The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
< Years in Same House.
..,rston Couple Have Spent Their Mar
''V' .;ed Life on Old Homestead.

ried Life on Old homestead.
,,,rr,ed over Sc years ago land still
~ IN the same house in which they
+,4 their life together soon after
marriage, is the unique and I'M
'' r4eord of Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan
.,o of Stonington. Mr.. Stinson is
Mrs. Stinson "a years of age and
,rs knowing excellent health, much
p''. ,l5asure of their many admlrlng
In spite of his advanced age
q. -urson did all of his planting this
md turing the haying season help
eel hay from two different farms.
ron he does all his own farming,
.r.r a cow, horse, pig, and flock of
a' He thinks nothing of going two
pei. -.l miles with his team to get wood
d -.n TO the village. Mr.. Stinson is a
{ liter .I and has worked at his trade
. 81, years, many buildings and cot
in the town and vicinity being of
'S ..n.lwork. Mrs. Stinson does all
.5 .1gsework and goes on long trips to
&c. tsrries. at which she is an expert.
also takes care of the milk and
the butter from the COW.
as T. and Mrs. Stinson have had IA
.,-r and all but one of them were
,.. m the old homestead, also eight OF
randchildren. Eight of the chill
Az. still living and all are married,
--.g together with Is grandchildren
5reat grandchildren make the de-
'.-- Gears of the aged couple extreme
etslIE. A. ~ &c
r sic in 1884. His mother was Miss
,.-r Dow and his father, Otis Stn-
% ...Ives of Deer Isle. Mr.. Stlnson
n. only surviving member of family
+-e- children.
Stinson's mother was Miss Susan
r- --.r and her father, Samuel Allen,
mr. Deer Isle. Mrs. Stinson's grand
s- was Samuel Allen, minister of
H.. Isle. Mrs. Stinson has one sister
r Mrs. Susan Tarr, and one brother,
-,.- George Allen of Lynn, Mass, for
-~ Stonington. They are the only
.-g MEMBERS of a family of II chill
V- and Mrs. Stinson have fine set
innings and Mr.. Stinson takes great
nd. In keeping them in good repair.
f...-. ygungest son and wife live in one
SS@- ---
AT the house.
r94 names of their children living are
3. blows: Mrs. Susan M. Stinson,
..s Stinson, Mrs. Ida M. Pert, An
,s1 ~slnson, Mrs. Emily McCauley and
W. Edna Steele, twins; Mrs. Hattie
7-sg and Grover Stinson. Those who
gone to the great beyond are George
,.rs5a. Mrs. Sivonis 'Judkins, Miss
Stlnson, Melvin Stinson,. Miss
N-a Stinson and one child that died in
b. grandchildren are as follows:
III. sni Sawyer and Marion Allen, half
...-rs, children of Susan Stinson;
.e Testa Stinson, Irving D., Alfred,
Y.,--I Rodney, Harry G. and Ralph
-unson, children of Jesse Stinson;
ss., Nav Hamblin, daughter of George
ysJn; Elizabeth K. Stanley. daughter
tonia Judkins; Gardner M. Pert,
U-s L. Stinson and Cecil E. Pert, chill
,s- If Ida M. Pert; Cornelia Stinson
leon Stinson, children of Andrew
>.rson; Willard H., George H., (de-
4ss-5l Harold, Leslie and Ansis Nc
..ey, children of Emily McCauley;
Rosie l., Maud, (deceased,) and Vera
Steele, children of Edna Steele; Stephen,
Ference, Louise and Mabel Braym, chill
.sr Of Mrs. Hattie Bray.
Among the great grandchildren are
The Glowing: Arlene Sawyer, Merton
Sawyer, Ersele Sawyer, Cecil Sawyer,
Helen Allen, Dorothy Allen, William
Allen, Ruth Allen, Jesse Stinson, Jr.,
arystal Stanley and Kenneth w. St!n-