Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-12-27

house and farm, the house upon it having
been built by Reuben Dodge, son of Jonah
Dodge, born at Beverly, Mass, Nov. is,
hi, who came to Bluehill in June, LISA,
and died in the town in 1888. His first
wife was Mary Edwards, born March
7, 17i9; married Feb. %, 1887; died July 30,
1851. Children by her born at Beverly
were as follows:
/. Jonah, born Nov. 10, 1873.
2. Abraham, born Feb. a, f7i1; died
July Is, 1741.
8. Benoni, born Feb. 4, 1741; died July
%, 1741.
4. Abner, born March s, 174s; resided in
Sedgwick; died Dec. 20, 1881.
s. Mary, born July 5, 1745; died July q,
1857.
8. Abigail, born Sept. is, 1850; married
Simeon Dodge, of waltham, Mass.
z. Benjamin, born March 10, 1853; died
Nov, 1854.
s. Sarah, born Sept. %, 1856; died Oct.
~, 1884.
Q. Abraham, born April 8, 1850.
Mr.. Dodge married, second, Sarah
Thorndike, May %, ITO; she was born
by the latter marriage were
10. John Prince, born Aug. 81, TN;
died July "a, 1927.
IL. Reuben, born Feb. 10, 1773; married
Sally Peters, daughter of John Peters, esq,
Jan. 16, 1887; she was born Feb. 2, 1850; died
Sept. 10, 1850, aged seventy years. He
died Dec. is, 1880, aged fifty-seven years
and ten months. He was town clerk for
twentyfour years; selectman thirty
one years; treasurer fifteen years,
and one OF the foremost citizens of the
town. He is supposed to have built the
house now standing at the beginning Of
1900, in which he and his wife resided
until their death, and in which the follow
ing named children were born to them:
/. Addison, born Feb Is, 1899; died Sept.
q, 1905.
2. Charlotte, born Feb. 25, 1900; married
Isaac Somes, of Mt. Desert.
s. Lucretia, born Feb. 8, 1902; married
Salvin p. Jordan.
4. Eivira, born April II, 1904; married
Jeremiah Nichols.
5. Sally Prince, born Dec. IL, 1905; mar
ried first, Capt Moses Clough; second,
Weston Merritt.
6. Addison, born Jan. 16, 1863; married
Mary Newell; drowned in Union river
June 81, 1854.
7. Julia, born Nov. q, 1910; married
William P. Abbott; moved to Illinois.
s. Mary Peters, born March %, 1913;
died Oct. %, 1915.
8. Reuben George Washington, born
March is, 1915; married first, Betsey j.
,Cheever; second, Laguira Morgan; third,
Caroline A. Allen. He died May %, 1886.
10. Mary Peters, born April "a, 1917,
married DIR. Lyman Hall.
IL. Almira Ellis, born Sept. 4, 1919;
married LIST Mr.. Lord; End George Somes.
II. Emily Walker, born August 25,
1921; married John Langdon and died
Dec. /, 1870.
10. Harriet Maria, born Feb. %, 1924.
Reuben George Washington Dodge sue
ceeded his father in occupancy and owner
ship of the house and place. He was an
influential citizen of the town, interested
in shipbuilding, in historical and genoa
logical research, etc, etc. He built the
bark "Antioch" upon the shore near his
residence owned at Castine, Boston, and
went to California, where she was sold and
ran in the lumber trade for some years and
afterwards wrecked. The bark ar. G. w.
Dodge" was named for him, in which he
was part owner, and he was also interested
in other vessels.
BY his first wife, Betsey Jackson, he had
four children, as follows:
1. Agnes jeanette, born Dec l, 1s4s;
died March %, 1859.
2. Anna Gardner, born Jan. II, 1852;
married a Mr.. Sawtelle; resides at Haver-
hill, Mass.
g. Sarah e. s., born Nov. 10, 1853.
4. George A., born June 16, 1855.
Child of Laguira Morgan, second wife:
5. Agnes L., born May 80, 1859.
Children of Caroline A. Allen, third
wife:
6. Amy Maud, born March 1, 1865.
z. Cora, born Nov. 10, 1867.
s. Ernest Fitz Allen, born Jan. 20, 1870.
o. Carrie McNair, born April ], 1877.
Mrs. Betsey Jackson Dodge died April
z, 1857; Mrs. Laguira Dodge Sept. 4, 1859,
and Mrs. Carrie Allen Dodge few years
ago. R. G. W. Dodge died, as before
stated, May 30, 1886. The house and place
are still owned by the Dodge heirs, who
use the house few months each year as
summer place. This completes the de-
.scription of the old places along the shore
road from the Falls district TO the village,
the other houses to the corner OF Main
street being of modern design and build.
THE cLoUaH AND FREDERICK PARKER
NEIGHBoRHooD.
Upon the right side of Clough's hill
stood for many years story-and- half
house painted red, with barn and out
buildings, owned by Asa Clough, ST., and
built by him when he first came to the
town about 1895, and torn down twenty
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