The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-10-13
OBITUARY.

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burn and Mrs. Hunt at once took up church
and club work in that city, being identified
with the Auburn Art and Literature club, the
Woman's Literary union of Androscoggin
county and the Court street Baptist church
She was at one time chairman of the depart
ment of education in the Literary union and
afterwards served as president. In 10000
she was president of the Maine Federation of
Woman's clubs and she proved one of the
ablest leaders that that organization has ever
known. Mrs. Hunt was made vice president
of the Woman's Baptist Home Missionary So
ciety in 1881 and in 1856 she became the editor
of the Home Mission Echo. For five years she
acted as secretary of the Maine w. c. T. u,
and she was closely connected ~ith Sunday
! school work in the State. After leaving Au-
! burn she went to Somervile and moved from
there to Medford. The home life Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hunt was ideal and to him goes the SYM
pathy of host of friends all over Maine.
Mrs. Hunt was an adopted daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. Sylvanus G. Sargent, and was born in
Frankfort sixty years ago Mr.. Sargent was a
graduate of Waterville College in the class of
1884. He accepted call to become the pastor of
the Baptist church in this city in 1888 and while
aresident here built and occupied the house now
owned by John A. Fogg. He requested and
received dismissal in 1874. In 1872 he came
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the Baptist church, which had been renovated
and improved at cost of $4,000. While never
resident of Belfast Mrs Hunt had visited
here the guest of Mrs. Helen A. Carter, and
as delegate to the convention of the Wom-
ans State Alliance The Somerville Mass,
Journal says OF the deceased: "She was men,
ber of the First Baptist church and teacher
/ in bo Of he
school, A gifted, lovable woman, her death is
deeply deplored by the Daughters of Maine
club, in which she had been especially active
since coming to Somerville. She is survived
by her husband. There are no children
Captain Thomas Godfrey Bartlett died of
apoplexy while seated at the dinner table
Monday, October 10th. He had been ill for l3
years and the fatal attack was the third he
had sustained. The deceased was born in
Phippsburg, May 2, l847. the son of the late
Ballard and Lucy Batchelder Bartlett and is
the last of both families. His father was lost
in 1s49 when the ship Hanover with all on
board was capsized in the Kennebec river in
sight of his home. His only brother was lost
at sea when 10 years of age, on his first voy
age, near Liverpool When the deceased was
nine years of age his mother came to Belfast
to make her home with her brother Thomas
began the sea life when boy, going on trips
in the summer and attending school in the
winter. At the age of "a years he was placed
in command of the schooner Fannie & Edith
He also commanded the schooner A. W. Ellis
and the bark Sarah A. Staples. His last com
mand was the schooner Charlotte 7. Sibey,
which was built for him and which severe ILL
ness compelled him to leave in Apalachicola 13
years ago. He was always fortunate in his sea
life, never was shipwrecked or lost veesel.
He enjoyed the life and could not be induced
to give it up for work on shore. He was a
member of Phoenix Blue Lodge and of the
Chapter, and was also member of Waldo
Lodge, l. 0. o. F. His wife, formerly Miss
Eta Crockett of Prospect, and their daughter,
Miss Lucy A. Bartlett, survive to mourn the
loss of one of the best and dearest of hus-
bands and fathers. Captain Bartlett was a
man of sterling character, genial and kindly,
and will be missed and mourned by large
circle of friends and acquaintances He had
been seen upon the streets daily, as well as
usual and the news of his sudden death was
shock to the community. The funeral took
place at his late home Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock, Rev. Ashley A. Smith, pastor of
the Universalist church, officiating.
Mr.. Alvah Redman died at his home on Mil
Ter street Sunday, October 9th, at II o'clock D.
m. He had been in good health for man of
his years and retired at night in the best of
spirits. Death came suddenly as he had de-
sired, without a lingering illness. He was
born in Brooksville, October 6, 1928, the son
of the late Samuel and Desire Orcutt Redman,
and is the last of his family. He moved to
Belfast about As years ago, locating on Lin
colnville avenue. About years ago he built
his late residence on Miller street. He was a
master-shipbuilder and worked in the McGl-
very and Cottrell shipyards. Later he took up
farming, in which he was very successful but
retired when he moved into the new house
He was twice married His first wife was
Miss Eliza Crockett of Brooksville Of their
three children one grew to maturity, Cora, the
wife of Frank Fairbanks of Everett, Mass,
who recently visited him. His second wife,
formerly Miss Elvira Hinckley of Bluehill,
survives to mourn the loss of devoted hus-
band Their life together was an unusually
happy one and her thoughtful care and devo-
tion made pleasant his declining years. He
was man whose word was as good as his
bond and who had the confidence and respect
of all who knew him. Always home-l lover
he never Joined any of the secret societies or
fraternities. The funeral took place at his
late home Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
Rev. Ashley A. Smith of the Universalist
church officiating.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Davidson passed away
in her sleep Wednesday morning, Oct. 5th, at
her home in South Belfast at the ripe age of
96 years, 8 months, and Is days, the last of a
family of nine children. She was born in
Waldoboro, Me-, Jan. 20, 1914. the daughter of
John and Ann Barbara (Hahn) Shepard. She
moved with her parents to Appleton at the age
of nine years, and later to North Belfast
Dec. 13, 1912, she married John O. A. Davidson
of Waldo, in which place they lived five years,
when they moved to Belfast, where she had
since resided. Her husband died in 1897. She
was the mother of seven children, five of whom
survive her: Mrs. Ann S. Phipps of Seattle
WASH, Mrs. Mary E. Crockett, John S. and