Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-24
NEARLY A cENrESARIAx
Deacon Samuel Gfles Dies =. =.
Home In Aurora,

Deacon Samuel Giles Die. -. -.
Home In Aurora.
On Saturday, Aug. ~, the dav w..
honor Of this patriarch OF the fsmi,v =. -
Giiss reunion was appointed to be bs,a :. !.
his home in Aurora, Deacon s.mu-,
Giles passed away, in the nipe,v-r,r.a
year Of his age. Instead OF the rsnns' 80
which, up to within week Of hi, a..m
he had looked forward to with $3.50
antictpation- there was I ssa ttgsaa.
gathering on Monday, when ten ~ ssu
sons and daughtefs, and many dasr..n1n
ants, relatives and friends, psfhereS ~
the nnal farewell TO the familiar form 'or
samuel Giles was born on Oct. d is,,
MS Iatnet, DAniei Giles, was one Of ~.
pioneers OF the up-river section al M ns
cock county. He was one OF three h.n,a
ers who came from England and settled -
the western part OF Maine. WIZ y, 70
family, Daniel 0ilee moved to vbs, - ~
Aurora from Shapleigh, In YORK conns.
about ninety years ago. "ss'
Samuel Giles, then . small boy. ba. ,,,.
how soon alter their settlement here h s,s
was an "lndian scare, and the 49,
family moved back to the western ~ suo y
the state, returning here after the dang,
was over. "sel
Daniel Giles settled on The land w,,oh !.
now the old Giles homestead. and Wis =
Samuel lived until his death. Al IN.
time the country was . virgin yorns, ,,,ass
bride paths or trails leading to the ,osrs
OF Bangor ana Ellsworth, the PRINCIPAL
highway to Ellsworth being Union ~.
Amid these surroundings Samuel f;;,a.
grew up to manhood. The rugged liz
with its hard work and its hardsb,ns IN
the foundation for the vigorous hesltn s,S
sturdy character which marked his inns
life. iong
A. young man he was EMPLOYED a. .
foreman BY Col. John Black and Addison
Dodge in their large numbering opera,;on.
on Union river, and later by the Grant.
He was the crack ox-teamster OF iln;an
river, driving six-ox team. when horses
were unknown In the big woods ana
when "iogs that were logss were han,ad
whole to the landings, and cut np there
With advancing years he confined HIM.
self TO his farm, in which he took grea,
pridc: lie retained his vieor to a remark
able degree, and up TO very recent wears
worked on his farm and manufactured hi
own hrewood. To within a week Of bis
death, he was well and hearty. His son
Howard. from Pennsylvania, and Jerrv
recently returned from California, visited
him and be drove about with them. sun
day, Aug. II. be was taken IN and dropped
away, dying within week.
Mr. Giles was twice married. his s,x,
wife being Eliza kimhaii aud his second
Elmirn Davis. He was the father OF eirh-
teen children, six boys and three girls by
each wife. Eleven OF these children are
living, with fifty-four grandchildren.
sixty-eight great grandchildren and ten
great great-grnndchiIdren.
The living children are, by the first wife.
Mrs. Mary Davis, and Moses Giles. Of
Aurors; Philip, OF Waltham; Howard. OF
Wiiliamsport, Pa, and Jerry T., of Els
worth; by the second wife, Franklin and
Edmund, OF Amherst; John II. and Del.
bert, OF No. q plantation; Otis, OF East
Machias. and Mrs. Lcwellyn Palmer, who
lives ct the old homestead.
All the children except Otis were pres
ent ct the funeral, which was held Non
day. Rev. Ida n. Garland ofiiciated.
Owing to the death OF Deacon Samuel
Giles, there will lie no reunion OF the Giles
family this year.