" which has revolutionized business
not only in this city but throughout the
| country. In 1856 he with the late Noah NJ.
Mathews bought the stock of the Mutual
| Store and continued the business under the
name of "Woods Il Mathews" The busl-
ness proving successful it was enlarged IN
| til Just before the civil war when the late
| Capt. Chas. Baker was admitted to the firm
| and the name changed to Woods, Mathews
; Il Baker. AT this time the business was
greatly enlarged by adding the buying and
shipping of large quantities Of hay, pota-
toes, wool and other farm products and was
successfully carried on until $780, when the
death of Mr. Mathews occurred and Mr..
| Woods retired, leaving his son-in-law, L. 7.
| Shales, the present mayor of Belfast, in the
firm. which became Baker x Shales. Some
| time after Mr.. Bakers death Mr. Shales
took VIM. Follett to partnership, and the
| firm is now Shales x Follett Mr.. Woods
was Republican in politics and voted for
the national candidates of the party from
Fremont to Roosevelt He represented the
city in the Maine legislature, and for sever
al Years held the office Of county treasurer
and filled the positions with honor and with
the approval OF all parties. He was also a
| director OF the Belfast d Moosehead Rail
| road and one of the incorporators of Belfast
| Savings Bank. He was married quite early
in life TO Miss Celia j. Frye, with whom he
| lived hfty-one years, She having died in
May, 1901. His only child, Emily, married
Mr.. Shales and died in 1896, leaving
| daughter, Mrs. Alice Hayford, and a son,
Arthur Shales, who survive him. OF his
fathers family of seven children but one is
left, Mr.. Henry j. Woods, formerly a resi-
dent OF this city, now of Newton, Mass.
While the deceased never made a publci
profession of religion he was always identi-
fed with the Methodist church and for
years was one of the trustees and was in
terested il its success and contr iouted to
its support. Honest in mis- dealings, faith
full to his duties and conservative in his
views he will be remembered by the older
inhabitants ss one who always had the in
terests OF his city at heart and will be
| missed from their councils. The funeral
services were at his late residence Satur-
| day, July 10Th, and were conducted by Rev.
j. W. Hatch of the Methodist church. The
number in attendance as we'll as the many
iioral offerings testified to the esteem in
| which he was held in the community. The
| nterment was at Grove cemetery.
| Miss Mildred Munroe, oldest daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. L. g. Munroe of Ihorndike,
/ died at her home, June %, 1906 after an i'll
ness which lasted about one year. She was
| born April 8, 1886, and lived at home, at
1900, when she went to Searsport to enter
| the High school, remaining there until she
completed the course with honor, gradual
| ing with the class of 1901. Miss Munroe
| was possessed of many sterling qualities of
| young w0manhOod, which endeared her,
| not only to the members of her own family
and her schoolmates but to all her friends
| md, int hn Of
! 1901, in a series Of meetings conducted by
Miss Nellie Thompson, the evangelist, in
| the NJ. L. church in SearSpOrt, she was led
into the Christian life. She held her faith
| with an intelligence that was quite re-
markable for one of her years, requiring
for herself at every advance step the rea-
son therefor. AS her sickness kept pro-
| longing itself it was trial to her to think
that she might not be able to give hersel f
to the work of life, with all the charm that
it had for her spirit, but her faith stood her
in the great experience, for she believed
that she might serve some purpose of her
! Master in another world. In this faith she
comforted her family and went on peace
| fully and hopefully to the better world,
where "His servants shall serve Him and
they shall see His face, verify, of such
is the kingdom of heaven" According to
her request nearly all her classmates were
able to be present at her funeral, the service
at which was conducted by Rev. T. P.
Williams of the Searsport Cong'l church,
July l, 1905.
Elizabeth Winston Thompson Of Clayton,
New Mexico, died June 18th after a dis
tressing illness of seven weeks. Mrs
Thompson was born in Princeton, KY, in
1875. She graduated from Hanover College,
Indiana, in the class of 1893, the youngest
girl that had ever graduated from that col
lege. That year she accompanied her
mother to New Mexico, where both were
engaged as teachers. In 1899 she married
in Albuquerque Albert W. Thompson, son
of the late Horato p Thompson of Belfast.
She was. loved and respected by host of
friends He sweet submission to her great
suffering and her trust in God gave COM
fort to her bereaved mother and husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson were both men,
bers of the Congregational church of this
city and in her visits to Belfast Mrs.