The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-05-11


The funeral was held at the Nash home Fri-
day afternoon at o'clock, Rev. M. S. Hill, pas
tor of the Methodist church, officiating. The
bearers were Messrs. M. R., c. M. and E. H.
Knowlton and Arthur w. Coombs. The family
have the sympathy of the community in their
double bereavement, particularly Miss Louise,
who gave her mother loving devotion and con-
slant attention in her long and trying Illness
Jacob Page died at his home on the Poor's
Mills road May 9th at 11.30 p. m. Death was
caused by heart disease and general debility,
from which he had suffered many years. He
was born in West Gardiner, the son of the late
Isaac and Joanna Moores Page, and his early
years were spent there. In 1861, at the age
of %, he enlisted in the 7th Maine Regi-
ment, Co. D. He went Immediately to the
front and was wounded in the battle of
Antietam, August IL, 1861 He came home
on furlough and reinlisted in August,
1862, at Augusta, in Company A, 9th Maine
Regt, and was detailed as an army detective
between Augusta and Gallops Island. This
work brought him to Belfast occasionally.
After serving year in this capacity he was
ordered to Washington and made one of Presi-
dent Lincolns mounted honor guards and his
regular discharge papers are from this service.
While in Belfast he met Miss Rhoda Hutchins
of Islesboro and they were married November
Is, 1864. At the close of the war in 1865
he came to Be fast, which had since been his
home. The injuries he received in the army
disabled him from hard labor and he carried
on farming on a small scale, but for number
of years had been unable to do any work.
Quiet and unassuming he was best known by
those familiar with his home life. He was for
years member of Thomas H. Marshall Post.
G. A. R. His widow and one brother, Mr..
Fred Page of West Gardiner, survive The
funeral will be held at his late home next Sat.
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Adolph
Rossbach, pastor of the Unitarian church, Of
fciating.
Caroline Tryphena, widow of the late Isaac
L. Baker, died at the Waldo County Hospital
at $50 a. m. May 9th. She had been ill for
about three months with typhoid pneumonia
at her home on Market street, and was taken
to the hospital last Friday afternoon. During
her long and painful illness she had the con.
slant and loving care of her two daughters,
Mrs. Eta J. Miller and Mrs. Carrie E. Emmons.
Mrs. Baker bore her sufferings very patiently.
and even in her last hours manifested her
gratitude for the slightest kindness and atten-
ton. She was always hard working woman:
first in her own home and later in service for
ntb cd pokh
of those by whom she was EMPLOYED
woman of Christian principles she was a
M ethodist in belief and in her early years at
tended that church. Her husband died Jan,
%, 1901. and she is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Emma F. Clark, Mrs Eta ].
Miller, Frederick A., Isaac j., and W. H. Baker
and Mrs. Carrie E. Emmons, all of Belfast.
The deceased was the daughter of the late
Isaac and Margaret Mason Witham and was
born in Jackson July 49, 1885, and is the last of
the family to pass away. The funeral will take
place at the home of her daughter, Mrs Miller,
20 Spring street, tomorrow, Friday, afternoon
at o'clock. Rev. M. S. Hill, pastor of the
Methodist church, will officiate.
Mr.. John Crowell died May 4th at his
home, in Togus. He was born in Ellsworth
in 1912, the son of the late Martin and
Ellen Crowell, and came with the family to
Belfast when child. October II, 1862, he en-
listed in Company l, 10Th Maine infantry, and
was wounded at Irish Bend April Ia, 1868. He
served his time and was mustered out He then
returned to Belfast and remained here sh9t
time before going to Togus, where he had since
lived. He was good soldier and fought for
the love of his country. He drew small pen
sion and was within year of the seventy
year special pension. His only surviving rela-
tives in Belfast are the children of his late
sister, Mrs. Ellen Robinson: Mrs. John
Parker, Mrs. Fred Patterson, Mrs Roy Cope
land and Mr.. Thomas Robinson. His remains
were brought to Belfast last Friday evening
and the funeral was held Saturday at Saint
Francis church, Rev. Father Herman H.
Hamakers pronouneing high mass. The
bearers were members of Thomas H. Marshall
Post, @. A. R., A. D. Smalley, S. G. -Gurney, l.
A. Conant and Fitz w. Patterson. The latter
helped carry Mr.. Crowell from the battlefield
of Irish Bend when he received an injury to
his shoulder that manned him for life. The
interment was in the Crowell lot in Grove
cemetery.
Lucy, widow of the late James Jackson, died
at her home in Northport, May End, aged rs
years. Mrs. Jackson had been twice married.
Her first husband was Mansfield Richards, and
one daughter survives from this union, Mrs.
Byron Greenlaw of Belfast. Her son, George
jackson, has always made his home upon the
family homestead in Northport and will con-
tinue to operate the farm. Besides the daugh-
ter and son, Mrs. Jackson is mourDed by four
grandchildren: Mr.. Melvin Page, Mrs. H. H.
Coombs, (nee Miss Belle Greenlaw) Miss Carrie
Greenlaw and Mr.. VIM. Greenlaw, and also by
Mrs. Sarah Moody, niece. whom Mrs. jackson
raised from the tender age Of two years. In
deed the deceased was noted for her kindness
of heart, having given literally of mothers
protection to several outside of the home circle.
A good neghbor, broad minded woman, with
her hands turned constantly to useful service
to those in need, she will be greatly missed by
her many friends. The funeral service was
held at her late home, Friday, May 5th, at D.
m, Rev. Adolph Rossbach, officiating.
Annie L., wife of Frank W. Flanders, dep
May 9th at her home, 849 Main street, Mel
rose, Mass, aged 81 years, 6 months and 20