The Press., 1921-10-27
Wilmington Hollow Village in the
 Early 1S6O's


 Since writing up the Hollow" dis trict, I have received several items on the villagers of the early eos, from Mrs. Corine E. Qde) Lillibridge, of Lithia, Florida, who lived there at that time, with her father Lorenzo D. Ide, at the Sylvester T. Preston place at the west end of the street, now the home of Charles AmidOn. The house in the yard was the home of Amos Preston, and his wife, and daughter, Almira, Lut later was bought by MT. Ide, on the death of Almira, the last of that group. The house just around the corner, on the Daleville road, was owned during Civil war times by Lucius Preston, brother of Sylvester. Afterward the place was occupied by Isaac Hart ison and wife, and son, Fully; and after the death of the wife and son came into the hands of Mrs. Carlista (Crawford) Sessions, Mrs. Harbison's sister, who held a mort gage on it; and after Mrs. Sessions death, was bought by G. Dow Ide, who made it his home for years.
 The next house on the Daleville road was owned by Enoch Baker; later Miss Bathsheha Holt and her sister lived there; afterward it went into the hands of Davis Baker, who lived in the next house. Not long after, one of the Baker houses was taken down. The John Henry Holmes place and sawmill at The west end was occupied for a time by David Lilli- bridge. L. D. Ide owned the up and down" sawmill, grist mill and bolt and shingle mill and blow handle works on Fenton river, in partnership with J. B. Holmes, and they did lively business, employing 8 or 10 men in Civil war times, logs and timber be- ing brought in from miles around; but later, business decreased, and they sold out.
 The house opposite the store was owned during Civil war by Rufus Par sons and family. Miss Buckmister bought it later. John Grant, father of Ed. Grant, who owned the store, lived at the Gen. Holt place before the war, but Norman Holt lived there dur ing the Civil war. Several years later the place was bought by Mr. Baldwin, the maker of some of the finest and most exact carpenter work unwilling ton. The house and shop west of the school house were owned in Civil war days by Edward Morrison, who ran a wagonmaking business. He was suc- ceeded by Murray Baker, who made and sold tin ware. Winfield Snow restored the wagon business in the shop, and Henry o. Sparks moved in to the house. Lucien W. Holt lived in the old Partridge house; succeed ing son of James Dawley, who ran a store in building which stood be- tween the eastward road and the sOuthward or Daleville road at the west end of the street, or between the Partridge house and the Heath house, nearby. This building later burned down.
 What John Merrick has done for the western part of Wilmington, and have endeavored to do for the eastern part, needs to be done for the other dis tricts soon, or there will be none of the native inhabitants left to tell their tale. I believe that William D. Ruby and wife can furnish interesting and valuable chronicles of the Roaring brook district, which no one else possesses; and a few old or former residents can do the same for Village Hill district and Daleville district, and perhaps for Potter district; if no one else responds, will do the best can for this last.
 The cemetery Association has awak- ened to the fact that there will be no native residents to care for the graves of their ancestors and relatives; real- izing the situation described in the old hymn:
 "The living know that they must die; And all the dead forgotten lie. Their memory and their sense is gone Alike unknoWing and unknown"
 JOEL N. EMO.