The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-02-25
OBITUARY..

home on High street, after brief illness with
pneumonia For years she had been in frail
health and her friends marveled at her ability
to keep about her home work and participate
in her many social engagements. She had been
confined to the house for several days with the
prevailing epidemic and Friday was taken
worse and Saturday morning the attending
physician told her that she was seriously i'll
with pneumonia. With her accustomed cheer
fulness and will she replied. ''but you will pull
me through it, won't you. doctor?" She grew
rapidly worse and from that time to the hour
of her death remained as if asleep. She was
born in. Northport, Sept 16. 1886, the daughter
of the late Henry and Ruby Holbrook Gard
ner, and is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
Esther G. Davis. formerly of Salem. Mass,
but who for several years had made her home
with the deceased; Mrs Amanda G. Howe of
Camden, formerly of Lincolnville, and Mrs
Mary G. French of Rockland. formerly of
Thomaston. The sisters recently had a re-
union at the Gardner home and fully realized
that it would be the last of these many pleas
ant occasions. When a very young girl Miss
Gardner learned the millner's trade in Palmer,
Mass. ..and for years worked in the millinery de-
partment of the H. H. johnson store on Phoe-
nix Row. She had natural gift in this di
rection and was also very expert in fancy
work of all kinds. She was regular attend
ant at the Universalst church as long as her
health permitted, was firm and positive in her
beliefs and opinions and loyal in her friend
ships. For many years she lived in the family
OF Mrs. Esther Holbrook Lancaster, her aunt,
and for about six years had the constant care
of her. Miss Gardner was hospitable in the
extreme and always delighted to do for her
friends particularly the members of the vari-
ious clubs to which she belonged, She was
fond of whist and was for years a member of
the first club formed here, of which only three
survive-Mrs. Sarah B. Dinsmore, Mrs. Eliza
beth A. Miliken and Mrs. Martha P. Heating.
The funeral took place at her late home
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, Rev. Arthur
A. Blair officiating. The bearers were Messrs
Charles E. johnson, Charles F. Swif., James H.
Howes and William Mcintosh. The remains
were placed in the receiving tomb and inter-
ment will be made in Grove Cemetery in the
spring.
A brief obituary of Samuel Morse, who died
in Brockton, Mass, Feb. 18th, was published
last week. but it is fitting that more should be
said of his military record and of that of 9TH
ers of his family who took part in the Civil
War. Samuel Morse enlisted in 1861 in the
9Th Maine battery, but was hurt in dsmount-
ing gun, an abscess formed and he was dis
charged He came home and got better, and
in September. 1862. went to Bangor and en-
listed in Company B, 26th Maine. His BROTH
ers, Louis B., George W. and Lucius c.,
listed at the same time and it is believed to be
the only case in Maine where four brothers
went to the front in the same company. They
were ordered to join the Gen. Banks expedi-
ton and sailed from New York in November,
1862. When two days out smallpox broke out.
They were II days on board and on arrival at
the quarantine station at the mouth of the
Mississippi were detained for two weeks, and
then went into camp on the historic Jackson
battle ground. Leaving there they went into
winter quarters at Baton Rouge, and in March,
1868, started on the Red River campaign,
marching 450 miles up that river, and fighting
in the battle of Irish Bend April 14th, wi hen
Samuel was wounded in the right arm and was
sent to the marine hospital at New Orleans.
In this battle the regiment had 6S killed and
wounded out of less than 300 and 1t, Col
Hersey was seriously wounded in the right
shoulder and would have lost his arm but for
the good judgment of the surgeon. The regi-
ment then marched back to Baton Rouge, ar
irving there May 20, 1868, and was then or
dered to Port Hudson, where they were under
fire for forty days and nights. Port Hudson
surrendered July 9th and the regiment was
then sent up river and came home. Hon.
Lucius C. Morse, the sole survivor of family
of five brothers and a sister, was present at the
funeral of his brother in Belmont Fep. 10Th,
and recalled among those who had gone to the
front from Belmont and given their lives
for their country on the battlefield Andrew
Walker, brother of Charles W. of this city,
Lewis Ordway, Oscar Jordan, James and Alon-
20 jackson, William Heal, Foster Ames, Aus
tin Poor, Ralph johnson, Henry Hall, Richard
H. Kimball, James Linscott, Benjamin Becher
and Andrew Newbert.
William A. Monroe died Feb. 18th at his
home on the Poor's Mlls road after an illness of
over three years, caused by blood poisoning
from an abscess, aged SO years, 10 months
and Z days. He born in Freedom, the
son of Albert H. and Mary Russell Monroe
When young man he married Miss Annie Ii.
Hall of Montville, who survives him with their
two daughters. Mrs. Grace H. Munroe of Lin
colnville and Mrs. Olive A. Curtis of Northport.
He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Rose Wilson
of Lisbon Falls and Mrs. Tina Huntoon of Cum
berland Mills; half sister, Mrs. Ada Murray
New Jersey and an adopted son. Fred Foss
Monroe of Waterville. For many years Mr.