Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-05-25
OBITUARY.
ELMER B. TRUEWORTHY.

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| ELMER B. TRUEWORTHY.
Elmer b. Trustworthy died Satur-
! day morning at his home in the
| Dollardtown district of Ellsworth,
after short illness, in the forty
sixth year of his age. His death
saddens not only the family and the
community in which he lived, but a
wide circle of friends.
| OF a modesty approaching diff
dence, and unassuming in manner,
he yet exerted a strong influence for
good in his community, compelling
admiration by a simple honesty
that deied corruption and dis
dained subterfuge. He walked
| straight forward, honest in all his
associations with his fellowmen,
honest in his friendships. He was
a good neighbor, obliging to a fault,
and his death is loss to his COM
munity
The sympathy of all goes out to
the family, but especially to his in
valid mother, to whom he
was devotion itself Mr. Trus-
leaves, besides his mother,
worthy, two sisters, Mrs William
Neyells and Mrs. Eugene Moore,
and one half-sister, Mrs. William nj.
Higgins, all of Ellsworth
The funeral was held at the West
Ellsworth church Monday after
| noon. Rev James A. Weed pastor
of the Ellsworth, Methodist church.
officiating. There were many
| hna nt II Ioln
from Lejok lodge, l. o. o. F., of
| which deceased was member, at
, tended the funeral and conducted
services at the grave.
JOSIAH TINKER.
Josiah Tinker, lifelong resi-
dent of Ellsworth, died last Friday
at his home on Tinker's hill. Mr..
Tinker was born in Ellsworth Janu-
AIRY 5, 1S45. For many years he
| followed the sea, and during the
Civil war was on transport ships
running to Virginia Later he
sailed in fishing vessels to the
Grand Banks, and then for some
years as captain of the bay coaster
Monomoy. Because of i'll health, he
retired to his farm in Ellsworth
, some years ago.
| Mr.. Tinker leaves a widow and
four children-Mrs L. A. HOWE of
Compton, Cal, Mrs. C. w. Gould of
! South Orrington. Mrs s. X Mech
of Everett, Mass, and Fred H.
Tinker of Ellsworth; also seven
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
The funeral was held at the home
|
officiating. The bearers were Cliff
ton Woodward, Harry S. Jones,
| Warren Murch and Henry Estey.
! Interment was at Woodbne Gene
terry.
WILLIAM j. CONNICK.
The death on Monday of William
j. Connick removes another of
Ellsworth's fast falling veterans of
the Civil war Mr.. Connick had
been i'll for some time, but able to
be about the house. Last week he
had an i'll turn and fell from his
chair, fracturing his hip. The in
! jury proved too great a shock in
his weakened condition. Mr.. Con-
nick was nearly eight-six years of
age. He was born in Meddybemps,
but had lived in Ellsworth more
than fifty years.
He enlisted in the Civil war.
serving in Co. G. 18th Maine He
was a member of VIM. H. H. Rice
post, G. A. r., in which he had held
various offices.
He leaves widow, who was Miss
Sarah Jellison of Waltham, two
daughters, Misses Annie and Jennie
Connick of Ellsworth, one son, Will
lis A. Connick of Auburn, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Lewis Bibber of Lewis
ton
The funeral will be held at the
home tomorrow forenoon at 10
O'Clock.
ABIGAIL HOPKINS BUTTON.
The death in Arlington, Mass,
Hopkins Dutton, marks the passing
of the last of family of eleven
children once prominent in Ellis
worth, whose lives covered a span
| of more than full century. Mrs.
Dutton herself lacked but one
month of rounding out century
of life.
Her parents were John and Abb
|
being direct descendant of Steph-
en- Hopkins, who came over in the
Mayfower. He came to Ellsworth
from Cape Cod in a coasting vessel,
late in the seventeen hundreds, set
tied here, prospered in real estate
/ transactions, became one of the
leading citizens OF Ellsworth, and
sheriff of Hancock county. He died
in 1910. His eleven children, of
whom Mrs. Dutton was the last sur
vivor, were George B., John d.,
James H., Abigail, Alphonso, Sarah
| (Partridge), Albert M, Mary j.
| (Belcher), Frank, Ann Eliza
| Brown, Edward X.
Mrs. Dutton was born in ELS
worth, June IS, 1921. She was
married to Frank A. Dutton of
another old Ellsworth family and