Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

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l. Roscoe, born July %, 1887 died July
"a, 1893.
2. Jane Medora, born March n, 1889.
3. Roscoe Green, born July 10, 1s41,
died in tine army July, 1852.
4. Flora Ann, born Sept. Z, 1S43; died
Jan. IS, 1871, at Surry.
8. Ezra Curtis, born March s, 1916.
8. Azor Colon, born July 8, 1913.
7. David Scion, born Aug. %, 1850; died
Sept. IL, 1889.
s. Eugene Howard, born Sept. IS, 1854;
died Aug. 1, 1858.
Capt. Ezra Dodge died Oct. II, 1876, and
his widow July 20, 1876. SO far az the
owned and occupied by their children at
this writing, 1908.
THE JOHN cIouaH PLACE,
on the west side OF the highway, is the
next to claim attention. The John Clough
house was built by him in 1922, the year
OF his marriage to Jane Limeburn OF
Brooksville, and in it he and his wife took
up their residence when married, as 1t had
been completed and furnished in antici-
patton Of that event. 1t is still standing
John Clough was the fourth child OF Asa
Clongh, ST., born Jan. q, 1877; stone
mason and farmer. He was for many years
highway surveyor of the town, and ac-
counted to be good builder and repairer
OF roads and highways.
The children of John and Jane Q.ime-
burner) Clough were as follows:
/. Rufus, born Dec. 30, 1923. He was
sailor and sea captain, married Margaret
Parker, foster sister OF the writer. He
was drowned in San Francisco, CAL, in
1855, by falling through a hole in the
wharf.
2. Joanna Allen, born Nov. s, 1926; mar
ried first, Capt. Peter Powers, OF Deer Isle;
second, Asa Hutchinson, OF the noted
Hutchinson family singers; third, Mr..
Bittenbender, of Chicago, ILL.,. where she
died in 1897, leaving three children by her
first husband. She, Almira Wood and
the writer were rivals in school at spelling
in the days when the spelling classes
stood ip row in front of the teachers
desk, taking their place. in the class ac-
cording to their proficiency and rank in
spelling, and one OF the three was usually
ut the head with the other two next in the
line.
3. Julia Ann Limeburner, born Jan. q,
1879; married Hiram Jones; had no chill
dren and died in California.
4. Ashman j., born May 30, 1879; mat
ried Sarah b. daughter of Ira Witham.
He was sea captain, lost at sea while mas
ter OF the ship "Romance OF the Seas" on
a voyage from China to San Francisco in
1854; the ship not being heard from after
leaving China.
5. Maria Louise, born March 8, 1881
married Otis Witham Nov. s, 1857, son OF
Ira and removed to California.
G. Margaret Jane, born March 9, 1888;
died August IA, 1884.
Z. John Russell, born May rs, 1888;
married Hattie V. Darling, daughter OF
Col. William II. Darling; he died few
years ago.
John Clough, father of these children,
died Oct. 10, 1883, aged eightysix years
and ten months, and Jane, his wife, died
Aug. IL, 1881, aged about eighty years.
The John Clough house is still owned by
his descendants, and there stands near it
small house built for and occupied by his
youngest son and family before the death
of the parents.
Hiram Jones, who married Julia A. L.
Ciough, was q sailor and sea captain, who
lived at one time with his wife's father
and after that in the Newton Slower house
near by. He died April 30, 1853.
THE MOSES CARLETON PLACE,
on the other side OF the road, nearly OPP
posite the John Clough house, is the next
TO be described. Whether Moses Garlic
ton built the house or not the writer can
not state positively, but be and his family
lived there after removing from the Allen
neighborhood, about 1880, to the time OF
his death in October, 1888, aged seventy
nine years. As his family record and his
tory has previously been given, further
remarks thereon are not needed here.
Jonah Dodge and family lived in this
house for few years before and after the
death of MIR. Carleton, and then removed
to the Colburn place on the shore OF the
"Little Bay" as already described.
The next occupant OF the house was
Capt. Samuel p. Holt, son OF Samuel p.
and Lydia (LowelD Holt, born Sept. 10,
1870. He married Mary Jane, daughter OF
Joseph jr., and Phebe (Holt) Osgood,
Aug. %, 1874. She was born Jan. 2S, 1920; |
died June 4, 1851.
He was brought up by his grandfather,
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came master of several Blue Hill vessels,
and died at the Sailors Snug Harbor,
Staten Island, New York, fifteen or TWEEN
ty years ago. His children, born in this
house, were Frank, born April 10, 1s45,
and Mary Jane, born March 81, 1850. After |
the death of his wife, Capt. Holt vacated
the house and it was bought and occupied |
by Ingerson McIntire, son OF Jeremiah |
and Lydia (Rnowles) McIntire.
He was born Dec, IL, 1922; married,