Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-19
MAINE PEOPLE.

his old comrades of the 10th and 10Th
Maine Regiment. They have not met
since mustered out of the service Mr.
Goold has lived in the South seven
years, but was formerly a resident of
SaCo.
Charles II. Rurnham, one of the old
est railroad men in the United States
aud Il veteran of the Mexican war who
died recently at the home of his daueh-
ter in R"Hbury, Mass, was Il native Of
Alfred, Me. lie was 81 years of age,
and his HE was filled with adventure,
which LcGan when. as a young man.
he left his native town to follow the
sea
\ family dinner party was given re-
Gently ny Sylvan Shurtlerf at his home
| i'll Portland iii honor OF his own birth
day AMI that of his sister, AIRS. Nancv
L. Whitman of South Paris, Mr.. Shurt-
left being - years of age and Mrs
Whitman II. The guests were Aretas
Shurtlcn, brother, ST years of age,
Mr. and Mrs George A. Shurtleff, Miss
Nellie a. Whitman ana Miss Emma
Shurtlcif of South Paris.
Mr.. Shurtlctf went to Portland in 1874,
and has been active in the commercial
| life of the city for many years. He
was born III Paris, August 3, 1925. His
sister. Two years his senior was born
on the same day Of the month, August
| 8. ,,aG His brother was ST last March,
These three ar" the survivors of a
family of ten children.
Henry \. MaSoun formerly OF Bath,
| has brl. selected as assistant to FRESH
don't Dctour@y May Of the New York
| Ship EuldinS company of Camden. N
IL. Mr. Masuun has been for the past
| II years with the Maryland Steel COM
nany and for q greater part of the
| time SUPERINTENDENT Of the marine d.
partmcnt Ills advancement has been
! raJid sine" he started in as an APP
prentice with the Gnss Marine Iron
Works in this city. Later he attended
| the Massachusetts Institute of Technul-
| o-S and was drauChtSman with the
| t;oSS Marine company, afterwards with
| IIariaI .!nl'in"SWorth of Wilmington.
! Del. aud still later with the Columbia
| Iron W, rks. He was the first chief en-
| ginn draughtSnIan with the Maryland
Steel company in the marine depart
| Incat The New York Ship building
| company has ono Of the largest and
best equipped Yards in the world.
| Albert Lufhin, who died recently in
| Newton, Iowa, at tire age Of rs years,
| WaS Il native ni Maine and was born in
Frcrrort He received his carly edu-
| cation iii the public schools of Frccport
ana III the Yarmouth academy. He at
| forwards taught mathematics one term
| in thl Yarmouth Institute, then pro-
1
| ed q school Of civil engineering under
! Professor WIN. 4. Norton. The next
| term. Professor Norton having been
called to Yale, with most Of the class
| followed and entered the school Of
| engineering in Yale, taking 4 course
| in scientific agriculture and course
| i'll chemistry. leaving New Haven, Mr..
| Iufkin went "a New York for ii. +.
| Walling at map making, and complied
| til" mao Of New London county, Conn.
| His next work was rs Il tnpographer. on
| the North Penn, railroad. This WAS IN
| 1858. After making tho surveys on the
| North branch Of the SusuUch unla, ne
went Ia Philadelphia and rt:;H. Il the
winter drafting for the railroad The
| following spring he was tui ngrlphical
j"nGin"'r of the DovlcStoTn branch rail-
| If"d !. and later, i'll the season Of 1&5i
made the survey for the Tyrone &
| CIcarticIl railroad from Tyrone, Pa,
| tn CurWcnSvillc. In the spring of 1885
| went 10 Iowa and located in Jasper
| county. on October 9th Of that year
lie WAS united i'll marriage to Catherine
| Griffin. of FrcCrDrt Nc. In the spring
| Of lS3S he was elected county Surporin-
] t"ndcnt OF schools. and moved to New
| ton in August of that year. He held
| the office two terms. In 1850. in COM
pany with Con. James Wilson. cst9b-
| liSh"d III" Jasper county bank, in when
| Mr.. LufkiEs stable, thcy built the first
years. lie WAS also part owner III Il
| foundry and machine shop and later
h"cam" sole proprietor. While he was
in Tho machine shop, Rev. On. RoGar
| cam" - him with Il modern model oi
| q sewing machine, ana in room il
| Mr.. I.ufI ius stable. they built the FIRST
sowing machn" ever mad" west of the
/ A;i.'.i.@ipni river. and the first even
| i'un with thrcId fer Il belt Mr. Luf-
| KIN Travelled extensively in this coun-
| try. H. was the owner of some rare
books. and wa. a member of the Anlrri-
| can aSsocatinn for The advancement ot
Scicnr" or twenty years. and kept tho
| files of their proceedings. He owned q
| large farm near RcaEnnvr ana was in
| tcrc%trI in stool, raising. BY iudicious
| investments and careful manaccinrnt
| Mir. Lufl;in accumulated Il large for
tune, owning valubIc farms in Jasper
| county. in oklahoma ana fine prop
! critics i'll oklahoma CITY