Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-21
.,,u ,osAH HOLT HOUSE AND PLACE.

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complete ana as cosfec. as poa..o,o' .-
THE JONAH HOLT HOUSE AND fhAoE'
nearly opposite the acaoeihy anu sun
standing, WIZ" "a a.;u "a a
back from 'he So. :. a,,,,,,osaa q,
notable place. -, C,,o,tera oho,,t
have been oui' W -.a,,.,;ad ~, Iorah
lSOO' NV .su,;,v later nv a Mr.. Guilford.
HON |un Alma II. Carter. and at this
then W 90 ,a and oceun;ed nv Cant.
wrlsins' ~ peters and family.
WliIia', s-asord ia first mentioned in the
Da"l9i "a T., ,7oo as having a store
town "a ~ the bav. and also in
near VIZ ,,,;,h Mr. Robinson as having
conhe'''ou =, ,he town landing. He
po'a'n '.aa,od IN the building of the
was ,,,,s. carved on committees con-
mee''ns .Lo~orith and when the floor
Pe"' -. No 10 He married. April
piu y" p,,aho peters daughter of John
IL -. Da.ara che was horn March IA.
o., II 5;ad Nav Ii. 1899.
40 f,..a,.a yoa horn Feb. 10. 17ss.
I, NOT stated. and removed to
W. - oho,t 1soa where he died Oct.
pu' soIo o,oa a;ybtv-six wears. He had
~ .hn5rop horn Mt Blue Hill. as
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Jonah Holt, esq, Is suppo'eu W nave
bought this place from Mr.. opohoru upon
his removal from town. Jonah hoit WIS
owner and occupant IN >the youth oi 'he
writer. lie was the son oi 1eueoiah anu
Sarah Thorndike HON. porn Nov y 400;
married, hrst' Eliza osgooo' aauehter Oh
Theodore ana Dorcas tossoouj Stevens,
Feb. q, ISL She WAS porn Lee o. i''N
ana uie" ein'' ~ 80. w woaox
ne '''ai' 90 -. - - .as 49,
Ma'Vu ~ 80 ,,,.,-a - NJ
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anu "ei '"'ne' 'i.u ~ e..
eh'S -siN S'A''' 'A'''
II, ,,.,s rerrosa,tat;ve IN the ,eg;s-
,o+r-e I, 1870 n man Of business activity.
s.oro r-aener and largely interested in
ooI-hniI5ing and owning He built.
oho,,+ ,sa5 the hr;ct block afterwards
rnown as the pendleton house. in which
he carried on business until near the time
Of bis death. His widow continued a
rssdept of the Mace for some wears after
his death and II was then sold to Albina
II Garter
AIbina Hall Carter was the sou of
Robart Oh and ABIGAIL Carter horn Dec.
2o 1sga. grandson Of Jobp and great
Grandson ~ Tbou,as IN earIv se,tlar ot
the town who resided on Blue Hill Neck.
he served In the war OF the rebellion. He
married Eunice M. Carter, by whom he
had the following named children:
/. Katie May, born May 16, 1866.
2. Mark Haskell, born July 10, 1867.
3. Wallace Hall, born Oct. Is, 1870.
A. Bert Leslie, born May IS, 1872.
5. Charles Sumner, born Feb. 4, 1874.
6. Son, born Dec 1880.
7. Herman A., born Jan. rs, 1882.
Mr. Carter d;.a on Ian 1897 His
widow and t.r,iI, continued 70 oo.rny
tho n,ooo o. - 80. - ~. So..h
and then it was sold to its present occu-
pant, Capt, William w. Peters.
Can't. Peters ia a native Of the town and
son Of Lemuel E. d. and Betsey (Wood)
Peters horr Deo % 1sas ua wss s.a
captain, retired, and with his wife and
daughter occpniss the n,ace Cant peters
is the grandson of John Peters. ESQ.,. one
of the early and influential settlers of the
town and nephew of Daniel Spofford,
whose wife was Phebe Peters, the builder
Of the house.
THE FREDERIC srILLMAN STEVENS HOUSE
upon the ,o,,.r o,rn., -, ~. 80 ,o,a;n,
"ei win VI WIG io"o ieauihs