By Muriel Bristol | February 25, 2024
Samuel E. Drew was born in Stoneham, MA, October 4, 1868, son of Samuel and Jane (Martin) Drew.
Samuel Drew, a currier, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Stoneham, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Jane [(Martin)] Drew, keeping house, aged fifty-four years (b. Nova Scotia), his children, Frank A. Drew, a currier, aged twenty years (b. MA) (b. MA), and Samuel E. Drew, attending school, aged eleven years, his sister-in-law, Emeline F. [(Martin)] Jones, works in shoe factory, aged forty-two years (b. Nova Scotia), and his nephew-in-law, Frederick R. Jones, aged nine years (b. MA).
Father Samuel Drew died of partial necrosis of the brain in Stoneham, MA, August 30, 1883, aged sixty-one years, five months. He was a married currier, and native of Durham, NH.
Samuel E. Drew married in Milton, August 25, 1892, Ina Frances Wentworth, both of Milton. He was a shoemaker, aged twenty-three years, and she was a lady, aged eighteen years. Rev. Frank Haley performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, June 26, 1874, daughter of George C.S. and Mary C. (Hanson) Wentworth. (Her mother, Mary C. (Hanson) Wentworth, had died of apoplexy in Milton, October 14, 1890, aged forty-five years, nine months, and nine days).
(The children of Samuel E. and Ina F. (Wentworth) Drew were George Wentworth Drew (1895-1955) and Cora Thelma Drew (1896-1897)).
Son George Wentworth Drew was born in Milton, September 12, 1893.
Daughter Cora Thelma Drew was born in Milton, June 26, 1896. She died of meningitis in Milton, November 23, 1897, aged one year, four months, and twenty-eight days. Her father was a shoe cutter. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Samuel E. Drew appeared in the Milton directories of 1900 and 1902, as a shoe cutter, with his house on Main street, north of the depot. (Father-in-law George C.S. Wentworth appeared also as a shoe cutter, with his house on Main street, north of the depot).
George C.S. Wentworth, a day laborer, aged sixty years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his son-in-law, Samuel E. Drew, a day laborer, aged thirty years (b. MA), his daughter (Drew’s wife of seven years), Ina F. [(Wentworth)] Drew, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and his grandson, George W. Drew, at school, aged six years (b. NH). George C.S. Wentworth owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Harold A. Bassett, a barber, aged thirty-one years (b. Canada), and George Downs, a day laborer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH).
Mother Jane (Martin) Drew died of hepatitis in Stoneham, MA, May 9, 1902, aged seventy-four years. She was a widow and native of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
ANNUAL MASQUE BALL. Entertainment Given at Milton, N.H., by Dramatic Club of That Place. MILTON, N.H., Jan. 8 – The Milton dramatic club gave its second annual masked ball at A.O.U.W. hall tonight. There were 92 couples in the march, which was led by Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Hartford. The ball officers were Fred S. Hartford chief marshal, Samuel E. Drew, Frank S. Norton aids. George A. Gilmore, George V. Paey, Samuel Swett assistants. Among those present were: Mr. John Hartigan, Mr. Charles Parker, Mr. Herbert Finnegan, Mr. W. Went worth, Mr. & Mrs. E. Looney, Mr. Herbert Willey, Mr. Harry Page, Mr. William Elliott, Mr. Frank Burke, Mr. Fred Downs, Miss Alice Brock, Miss Annie Marcoux, Miss Annie Young, Miss Clara Hurd, Miss M. O’Loughlin, Miss Florence Dore, Mr. Frank Cassidy, Mr. Ernest Leighton, Miss Mary Varney, Miss Grace Pike, Miss Grace Stone, Mrs. Piercy, Mr. & Mrs. C. Wingate, Mr. & Mrs. J. O’Loughlin, Mr. Frank Jones, Mr. Philip Irish, Mr. Walter Randall, Mr. James Howard, Mr. William Dore, Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Hayes, Mr. Scott Randall, Miss Effie Howard, Mr. & Mrs. J. Marcoux, Miss Blanche Tufts, Mr. Charles Drew, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Page, Mr. Herbert Dow, Mr. Fred Emery, Mrs. John Daniels, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Home, Miss Lizzie Stead, Miss Blanch Dore (Boston Globe, January 9, 1904).
