Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-16

| ittA : IL AIIE MAJ at III 'A7aHai
boro. MAY lG, 1S52, by Rev T. ]. Sweat
pastor Of the First Baptist church of
| Nassalboro
Charles Crosby was born in Penob-
scot. Me. Aug. 81 1871. d son Of Ste
pilcn and Lucy Sh9w Crosby Of that
town When he was four Years old his
parents moved from Penobscot to au-
gusta and settled On the east side -
the road leading rom Bolton Hill to
| Cross Hill. ON he farm afterw4rd
| known as the William Eica place. The
| house was torn dJvn many years ago.
| but the cellar still remains 10 mark
| the spot as Charles says where he
| learned to slide down Hill. stftCr hF-
ing here nearly three. years his parents
! moved 10 Bracket Corner on the
west size OF the l[pnneaeg md where
| Charles attended The district school
un'u the spring of 1872 whore he went
to work with his cousin, joan b. SHAY.
as IN apprentice to learn lie caTpcp-
| ter trade. He helped bull many of
| the older residences in augusta. In
| 1N55. in company njth his hrotherin-
| law, Hiram HinkleF, he Welt 10 RaX-
| bury. Mas, and together They worked
en- tie Catholic Paraehial school build
| ing N Warren street, RoXbury, nov
! Boston Highlands. After the compile
ton of this building he returned to Au
eusta. and was on the police force fer
| two years, when Gardiner Phillips vas
City Marshal.
Mr. and Mrs. Crosby moved feoir
Auedsta to V9ssalb9ro the lSth daE Of
November. 1861. Ia care for Mrs.
/ i,
hita To work as carpenter and mas
ter builder was SO great that after iiY-
ing there six years he sold to his bro
ther-in-laW William Huxley AMI
moved to Stewards Mill whore be fol
lowed his trade for more than % Years,
repairing anG tuilding in Nassalboro
AMI surrounding towns. It is safe t.
say he las built and rebaired NOR
buildings than any person now livins
in TOM.
Mrs. Crosby was the second daush-
ter Of Reuel and olive Beal Hnlles.
and was born in Livermorc. Maine, |
April 8. 1S2S. Her parents with a fam
ity Ct seven children moved from Liv-
e4mora to Eassalbcro Jan. , 1888. thu
day that Joseph J. Sager was hanged. |
Mrs. Crosby distinctly remembers the |
crowd Of people and the SaIoWs but
tie body was removed before the far-
lily arrived In Augusta. Her parents
settled on the farm formerly owned by
Capt. Labam Cotue, who came 81
NaSsalhlro from cape Cod, Mass, |
early in 1900. Mrs. Crosby came from
a family noted Tor their Longevity Her
grandfather. Captain David Hnklev.
was born ia Punishable. Mass. in 1854
and 5ied IT. Ljyarnnr M, 1865, hay
ing passed his iolst birthday, Herl
father, Reuel HinkteN. vas born III
LiYermcre NOV. is, 1870, and died in
NassaIb1ro, Aug. - 1&Se making him
q years. months and > days of age.
Olive Beal Hinkley WAS born in Liver
moro, Me, April / 1897 and died in
Wiscassett Ian. ., 1889, at the age OIL
81 wears. . months and days a
strange coincident, there being only
three days difference in their ages
Mrs. Crosby has brother, Hiram
HinkleE. now living in Dedham, Ma-f4..
WHO has passed his SSth birthday. amt
her Oldest sister. Mrs. Harriet Ketch-
en- died at North Nassalboro Feb %.
1907 aged 81 Years and % days.
Mr.. ana Mrs Crosby have two sons,
Fred S, who is a carpenter. and works
for the American Wooden Co, at North
Nassalboro. William H., their second
son, is Il machinist and has been in tlle
employ of the HollinsWorth & Whit
neg Co. Of Winslow for mere than 20
years. They have two grandchildren,
Eva A., school teacher, now teaching
in the grammar school at East Nassal-
boro. She is graduate of Coburn Clas-
steal Institute of WatCrville. class of
1900, and has taught in Warren and
other places in Maine. Wilbur F., their
other grandchild, like his father and
grandfather. follows the carpenter
trade, and is in the employ of the
American Wooden Co.
Mr. Crosby lost bis cyesight FIVE
years ego, other ways both are in the
enjoyment of good health. Mr.. Crosby
remembers when the Kennebec Dam
was built. He says it was then known
as 'Eennehec Locks and Canals Co
that it was commenced in 1886 and
completed in september 1887: that Cot
| onel William Bnardman of Nashua. \.
H., was the superintendent He said
| he was in Augusta when the Portland
6, Kennebec railroad was completed:
| that the first locomotive steamed into
the village in December 1851, ard
stopped at the foot of ~ Court street
| where a great crowd gathered to sec
| the wonderful sight. He tells one
| about the blowing up of the steamer
! Halifax. III the lock of the dam III
| May 1913. He vas on the opposite
SIDE of the river, and looking directly
| at the steamer Seven parSons Narz
killed. The Halifax. had leen racing
with the Balloon, and the extra steam
made caused the explosion Just as sh,
was passing through the lock.
In politics, Mr.. Crosby was formerl,
4 whig. He east his first vote 70
Zachary TAYLOR foc President in 1Nt(