Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-07

100, THE SITE OF THE OLD MEETING
~ 1To,,sp re, THE MILL STREAM IN THE
VILLAGE, VIA MAIN STREET.
The next house below the meeting house,
according to the early recoilections OF the
liter was that in which lived Dea. James
ca,,ays and family. Dea. Savage came to
40 town to reside about 1900, before the
.,ooeting house had been completed, as is
.-,habIe and married, March Z, 1911,
Pptb. daughter of Israel Wood, son OF
Iossnh Wood, the first of the settlers of
the town. :.
she was born Nov. Is, 1T7s, and died
Noy d. 1855, aged eighty-six years. Dea.
lanes savage was born June %, t7s1, and
died June 3, 1877, aged sixty-six years.
The entry in the records OF the church re-
,stiup TO his death is as follows: "Dea.
James Savage, who was a member of this
church and an officer for many years, died
lime 3, 1871. Though OF modest and
retiring temperament, he walked with
,bs church consistent and conscientious
member, serving as deacon many years
with fidelity. His end was peace"
In the writer's early days he remembers
Dea. Savage as the bell-ringer OF the old
church, whom the boys thought won
serful man in his skill in balancing the
he'll upside down so truly during ringing
for services. The writer, with other boys,
sometimes climbed up the tower to the
belfry deck while the bell was ringing, to
try TO discover the secret OF how he bal
anced the wheel and bell SO nicely. He
remembers how the beifry shook as the
bellwheel revolved, the deafening noise
the bell gave out as its tongue changed
from side to side, and glad were they to
chamber down again.
He alsn remembers the good deacon and
family in their square pew on the east side
near the door, one-half u which was
shared with the family OF the writer's
father, and in which the writer sat with
them, in the days OF Father Fishers min
istry and that OF Rev. Albert Cole in
that house.
The family OF Deacon Savage, besides
himself and wife, consisted of the follow
ing children:
l. w h&latu1 WV. 1916 uith
Nov. q, 1913.
.. Phebe Wood, born Sept. 6, 1915; mar
ried Frederick w. Darling.
g. Nathan Parker, born July Is, 1877;
removed to Bangor.
4. Sally Ann, born Aug. Z, 1920; mar
RED Ichabod Grindle.
5. Rebecca Tsnney, born July q, 1s22;
married John Stillmsn Friend.
In the house with the Savage family
lived Mrs. Lois Parker, the widow of Ezra
Parker, and sister of Mrs. Savage.
Mrs. Parker (maiden name Lois Wood,
daughter OF Israel Wood was born Feb
6, 1775, married Ezra Parker, Dec q, 1871
She died Dec. 81. 1861, aged nearly eighty
seven years. Ezra Parker was born July
Is, 1857, supposed at Andover, Mass, and
died July II, 1918, aged fifty-one years
They had one child, Kimball, born April
2, 1872; died Jan. 81, 1920.
After the death OF Dea. Savage, F. A.
Darling, who had married Phebe Wood
Savage, daughter OF the deacon, lived on
the old place, took down or rebuilt the
old house into two stories and occupied II
until his death.
Mr.. Darling was the son OF Jedediah and
Lydia (stinso7l Darling, born Oct. /, 1915;
married Phebe Wood Savage, Feb. /, 1888,
TO whom were born the following chill
dren:
l. Augusta NJ. p, born June I, 1899;
died Jan. n, 1883.
2. Ellen Ann, born Oct. %, 1912.
3. George F., born June 2, 1915; died
June %, 1878.
I. Frank Rimbali, born Jan. IS, 1854;
died June 3, 1875.
Mr. Darling taught school in his young
or days, and the writer was one of his
scholars; in after years he was a stone
cutter He died few years ago, but the
mouse in which he lived still stands.
The opposite side OF the road had no
mouse upon it from the earliest recollec-
lions OF the writer until the Blue Hill inn
was erected thereon, but according to the
records it would appear that Joseph Wood
ana perhaps his sons were owners OF a
part OF the land thereof.
Next to the house of Dea. Savage stood
the story half brick house, on the
brow OF the hill looking toward the vii
iage, belonging to DIR. Nathan Tenney and
Atniiy IN the writer's boyhood.
from the reading of the town records in
eonhection with action taken towards
building the meeting house, one may in
ier that at that time Col. Nathan Parker
owned the land hereabouts and lived in
mouse standing near the spot ON which
the Tenney house was erected in the early
part oil 1900; just what year is unknown
70 the writer. Col. Nathan Parker was
from Andover, Mass, as will be remem-
oered by those who have read the account
u the settlement of the town near the
rams by the writer, and his marriage to
Niafy Wood, daughter of Joseph Wood,
on Dec. 20, 1884, the first solemnized in
Tue town. His family record has already
been given.
W. Nathan Tenney was native of
bradford, Mass, born May %, 1863; came