Samuel E. Drew appeared in the Milton directory of 1905, as a shoe cutter, with his house at 80 Main street, north of depot.
MILTON, N.H. Among those who attended the Red Men’s council at Manchester lately were Wm. L. Wallace and Guy Hayes; the ladies who went were Mrs. Lillian Wentworth, Mrs. Ina Drew, Mrs. Carrie Hodges and Mrs. Ina Webber. Wm. L. Wallace received the appointment as great guard of the wigwam (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), October 19, 1906).
Samuel E. Drew appeared in the Milton directory of 1909, as a shoe cutter and milk dealer, with his house at 80 Main street, north of depot.
The Milton Selectmen of 1909 were Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew, and Haven R. Jewett.
MILTON. At the town meeting last Tuesday, Charles A. Jones, Haven Nutter [Haven R. Jewett] and Samuel Drew were chosen for selectmen. Dr. M.A.H. Hart was reelected on the school board for the next three years. Everett F. Fox town treasurer. T.L. Avery and B.B. Plummer, Jr., town auditors, H.W. Downs constable, J.H. Rhines chief of police (Farmington News, March 12, 1909).
MILTON. Town meeting Tuesday of last week was the quietest held for years. Selectmen elected were Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew and Haven R. Jewett. Police officers James H. Rines and Charles L. Beaton. At the school meeting, besides the usual appropriation, the sum of S200 was raised for fire escapes for the school houses at Milton and Milton Mills (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 19, 1909).
The Milton Selectmen of 1910 were Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew, and Haven R. Jewett.
Samuel Drew, a finisher (shoe factory), aged thirty-nine years (b. MA), headed a Milton (“Milton 3 Ponds”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of seventeen years), Ina [(Wentworth)] Drew, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), his son, George Drew, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and his servant, Alice Perkins, a private family servant, aged sixteen years (b. NH). Samuel Drew owned their house, free-and-clear. Ina Drew was the mother of two children, of whom one was still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hannah [(Pinkham)] Drew, a widow, aged seventy-six years (b. NH), and George L. Downs, a painter (odd jobs), aged fifty-six years (b. NH).
The Milton Selectmen of 1911 were S.E. Drew, B.B. Plummer, and C.S. Philbrick.
MILTON, N.H. The Tip-Top Club gave its annual concert and ball at A.O.U.W. Hall Friday night, with many attending. Bunting and flags constituted the decorations. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Drew led the grand inarch, consisting of 96 couples. The floor manager was Raymond Tupper, and the aids were J. Herbert Willey, Samuel Drew and James O’Loughlin (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 29, 1911).
Samuel E. Drew appeared in the Milton directory of 1912, as a shoe operative and milk dealer, with his house at 80 Main street, north of depot.
The Milton Selectmen of 1912 were S.E. Drew, B.B. Plummer, and C.S. Philbrick.
Samuel E. Drew appeared in the Milton directory of 1917, as a shoe operative, with his house at 80 Main street, north of depot. Son George W. Drew appeared as being employed in Detroit, MI, with his home with S.E.D. [S.E. Drew], at 80 Main street.
AUCTIONS, REAL ESTATE. SAMUEL E. DREW, Auctioneer, will sell at Milton, N.H., Saturday, October 20, 1917, at 12 noon, farm of 75 acres, 1 mile from town, with good building, silo, fruit trees, growing pine and hardwood; also all household goods and farming tools; posters sent on application * (Boston Globe, October 14. 1917).
Son Corporal George W. Drew appeared on a U.S. Army Transport Service manifest for Company A, 125 Infantry [Regiment]. Cpl. Drew named his mother, Ina Drew of Milton, NH, as his next of kin. The company would sail from Hoboken, NJ, on February 19, 1918, presumably for Europe, on troop transport “36.”
LOCAL. The official list of New Hampshire casualties for the week just passed gives the name of Private George W. Drew of Milton, son of the well known auctioneer Samuel S. Drew, as having been slightly wounded (Farmington News, May 19, 1919).
Son George W. Drew married in Detroit, MI, September 20, 1919, Izetta L. Aylesworth, both of Detroit, MI. He was a salesman, aged twenty-six years, and she was a clerk, aged twenty-two years. Rector Bertram Pallinger performed the ceremony. She was born in Isabella County, MI, August 20, 1897, daughter of Robert B. and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Forbes) Aylesworth.
