The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-12
About the Town Of Scion.

Some Old Records. Judge Boswell Sends
List Of Heads Of Families, Postmas-
tiers, Etc, and Some Observations of In
terest as to Naming of that Locality.
Many things OF much interest come
to light in connection with the ap-
preaching centennial celebration OF
the town of Scion and in general the
history OF the whole county is receiv-
ing an unusual amount OF study by
reason of the activities of those in
charge of the Scion celebration.
Through the courtesy of Hon. Edwin
G. Burleigh, member of Congress
from the Sd district, list OF the So
lon families, taken from the census Of
1910 has been sent TO Hon. Turner
Boswell of that town and by his kind
ness sent to the REPORTER for publ
cation as follows:
Heads Of families in Scion taken
from the census of 1910: Joseph May
nard, Luther Pierce, Jonathan Bos-
worth. Eleazer Whlpple, Moses
Chamberlain, Asa Boswell, David
Pierce, Joseph Bean, Moses Aver,
Josiah French, Moses French, James
Allbee, James Arnold, Ebenezer Dan
forth, Ephraim Davis, Caleb Eddy,
John Eddy, Eleazer Eddy, Samuel
Eaton, Gershom Fletcher, William
/ Hilton, William Hunewell Israel
! Hunewell, Caleb Hobart, Samuel
Hunewell, Jonas Head, John Hamb-
let, Oliver Head, Mason Lane, Jonas
/ Head, Jr., James Jewett, Jonas Jew
/ EFT, Nathan Jewett, Benjamin Merrill,
Zebede Rowell, Simeon Richardson,
Parker Stevens, Daniel Shipley, Sam
uel Smith, William Tarbell, Benjamin
! Tarbell, Daniel Williams, Ichabode
Shora, Asher Spaulding, Abraham
Farmer, James Shipley, Thomas
! Howes.
/ 1t will be noted that there were AZ
4 families in the year given, practically
a century ago, and the total popula-
| tion at that time was 312. The aver
age per family was then six and six
tenths, almost two individuals to
family more than the average of the
present day.
From the source mentioned above,
we are also able to give the following
list of postmasters of the town of So
1 Ion, from 1918 to the present time:
Postmasters at Scion village: Isaac
Rouse, Feb. IA, 1878; Asa Boswell,
Aug. 10, 1918; Theodore w. Smith,
Jan. 5, 1882; Ebenezer Allen, May 30,
1888; Charles Cummings, Sept. 5,
1885; Hezekiah Dodge, March 26,
1899; Asa Vickere, July %, 1S41; Will
liam NJ. E. Brown, Nov. 10, 1874; Sam
uel Gage, Dec. 81, 1913; lothian Low
ell. April II, 1919; Albert Gordon,
Jan. 10, 1852; Sumner Webb, July IA,
1858; Joseph P. Boswell, Nov. 5, 1857;
Albert Gordon, May %, 1862; David
Rowell, Jr., Nov. 7, 1881; Charles B.
McIntire, Oct. %, 1885; Leon S. Mer-
rill, May 81, 1888; Charles A. Moore,
May s, 1893; Leslie w. McIntire, May
26, 1897. Postmasters at South Scion.
Hezekiah Hall, Dec. 4, 1923; Nathan
Jewett, April 8, 1924; Ira Tarbell, Oct.
10, 1884; George w. Fargo, Sept. 80,
1871; John Hamblet, June 10, 1915;
George w. Fargo, April 81, 1s49;
George W. Fargo, March, II, 1855;
Sextus Hobart, Dec. IS, 1862; John
Bean, July 20, 1867; Daniel Paul, Jan.
81, 1875; Lee F. Boardman, Jan. IS,
loOfj DdLl6l w. JtWebu, TSU. ~, 1000.
Office discontinued, Oct. 81, 1902.
Judge Boswell also calls attention
to the statement in our last issue as
to the name "Spauldingtown," ap-
piled to Scion in its early days. He
has not observed any record to this
effect and thinks this is an error, SO
far as the entire area of the town is
considered. The record of the incor-
poration of the town of Scion reads
as follows: can Act to incorporate
the plantation numbered one in the
second range of townships on the
east side of the Kennebec river north
of the Plymouth claim, in the county
of Kennebec into township by the
name of Solon.o
know from ancient deeds that the
south part of the town in the vicinity
of the South Scion Meeting House
was called Spauldingtown as a local
name before the town was incorpor-
ated. In the same way l know that
the north part of the town in the vi
cinity of the river was known as Car
atunk. On map made by Samuel
Weston in 1898 Caratunk is spelled
Carriotonka, but deeds of about that
time mostly use the first spelling,
Caratunk. The first local name for
Scion village was 1.-THE Cape"