Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-02-06
AN APPRECIATION.
sketch of the Late Felix q. Haynes,
Formerly of Trenton.

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in This article I lsarned from his dear old
mo, her who lived To be nearly ninety
wears old. and in whose eomp.nionsbip
vas pr;vileses 10 snena the Ara, twenty
wears Of INV own life.
He was horn on the old farm Mt West
Trenton which was taken up bv his Grand
ilfathar pear,ev and his brother peter. who
came to Trenton from Bedford, Mass,
some time shortly after the close of the
Revolution. in which their father had
given mn his life at Bunker Hill. the how
| pearlev finishing out the term OF his ma
rent. His bovbood was spent about the
| farm and in the little old schoolbouse
! wbich ia stilI standinr but not now used
| for school nurposes. Due to a cut from an
axe. he was undersized and unable to
walk until perbaps ten years old. and hi,
| father would take him to the fields ON his
hack In having time and seat him on a
rock TO watch the father swing the old
| fashioned scvthe The effect OF this in
iurv finally WORE away and left him OF
| ordinary nhvsioue.
| Al fifteen he was left fatherless. his
| father being killed bya kick from COW.
Three older and three Younger children
were in the family, all of whom lived TO
fill creditable positions in society, a
tribute to the abilities and resourceful-
ness Of The widowed mother.
The talent for speaking in public and
the tondness for an argument were no
doubt inherited from his Grandfather
Thomas of Eden. and were sRrIv mani
| tested by his sppesrapce before the gath
erings at tie schoolhouse. in the "speak
ing SCHOOL, or "Iyceums. This earIy
training s.oos hin, in yoo1 s,sad whom in
| later wears. he neid positions of trust and
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