Samuel E. Drew, a state road patrolman, aged fifty years (b. MA), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ina W. [(Wentworth)] Drew, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and his father-in-law, George C.S. Wentworth, aged eighty years (b. ME). Samuel E. Drew owned their farm on Upper Main Street in Milton Village, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Wilbur F. Abbott, a leatherboard laborer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), and George L. Downs, a house painter, aged sixty-six years (b. NH).
George W. Drew, a furnace co. salesman, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and his wife, Izetta [(Aylesworth)] Drew, a bank clerk, aged twenty-two years (b. MI), were among the fourteen lodgers in the Detroit, MI, household of Marion Johnson, a toolmaker (machine shop), aged twenty-seven years (b. OH), at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census.
Ina F. (Wentworth) Drew died of apoplexy in Milton, May 6, 1922, aged forty-seven years, ten months, and ten days. She was a lifelong resident of Milton. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Samuel Drew took up managing local estate and real estate auctions at some time in the late 1920s.
AUCTION sale of household goods and farm implements at the residence of Warren L. Gilman, corner of Central and High streets, opposite B.F. Perkins carriage factory, Farmington, on Saturday, October 6, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon. Chance to buy well kept furniture, household wares and farm implements at auction prices. Sale rain or shine. Samuel Drew, Auctioneer. (Farmington News, September 28, 1928).
Son George E. Drew moved to Roanoke, VA, in or around 1928-29, where he ran the principal Virginia office of the Michigan-based Holland Furnace Company
RICHMOND. Two of the corporations domesticating in Virginia yesterday paid the State $7500 in fees. All corporations pay on the basis of their capitalization to do business in Virginia. The two heavy contributors were the Pet Milk Company, a Delaware corporation, which paid $5000, and the Holland Furnace Company of Michigan, $2500. The principal Virginia office of the milk company is given as Abingdon, with John J. Fenstenmacher, agent in charge. The furnace company has its principal Virginia office at Roanoke, with George W. Drew in charge (Portsmouth Star (Portsmouth, VA), March 12, 1929).
Samuel E. Drew appeared in the Milton directory of 1930, as dealing in grain and milk, on Main street.
Hugh Innes, a mill laborer (fibre mill), aged forty-six years (b. Canada), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirteen years), Hattie Innes, aged forty-five years (b. MA), and his boarder, George C.S. Wentworth, aged ninety years (b. ME). Hugh Innes rented their house on North Main Street, for $15 per month. They had a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George Downs, a house painter, aged seventy-six years (b. NH), and Wilbur Abbot, a laborer (fibre mill), aged fifty-two years (b. NH).
[This would seem to be the same house occupied first by George C.S. Wentworth, who resided there still as a boarder, and then by his son-in-law, Samuel E. Drew, who appears to have moved to Rochester, NH, where he resided in his auction house. It might seem that Samuel E. Drew owned the house, but had rented it to Hugh Innes].
George W. Drew, an engineer (furnace co.), aged thirty-six years (b. NH), headed a Roanoke, VA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eleven years), Izetta L. [(Aylesworth)] Drew, aged thirty-three years (b. MI), his children, Janice G. Drew, aged three years (b. NY), and George W. Drew, [Jr.,] aged three years (b. NY), and his servant, Rodessa Graveley, a private family servant, aged twenty years (b. VA). George W. Drew rented their house at 1010 Auburn Avenue, for $50 per month.
Samuel E. Drew appeared in the Rochester, NH, directories of 1931, 1933, 1935, and 1936, as an auctioneer and realtor at 15 S. Main street (6), with his residence at the same location.
FEINEMAN BROTHERS CHERISH RELIC. Among the imposing appointments of the Feineman Brothers store in Rochester hangs a framed sale bill, memento of the enterprise of the forebears of the present owners, S.H. and E.S. Feineman, who founded the business which has grown to be one of the largest and most flourishing men’s wear establishments in the state. Although the old print bears the date of May, 1863, and proclaims a spring sale of merchandise on a lavish scale for those days, it is in a most remarkable state of preservation, having been printed on English paper, made from rags, and printed with English ink. The merchandise exploited contained many items and nearly every piece was an imported product from England, France, Germany, Belgium and Arabia. Prices were high because of the Civil war, but the quality and utility of the product must have been remarkable compared with present day standards. The present owners of the store had no idea of the existence of literature connected with the store dating so far back until Samuel Drew, the well known auctioneer, presented them with this copy which was found among the personal effects 01 the late George H. Goodwin at the time of the auction last summer. It is displayed in a most effective manner near the entrance of their place of business (Farmington News, April 24, 1931).
