The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-09-04
,seences of Swanville
Svanyille Centennial by F. E.
N,ssrson Aug. y, 1919.

..,ssrson Aug. Y, 1919.
utlemen: AS | stand be-
atjernoon, | can understand
-.lt what must be the feel
nable to swim if he were
Nn overheard i'll mid ocean.
q weak attempts to gain a
.e.v. Equally futile are any
ue to properly handle the
las been assigned to me
..u Therefore | have had to
many spaces which | would
gsting for your kind for
deficiency and that some
formed than myself may
Exercises fill in those blanks.
many of US have return
Jome, or, at least, have re-
ues of our childhood for
no real return to the old
we may revisit spots and
were dear to our childhood,
aazed, and more than all else
yen the people. The chums of
ass are scattered many having
-.a bourne from which no
rs, and their places have
.v new and unfamiliar faces.
y there can be no real re-
. home.
not alone chronological ar
facts and events with their
acts; but it is the life of the
selves and | know that the
.is town for the period for
.. Us may have lived here is
our hearts as the Command
.l>es which were craven upon
ST settlers of which | can
leutic record were Joseph
Aaron Nlckerson about 1877.
ming from New Hampshire
he farm now occupied by
-unningham and Mr.. Nick
g from Cape Cod erected a
which he occupied for many
nat time the place was for
wilderness called Swan
the Is, 600 acre tract IN the
ancoch, Commonwealth of
is Reuben Nlckerson settled
p later occupied Ly Josiah
.i sulllater by his son Stephen
d BOA Seth Nlckerson settled
.ater occupied by Emery
sud now owned by Thomas d.
uTe in our imagination these
coming here from time to
for the most part upon the
their f0rtitude IN clearing
arms, n the laying out of
81 from place to place, and
struggles to gain a liveli-
emselVes and education for
For it is these men and
carly times that have made
advantages which we enjoy
1eautlful spot.
a- OF Swan Plantation went
plantation business in the
Intll Feb. IL, 1913, when
SwanVllle was Incorporated
The legislature aud the town
by Eben Williams, a JUS
.ace, by calling the first town
lay 9th, 1913. The popula-
own at that time was 374.
& Of Maine was separated
1920 and Maine was estab-
yarate state. Eleazer Nick
1sen The delegate from Swan
convention which met at
Oct. 29th, 1919, to frame the
lion. The iowa remained a
eek until about 1927 when
Waldo was established, In
mart settled on the place
by Albert 1. Nlckerson, and
suiel Haynes built house
now owned by Albert Cum
Ach for many years In stage
was a wayside inn. This
ely been replaced by a more
et1re; but If the walls of these
IS were capable of speech,
r.i tales as eloquent as those
" which have mace famous
oil Sudbury.
.- year 1900 a saw and grlst
ted by Aaron and Reuben
Jhe loot OF the lake. This
d by another structure OPP
Ally Nlckerson- and others.
vas torn down IN the early
bingham Bros. built the
ing, which is now owned
ca by Charles K. Nlckerson.
elson operated a mill at what
Of nnown as Nlckerson's Mills,
a- farm now owned by Hosea
-lrst backyard In town was
aaron Nlckerson, where the
inc late Emery Cunningham
ls The second backyard was
Joseph Smart near his house,
s-d the last IN town, was oper-
1ery Nickerson, and later dur
"}Aood OF the speaker by Geo
Son. stores Tor the sale OF mer-
etc.,. were carried on by Johr
'.-mon Cunningham and Tull,
and the store now owned by
ana Damn was for many year:
by Emery Nickerson, and latel
b. j., II. Nlckerson.
line OF the incorporation OF the
though the intervening year,
many large famllles-name!
Is always Identified with public
- The progress OF the town.