Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-15
Golden Jubilee in Grand Army Hall

Golden Jubilee in Grand Army Hall
This evening there will occur IN
Grand Army Hall memorable event.
the occasion of a golden jubilee Tor
leight Skowhegan couples who nave Deen
married fifty years or over. Highly es-
lteemed among the residents of the town,
these venerable persons are enjoying the
} fruits of their labors in the peace and
lcomfort of their life'S sunsets, with
cheering memories of having performed
faithfully the duties of life according to
the measure Of their opportunities.
banquet will be served at an early hour
ito which the members of Russell Post
and Corps are invited and later will be
presented a program for the entertain
ment of these honored guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry p. Cannon stand
at the head of this long list having been
for more than SIS years welded. Mr..
Cannon was born in Fairfield so years
ago next February and Mrs. Cannon who
was Addie Maria Smith of Norridgewock
i7 q few weeks older than her husband.
The couple were married Oct. 10. 1861
by Rev. Charles Bryant in Skowhegan.
They began housekeeping in Fairfield
but IL months afterwards the young
husband was called to serve his country
and enlisted in Company 3 of the 21st
Maine Regiment. He saw active duty
during his period of enlistment. After
his return from the army the couple liv-
&c TOY q Few years in Fairfield, later
moving TO NorridgeWoCk and suisse
quently to SkoWhegan where they reside
IN cog dwelling which they built 90
years ago on Mcclellan street Both
arc enjoying fair degree of health and
believe i'll keeping up with the spirit OF
IL" times.
Commander w. II. Weston of Russell
}'"sf ana Mrs. Weston are another Show
hogan couple who have for over 80 Years
bee" husband and wife Tho name of
weston @avcr< to people of This section
Slf"n"'. Of pioneer ancestry and this
h"dn"n is "t The John Weston family
v. Il! Weston was born in old Bloom
fed ->oYii Z. 1871. At the ore of On
!ea'E lie. Ike many other brave Youths
of t'lHt day became a soldier c,,;sti,t. j.,
t'l-..1nj- T in tbs 3ra Maine Regiment
liz WAS cl;;*tercd into ser, io. June 4
1>E, AMI during: tie HcXt three v,ars
aid >Nr l1""t:: saw and experienced TO
'le fullest extent the horrors of This
H!""ie,,an and two years ter he mar
ricd -Gi:S { cinema Parker the dau.,hte,.
G !!"H'i@on Parker Of Fairfield Tho
Ncnd1A-r t.a! was October 49, 1855 For
ion;; period the couple lived upon a
1aFiA III the Eigelow Hill section of the
lpWn but for something like twelve
Years nave resided on Turner avenue.
Sko"hegan. Eat few army careers of
1 rleh rom this section have been more
notable than NJ. Ncston's He was .
I member of Company + and of the entire
company there are now but three men
living, one residing at Massachusetts,
! one at ToSue and the other the gentle
4 man upon whose army record we have
81 slightly touched.
i Nh and Mrs. y. A. Withee passed
thelr golden wedding day without spe-
clal ceremonies April s, 1915. Mr..
Nlthee was a native of Norridgewock.
i having been born there about II years
ago, the son of David and Clyncna
i theilcy) Nithee, early settlers of that
historic old community. In youth he
II went West and was located during his
absence in Wisconsin, Illinois, Mime
sofa and Iowa. Returning to Maine
previous to the war, Mr.. Withee en-
listed in Co. B, eth Maine Volunteer
infantry and was mustered into SER
vice the following September as a pri-
Tate. To this gentleman belong mem
cries of horrible realities, for he par
ticipated in some of the fiercest of the
battles between the North and South.
! Eventually he became a sergeant for
merltorious conduct and rejoined in
February, 1863, where he again fought
n ma -,
fight. Following his honorable dis
charge from service Sergeant Withee
returned to Skowhegan and subse-
quently became benedict. Miss Vesta
A. Rowe of Madison proving to be the
wife of his choice. The couple were
married by Elder John Dennis, a
neighbor, who was a preacher of the
gospel. and they settled on the home
farm OF Mr.. Withee's parents in the
Beech Hill locality. They lived there
until about five years since when they
moved to Maple street, this town, hav-
ing purchased house there.
Another couple to pass the 5Oth
year OF their welded life in 1915 was
Rev. and Mrs S. F. Emerson of Me-
chanic street, and they, like brides and
grooms already mentioned, are among
the complimentary guests at the fes-
tivlties this evening. They were mar
ried on the 10th of May, 1865. Born in
Dover, Aug. 2. 1841, the son of Luther
and Data Emerson, Samuel Francis
Emerson passed most of his early life
IN Somerset county. his parents hav-
ing moved to Norridgewock in AZ. He
enhsted from Skowhegan in April
1851, and was assigned to Co. H of the
sra Maine Infantry This regiment
served the entire three years enlist
ment in the Army of the Potomac. At
Ter serving months as a prisoner, by
special order he was permitted to en-
ter the regular United States service
ana re-nlisted in 1863. At the close OF
the war he was on garrison duty a,
Mound City, ILL.,, and while there he