The Republican journal., 1905-05-11
OBITUARY..

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| The body of Mark B. Elwell was found in
the South bay by the police boat yesterday
afternoon. 1t was taken to Briggs under
| taking rooms. Elwell had lived at 109 East
days ago. his wife and sister-in-law, Mrs.
| barstOw, going to Maine. He sent MS furn-
| lture on schooner to Belfast, and he was
| to follow Immediately The police say that
cries were heard off the lumber wharf of
Curtis Pope, on the South bay Tuesday
evening. In consequence of this story the
harbor police searched for drowned per-
son. and grappled the body of Elwell. How
ne got into the water is not knOwn.-BOs-
ton Globe, May 4th.
This is very sad case. MI. Elwell was
moving his household goods from Boston to
his old home in Northport and had that,
Tuesday, morning closed his home on
Newton street, his wife and her sister, Mrs.
Abbie A. Barstow, taking the morning train
for Belfast while he attended to shipping
the goods on the sch. Waterman, Oh which
he intended to take passage. it is supposed
that he attempted to board the vessel that
evening and fell overheard, as people heard
cries for help, but could not render assist
ance in time to save him. His body was re-
covered the next afternoon and taken to
Briggs undertaking rooms and his brother
Nathaniel of Boston was notified and
brought the remains to Belfast Saturday
Mark B. Elwell was born in Northport in
1856. the son of Alban and Julia Drink
water Elwell and is survived by his wife,
formerly George l. Gilchrest of Belfast;
four brOthers-Capt. Alban F. and Charles
of Northport, Osman of IslesbOr0 and Ma
thaniel of Boston, and sister, Mrs. Fannie
Rhoades of Northport. In early life he
sailed as mate for many years with Capt.
James Gilchrest of Belfast and married his
daughter in 1875. About 25 years ago they
moved to Boston, where be had been en-
ployed until two years ago by the sanitary
department of the city. They had one child,
who died in infancy. The funeral took
place in the Baptist church in this city Sat-
urday, Rev. E. S. PhilbroOk officiating, and
the interment was in the Gilchrest lot in
Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Flora B. Frisbee died at her home on
Union street last Sunday after long and
severe illness of consumption. She had
been practically confined to her bed since
January and bore her sufferings with re-
markable courage and grace. She was
born in Belfast % years ago last January,
the daughter of Stephen and Ada Pierce.
In Aug, 1902, she became the wife of Sum-
ner G. Frsbee, who died last March. She is
survived by her parents, Cher father is in
California y by three sisters, Mrs. Florence
Sylvester, and Misses Blanche and Maude
Pierce, and one brother, Kingsbury Pierce.
The deceased was an Industrious, capable
girl with a sunny and pleasant disposition
and had large circle of friends. With the
exception of Is months employment in the
Taunton, Mass, hospital she has worked in
the Belfast shoe factory and was employed
there when taken i'll. The funeral took
place at her late home Tuesday at $50
O'Clock, Rev. j. W. Hatch officiating Fol-
Through all the pain at times she'd smile,
A smile of Heavenly birth, and when the
Angles called her home she smiled
farewell to earth.
Heaven retaineth now our treasure,
Earth the lonely casket keeps,
And the sun beams love to linger
Where our darling loved one sleeps.
lowing is a list of the flowers: pillow with
the word Flora from father and mother;
crescent with word sister from sisters and
brother; pillow from shopmates; spray
from Alta Huff, Lottie Davis, Edith Gil
lum and Mary Coombs !; bouquet of % roses,
Fred Sylvester; bouquet of pinks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Frisbee; bouquet of % pinks,
Tain Smalley; bouquet of pinks, Mrs. P. G.
,Coombs, Mabel Coombs, Wilfred Coombs;
bouquet of pinks, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer S.
Whitehead; bouquet of % pinks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Darby; bouquet of pinks, Mrs.
Marsano; bouquet, Miss Annie Going bou-
quet of pinks, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Coombs
and daughter Madeline; bouquet of pinks,
Mrs. NJ. S. Pullen, Mrs. j. w. Knowlton,
Mrs. Z. S. Webber, Mrs. Elvie Jewett, Mrs.
A. L. Knowlton bouquet of pinks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. A. Blodgett, MIR. Eugene f.
Swift; bouquet of pinks, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Leroy Harding; bouquets, Mrs. Ella Jell-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Webber, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Bray; % pinks, Mrs. w. 0.
Colby, Alma F. Colby; roses, Mrs. Will
Weshee; roses and pinks, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
A. Weber, Harriet Black; pinks. Mrs.
NeolBld FldSS JeukS IoStS, MIS-. ETLeSJ
Burgess, Mrs. G. c. Rowe; % pinks, Mrs.
Lewis Cannon, Miss Harriet Bubur; bou
quet, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Webber.
Mrs. Sarah E. Ordway died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Morrill,, in
Rockport, May 4, after an illness of five
weeks. She was born in Belfast September
l, 1880, a daughter of the late Erastus V. and
Sally Freeman, and was the widow of
Xenophon Ordway, who died in 1886. She
was sister of the late Erastus d. Freeman,
for many years ship carpenter and farmer
in Belfast, and was the last of her fathers
family to pass away. She leaves two sons
and two daughters, Josiah and Lewis Ord
way of Providence, r. l., Mrs. Inez Mar
shall of Belfast, and Mrs. Cecil Morrill, of
Rockport; also seven grandchildren. Fu-
neral services were held in Rockport Fri
day forenoon and the body was brought to
Belfast for interment in the family lot in
the Perkins cemetery, where brief services
| 1uoro onnductod nv Rev f. s. Phi1hrook