Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-21

saiee n. orinoie, no children; he died
May IS, 1857.
3. Benjamin, born June 1, 1876; mar
ried Polly, daughter of Rev. Jonathan
Fisher, Nov II, 1929; she was born Feb. 70
lsoS; died in 1878. He died May %, 1873,
in his seventy-seventh year. He and his
family resided in the old house, which is
still owned and occupied by his children.
He was carder of wool and dresser and
fuller of wooden cloths. He was deacon
OF the Congregational church for many
years and man of piety and high stand
| ing. He had six children as follows: viz:
l. Mary Louisa Mason, born August l5,
1880; married Samuel E. Kimball
2. Harriet Elizabeth, born Oct. 2, 1892;
twice married.; first husband, Jeppe
knudson; second, Reuben Morton; now
widow at homestead.
3. Sarah Fisher, born Sept. %, 1884;
married Otis Hinekley; died Oct. 20, 1897.
4. Henry Martyr, born Aug, %, 1887;
resides at the old homestead.
8. Elvina Stevens, born Aug 20, 1889;
died Oct. 25, 1889.
6. Albert Cole, born Sept. IS, 1912; re-
sides at the old homestead.
The fourth child of Theodore and Dor
cas- Stevens was Lydia Faulkner, born
May %, 1888; married Simeon Parker,
Nov. 4, 1918, by whom she had three chill
dren, Simeon, Simeon and Maria, ali
dying in infancy. She died in 1860. The
fifth child was Lucretia, born March IS,
1901; died March 81, 1901. The sixth child
was Elvina, born May 7, 1902; married
Joseph Hinckley; had one daughter,
Lizzie, now dead. She died Oct. s, 1901
The seventh child was John, born June
IL, 1904; married Mary Jane Perkins OF
Castine. Both are dead; their family rec
ord previously given.
THE NATHAN ELLIS HOUSE
was built by Mr.. Ellis in the early part of
1900, probably as early as 1910. Nathan
Ellis was born in Bellingham, Mass, in
March, TIT. He married first, Mary Bass,
Aug. IA, 1901. She died April 10, 1904,
leaving one son, Vespasian, born at the
Falls, Jan. IL, 1902, who was town clerk
many years and died at an advanced age.
ANdthdh DidiEttu, ottOlu, Ddily
osgood, March IA, 1910. She died Dec. 7.
1874, and he married, third, Dolly B.
Newell, Oct 81, 1918. She was born Sept
10, 1888; died Feb. 6, 1860. The children
.of this family were.
BY first wife,
/. Vespasian, never married, born as
above stated.
By second wife;
2. Mary Bass, born March ., 1911; died
July 8, 1851.
3. Nathan, born Nov. 10, 1872; married
Susan Gardiner; died at Andover, Mass.
4. Lemuei, born Nov. %, 1914; married ,
/ died IN California.
BY third wife:
8. Reuben Newell, born Aug. %, 1885,
twice married; died at Somervilie, Mass,
in 1890.
6. Jonathan, born Nov 16, 1920; mar
ried; died in California.
7. Edward, born March l, 1922; died
Nov. 5, 1923.
s. Sarah Battell, born Aug. 2, 1928; died
in Boston, never married.
8. Elizabeth smith, born April 7, 1925;
married F. A. Holt; died in Boston March
IS, 1894.
10. Edward Henry, born May l, 1880;
went to California.
Nathan Ellis, head of this family, died
April, 1913, aged seventy-one years. He
was a member of the legislature, store
keeper, ship owner, many years town
clerk, and an exemplary man There is
none of the family residing in the town
at this writing, in 1905. After his death
and the removal of his children from
town, the house was occupied by various
parties, the last being Jonah
Dodge and family. The place was then
purchased by the town as site for the
new town hall erected thereon in 1895.
THE EBEN NJ. GARLAND HOUSE
opposite the town hall, was built by Mr..
Garland in the '40's. He was a shoemaker,
and there carried on his trade for a
number of years. He was soldier of the
Aroostook war in 1889, in the Blue Hill
company of which Nathan Ellis, jr., vas
the captain.
Mr.. Garland was born at Hampden,
Jan. %, 1920, came to Blue Hill when lad
and married Elvira Gregory, May q, 1910,
daughter of William and Edna Gregory,
born Nov. u, 1922. There were two chill
dren by this marriage:
/. William Albert, born May is, 1871;
died Aug 6, 1866.
2. Sarah Eliza, born March IS, 1s47.
Mrs. Garland died, and the house was
sold, Mr.. Garland removing from town,
but later he returned, purchased the Jo~
seph Osgood place, married a second wife,
but had no children by her. Both are
dead.
ITO be continued.
Value of Maine Farms.