The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-07-02
RECENT DEATHS


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RECENT DEATHS
Thomas D. Eaton died June 10th at
his home in Winterport, aged "a years.
He had been in poor health for long
time and his death was not unexpected.
Mr.. Eaton was man of genial person.
ality and much respected by all. He
was veteran of the Civil War and a
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Howard lodge. F. & A. M. and
Cushing chapter, o. E. S. Mr.. Eaton
leaves to mourn their loss, wife, a son,
Charles r. Eaton of Winterport, and a
daughter, Mrs. Percy N. Hall of Brewer
The funeral was held in the Methodist
Episcopal church, June 23d, Rev. A. J.
Lockhart officiating. The Masonic bur-
ial service was read and that lodge at
tended.
Capt. Mark Ingraham, former we'll
known commander in the Boston and
Bangor steamboat service, died June
oath at his home in Rockland, having
nearly reached his 88th birthday. He
was the last of SIX brothers, who were
widely known along the New England
coast as commanders of steamboats, or
coasting vessels. Capt. Ingraham began
his 81 years of seafaring as cook on
small fishing vessel, being then but II
years of age. During the 40's he sailed
before the mast in the ship Charlemagne
and tie brig Sayline, making voyages to
many foreign ports. Returning to the
coasting business he commanded the
schooners Equal, Otter. Neponset. Min
ME Cobb, Chase and Joseph Farwel.
Three times he was near death while
commander of the schooner Chase. Re-
turning to Rockland in 1879 he was as
signed as pilot of the steamer Cambridge,
which had just been placed on the line
between Bangor and Boston. The craft
was commanded by his brother, Capt.
Otis Ingraham. After one season in this
capacity he was given the command of
the steamer Mt. Desert, running between
Rockland and Bar Harbor. This was the
beginning of q years service as a
steamboat captain. Capt. Ingraham is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. James
Mckenzie of Attleboro, Mass, and two
sons, Albert F. Ingraham of Whitefield
and Frank W. Ingraham of Enfield.
Mrs. Esther R. Burrill, widow of Willis
S. Burrill, died June Oath at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. E. NJ. Jepson, in
Waterville, aged n years, II months and
20 days. Mrs. Burrill was born in Brooks
vile, the daughter of John B. and Jane
Dyer Redman, and much of her early
life was spent in Belfast. After her
Oakland where, during the last 16 years
of his life, Mr.. Burrill was an invalid
and was tenderly cared for by his faithful
wife. After the death of her husband,
Mrs. Burrill went to Waterville, where
she had lived with her daughter Is years.
Hers was one of those rare, sunny ma
, lures, whom to know was to love, and
during her stay in Waterville she made
many friends who will miss her CHEEKY
ways and pleasant greetings. Mrs. Bur-
rill had been an invalid for four years
and a great sufferer, but during all this
time was the same sweet, patient, un-
complaining soul, enjoying life and gath
ering many young people about her who
loved her companionship. Mrs. Burrill
was member of the Methodist church
and the Ladies' Aid connected with the
church, the members of which contribut-
ed to her pleasure many times during her
long illness. She also belonged to the
w. c. T. U. and was deeply interested
in the work. Her family relations since
she had lived in Waterville were of the
happiest. No own son could have
been more mindful of her welfare nor
administered more tenderly to her wants
than had Mr.. Jepson since she came into
his home, and her daughter was ever de-
voted to her mother. The sunset of her
life was indeed pleasant, and she crossed
the river with the feeling that she was
going home and was happy in the
thought. Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Jepson,
she leaves to mourn their loss, two sons,
Willis S. Burrill of Plymouth, Mass,
and Frank E. Burrill of Lisbon Center;
one brother, Charles P. Redman of
Thomaston, who is the last of a family
of six, and four grandchildren, Walter,
Grace and Ruth, children of Willis, and
and Florence, daughter of Frank Burril'.
The two latter are at the Jepson home at
the present time. The funeral was held
at the home Friday afternoon at two
o'clock. Rev. Henry C. Turner officiat
ing and the burial was in the family lot
in Oakland.