Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-12-06
rnE MARnLr rAnKER rLAcr


is the next, the house, barn and farm all
living on the right Or eastern side of the
old stage road, with a back pasture and
wood lot beyond the Candage and Sinclair
pastures and mill island already spoken
Of. This description fits a time seventy
years ago when a gsmbrel-roofed house
stood upon the site Of the one now stand
ing. with well curb and old style sweep
located short distance from it.
What year the old house was built cnn-
not now be determined, but twas some
wears before 1900. The lot OF land that
went with Il was probably taken up by
Peter Parker, sr.. who came from Ando-
yer, Mass, to Blue Hin In 1865. He was a
brother OF Col. Nathan and Robert Parker,
and was born at Andover Jan. s, 17l1 !;
married phebe Marble June 8, 1865. She
was born July -, iTii; died Oct. /, 1906.
He died October %, 1872, aged eighty-one
years, ten months and twenty-threc days.
Their children were as follows:
l. phebc, born April "a, 1857; died May
3. i7a5.
II. Serena, born August -. 1858; died
October ~, 1871.
Ill. Peter, born October II, 1869; married
Sally, daughter OF Jonathan Darling Sept
10, 1T9i; she was born April "a, 1863; died
october 10, 1885; he died April 30, 1855,
aged eighty-five years and five months.
N. Hannah, born February 10, III;
died October q, 1855, aged eighty-four
years, ten months.
" susannnh, born July "a, 1772; mar
ried Jonathan Ellis September ii, 1875;
had four children, Jonathan, Charles,
Almira and Amos Hill she died August
II, 1893.
VI. Marble. born July /. iT75; MARI d
Hannah Loyeiey.
VII. Mary, born April l, TIT; died July
S, 1913.
VIII. Isaac, born May 3, 1872; married
Hannah Carter.
TX. Joanna, born May 6, 1874; married
Israel Wood, ir.
Marble Parker was the sixth child OF his
parents, born July /, ITS; married Han
nah Lovejoy, September II, 17eS. She was
born October is, IT'S; died July i3, 1877.
He died December II, 1885, of cancer, aged
nlnety-one years. He was tall, OF large
frame and coarse features, with promi-
nent Roman nose. His wife, on the con-
trary, was short OF stature, diminutive in
size and OF delicate figure. The writer's
father said of her: 'she is very short when
standing but tail as the average woman
when sitting" Another way OF express
ing the fact, that her body was OF the
usual length, bat her limbs we're very
short. MIR. Psrker's voice and presence
were not magnetic, but repclled children
Of the neighborhood, while Mrs. Barker
had mild, persuasive voice and q winning
smile that were attractive.
Mr.. Parker had in his orchard by the
road, with branches hanging over the
fence, an apple tree that bore very early,
toothsome fruit. One day boy passing
along picked up an apple from the road
side that had fallen from that tree. Mr..
Parker saw him, called out to put it back,
and then berated the boy for stealing,
which wounded to the quick and left Its
sting in the wound. The boy had been
taught that apples lying ON the roadside
were free to passers, and he had no
NHDlEnk IuAl me- was a. tFlfnt
by taking one or more from the ground.
He told his companions of the occur
renee. They took his side of the question,
and IL was arranged between them that
they would go and gather the fruit OF that
tree the next night. With bags to con-
tain the apples, they assembled in the
darkness when all was quiet, stripped the
81 g. a ha.-
loft, secreted them, and at their leisure
teasted upon them. Shortly after that
event the boys met Adoniram Day, then
living at the Parkers, who related to
them that the Indians, then camping upon
Coughs shore, had come at night and
stolen all the apples OF that favorite tree.
The boys said 1t was too bad, but said
nothing more, though they had apples to
eat for weeks after. II was wrong for the
boys thus to have acted, but whether right
or wrong, they did what they considered
they were justified in doing-sugar catches
more flies land more boys) than all the
vinegar ever made from cider, or any other
acid.
The children of Marble and Hannah
Parker were:
/. William, boSn September IS, 17ss;
died September 30, 17ss.
q Serena, born August 10, 1873; mar
ried Charles Colbnrn.
g. Harriet, born November IS, 1901.
4. Leander, born January p, 1901; died
October 3, 1901.
.. Isaac, born July 30, 1905; married
Abigail Marshall Powers.
g. Sophia, born December 10, 1907; mar
ried George Robertson.
4 Augustus Granville, born August 7,
lsi2i married Dorothy FL. Powers.
g. Phebe, born June s, 1916; died May
%, 1877.
g. Phebe, born January 4, 1913; never
married, died in Massachusetts,.
10. Edith, born July Is, 1870; never
married, died in Massachusetts.