The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
OBITUARY.

Mr.. Charles A. Wiley died at 2 a. m. Satur-
day. Oct. 26th. at the home of his son, Mr..
Herbert A. Wiley, upper High street, aged 81
years. month and II days. He was born in
North Belfast, the son of the late Elisha and
Priscilla Waterman Wiley, and had lived at
different times in Morrill,. Montville and Sears
mont, where he carried on farming. Since re-
firing he had made his home in Belfast He
was twice married. first to Miss Esther ].
White, by whom he had six children, of whom
five survive: Frank E. and Herbert A. of Bel
fast, John H. Of Hudson, Mass, Mrs. Clara Ed
munds of Lawrence, Mass, and Mrs. Mary
Hallowell of st. Paul, MINI. In later years he
married Mrs. Julia Robbins of Belfast For
many years Miss Jennie Wiley, now Mrs. Al
them. He loved home and its influences, and
the only society he joined was Union Harvest
Grange of Montville. One brother survives,
Mr.. E. W. Wiley of North Belfast. The funeral
was held Tuesday at p. m., Rev. Arthur A.
Blair, Universalist. officiating. The interment
was in the family lot in Searsmont.
The funeral of Hattie Adella, wife of George
W. Burkett, took place Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the home of her daughter. Mrs. E.
A. Wadsworth. Upper High street. Rev.
Charles B. Ames. pastor Of the Unitarian
church, officiated. The floral tributes were
many and beautiful including large piece,
"Gates Ajar," from the Thomas E. Shea Co.
The bearers were Messrs. Albert C. Burgess,
Mon nd
T. W. Lothrop. Mrs. Thomas E. Shea, her
daughter, who was in Chicago, was unable to
come to Belfast on account of illness. Mr..
and Mrs. James Shea of Cambridge, Mass, ar
rived Saturday morning but were unable to
remain, returning on the noon train.
Belfast relatives received a telegram Sum-
day morning announcing the death of Mr..
Walter Austin of Boston. He was the son of
the late Charles F. and Alzada Brown ustin,
and in early life was frequent visitor in Bel
fast. He was the last of the family. At one
time he was member of theAustin CrackerCo.
and later was the Southern buyer of the fruit
firm of York & Whitney. He was i'll for some
time and confined to his bed for five months.
Belfast were his cousins. The funeral service
was held Monday afternoon at p. m. at Forest
Hills Chapel.
Edmund M. Mccormack died Oct. 21st at his
home in Winterport, after long illness, aged
so years. He was young man much respect
ed, was of pleasant, genial disposition, and
his death is sad blow to his relatives and
friends. He is survived by widow. who was
Miss Ada Curtis; by three sisters, Misses Sarah
and Mary Mccormack of Roxpury, Mass, and
Mrs. Alice Donlin of Winterport; by three
brothers, Thomas, Lawrence and Frank. Mr..
Mccormack was member of the local lodge
of Foresters.
The funeral of Capt. Ephraim Perry was
held Oct. 25th at the home of his son, Wallace
H. Perry, in Hallowell, conducted by repre-
sentative of the Shiloh faith, with which the
deceased was identified and the burial was in
Camden, Me-, where Capt Perry lived for a
number of years. Capt. Perry was born in
North Haven, Me-, in April, 1880, but had been
resident of Hallowell for % years. He came
from seafaring family. His grandfather
John Perry, was in the Revolutionary War, ,ano
his father, Wilder Perry, served in the War ot
1872 The last vessel of which he had charge
was the schooner Jennie Carlton of Camden
which was lost off Cape Hatteras, being rur
down by British steamer. Capt. Perry was
not aboard at the time, as he was having {
| short shore leave. He had, however, severa
thrilling escapes. Capt. Perry had never uset
tobacco or liquor and was much interested il
temperance work. He was Freemason. Hi
son, Austin X. Perry, was commodore of thu
famous Shiloh fleet.