The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-10

Tasker of Dixmont; two brothers, Ephraim D.
Stevens Point, Wis; a step-mother, Mrs
Nancy Tasker, of Dixmont, and three half
brothers, Lindon Tasker of Dixmont, Frank
Tasker of Hampden and Florian Tasker o1
Boston. The funeral service was held at the
home on Cedar street Saturday afternoon, and
was conducted by the pastor of the North
Church, the Rev. David L. Wilson. Hon. R. F.
Dunton, Mr.. Chas. P. Hazeltine, DR.. A. O.
Stoddard and Judge Geo. E. johnson were the
pall-bearers. The remains were placed in
the receiving vault at Grove Cemetery, for
interment in the Spring.
"From the dust of the weary highway,
From the smart of sorrows rod,
Into the royal presence
They are hidden as guests of God
The veil from their eyes is taken,
Sweet mysteries they are shown;
Their doubts and fears are over,
For they know as they are known"
The death of Capt. Horace Wiley Brackett
of 40 Princeton ST., East Boston, occurred Jan
uary 81, after long period of ill health.
Captain Bracket was born at China, Me-, Oct.
26, 1888. He later lived in Lincolnville and
then in Belfast, Me-, where in 1862 he married
Marinda l. Stone, daughter of Capt VIM.
Stone, well known master of deep sea crafts.
They had three children, two of whom survive,
Isabelle Allen, wife of DR.. VIM. H. Ellsworth,
of East Boston, and Miss Marion w. Brackett.
Capt. Brackett was educated at Vassalboro
and Colby university, then Watervile college,
graduating in the famous class of 81 with high
honors. Shortly after leaving college he went
to sea and rapidly rose to the then important
position of master, commanding among others
two well known vessels the E. A. Carver and
the Suliote When the civil war broke out he
gave up his vessel, volunteered in the u S.
navy, and after studying at the training school
at Brooklyn, N. Y, was commissioned and
ordered to the gulf. Capt. Bracket was a
participant in many important naval engage
ments, seeing active service until his disabil-
lty near the close OF the war. Pe was in the
thick of it with Farragut, was conspicuous at
Mobile and IN running the forts, and for time
was messmate with the late Rear Admiral
Dyer. Among others he served on the u S.
gunboats the Arizona and the Elk, famous for
their part IN important naval engagements.
After the war, on recovering his health, Capt.
Brackett ran master of well known ner-
chantmen to the Mediterranean and the West
Indies. He came to Boston in 1878 and be-
came prominently connected in real estate
transactions with James Gray of No. l Penn
berton So, and VIM. B. Healy, then corpora
ton counsel of Boston. In 1886 Capt. Brackett
withdrew from active business and passed his
later years with his family in East Boston. He
was of commanding presence, being feet 2
ln., thorough student widely read, with re-
markable ability as a speaker, ever ready with
wit and fact. He made and held friends.
Capt. Bracket belonged to Timothy Chase
Lodge of Belfast Me-, and to Joseph Hooker
Post, East Boston.
Funeral services for the late Capt. Horace
W. Bracket were held at his residence, 40
Princeton street, East Boston, February 4th.
The services were conducted by the Rev. A.
D. X. Shurtlef of the church of Our Father
(Unitarian) and the Rev. Albert R. Williams of
the Maverick Congregational church, assisted
by the Joseph Hooker Post, No. %, G. A. R.
There were many floral tributes, as a silent
testimony of the esteem in which he was held.
Interment was at Belfast, Maine.
Alice Brooks, wife of Amos F. Simpson, died
at her home on what is known as the Anderson
farm in East Belfast, Sunday morning, at Z
o'clock, after a severe illness of intestinal OBJ
struction, from which she had been great
sufferer since the Wednesday previous, all
though every thing possible in medical skill
and thoughtful attention was done for her re-
lief. She had previously suffered slight at
tacks, but her hopeful disposition and active
life concealed the fact from her relatives.
She was born in Belfast, December 21, 1880.
the only daughter of William B. and Lucy A.
Decrow. She attended the city schools, and
was constant attendant at the Baptist church
and Sunday school in her girlhood. Since she
became resident of East Belfast she had at
tended Trinity Reformed church. july 20.
1905, she was married to Mr.. Simpson and the
home has been an unusually happy one, and
had been blessed with daughter, Lucy Ida,
now nearly three years of age. Mr.. Simpson
came here from Dixmont and carried on his
farm in connection with EMPLOYMENT in
Mathews Brothers Mill. Mrs. SIMPSONS
death is the first severe bereavement in her
family, of whom there remain, besides her
husband, daughter and parents, four brothers,
Walter A., William A., Elmer B and Charles
R., the latter at present employed in Philadel-
phia. Her age was 29 years, months and 6
days. The funeral service was held at her
late home Wednesday at 2 p. m., Rev. William
Vaughan of Trinity Reformed and Rev. A. A..
Smith of the Universalist church officiating.
After an illness of less than week CYRUS
Wilbur Dolloff, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Dol
loft of Farmingdale, died late Thursday after
noon February 3rd, at the Augusta General
hospital, cerebro-spinal meningitis being the
cause of death. He was born in Dixmont,
April 15, 1885, but had lived nearly all his life
in this city and Farmingdale. He was gradu-
ate of the Gardiner High school in the class of
1904 and in the fall of that year entered Bates
College, from which he was graduated in 1908.
While in college he took an active part in ath-
letics and was assistant manager of the 'Varsi-
ty baseball team in his junior year and mana
ger in his senior year. He also attained high
rank in scholarship and had one of the com
mencement parts at graduation. He also took
much interest in debates and was an able speak
er. In 1908 Mr.. Dolloff was elected principal
of the High school in Easton and SO well
did he succeed that he was reelected at a sub
stantial increase in salary. although it was his
purpose to enter the Harvard Law school next
fan. after filing his second year at Easton.
While at Easton this year Mr.. Dollo6 took IN