Father-in-law George C.S. Wentworth died of influenzal pneumonia in Milton, February 1, 1934, aged ninety-four years, three months, and thirteen days. He was a retired shoe cutter. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. To settle estate of Mary A. Brown, late of Farmington, a nine-room house, large barn, two garages and sheds, will be sold at public auction on the premises at 10 a.m. standard time, Saturday, September 1. Property is pleasantly and centrally located. Sale rain or shine. Charles G. Jenness, Executor Samuel E. Drew, Auctioneer (Farmington News, August 31, 1934).
Samuel E. Drew of Central Square in Rochester, NH, died of acute endocarditis at the Strafford County Farm in Dover, NH, April 17, 1938, aged sixty-nine years, six months, and thirteen days. He was a widowed auctioneer. J.H. Richards, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Samuel E. Drew appeared posthumously in the Rochester, NH, directory of 1939, as an auctioneer and realtor at 15 S. Main street (6), with his house at the same location.
Court Rules On Ski Slope Site. ROCHESTER, Sept 30 (Special) – A 10-acre plot of land covering a major part of the hill near the Boston and Maine depot at Milton, used last year by the Teneriffe Sports Club as a ski slope, is legally the property of former Councilor Burt R. Cooper and Judge Gardner S. Hall of Rochester, counsel for the heir of Samuel E. Drew, according to a judgment returned in Superior Court at Dover. Mr. Drew, long a resident of Milton, died last year and the land, part of his estate, was purchased by the selectmen of the town after the legal number of years had passed with the taxes unpaid. Another section of the Drew property was sold to Maynard Benton. Taxes had been paid to cover part of the property and the heirs argued successfully before the court that the selectmen could not know which of the two sections of the property the paid taxes had covered. The Teneriffe Sports Club developed the mountainside after the property was taken over by the town, erecting a ski tow there (Evening Express (Portland, ME), September 30, 1939).
George W. Drew, a supervisor (wholesale concern), aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Bridgeport, CT, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Izelle [(Aylesworth)] Drew, aged forty-two years (b. MI), and his children, George Drew, aged thirteen years (b. NY), and Jaris Drew, aged thirteen years (b. NY). George W. Drew rented their house at 171 Rocton Avenue, for $35 per month. They had all resided in the same place, i.e., Bridgeport, CT, in 1935.
Son George W. Drew registered for the WW II military draft in Bridgeport, CT, April 27, 1942. He was forty-eight years of age (b. Milton, NH, September 12, 1893), and was employed by the Bridgeport Brass Company on East Main Street. Izette Drew of the same address was his next of kin. His telephone number was 4-3495. He was 5′ 8″ tall, weighed 210 pounds, and had hazel eyes, gray hair, and a ruddy complexion.
Son George W. Drew died in West Haven, CT, February 16, 1955.
OBITUARY. George W. Drew. George W. Drew, of 149 Norman street, died Wednesday in the West Haven Veterans hospital. Services are being arranged by the West Haven branch of the Keenan funeral home, 238 Elm street (Bridgeport Telegram, February 18, 1955).
Daughter-in-law Izette L. (Aylesworth) Drew died in Cape Coral, FL, November 24, 1982.
DEATHS. Lee County. DREW, IZETTA L., 85, of 2505 S.E. 17th Ave., Cape Coral, funeral services today, Metz Funeral Home of Cape Coral in charge of arrangements (News Press (Fort Meyers, FL), November 26, 1982).
References:
Find a Grave. (2011, February 27). Cora Thelma Wentworth Drew. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/66210287/cora-thelma-drew
Find a Grave. (2000, March 3). George W. Drew. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/2661421/george-w-drew
Find a Grave. (2011, February 27). Samuel E. Drew. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/66210108/samuel-e.-drew
Find a Grave. (2009, November 26). George Clarence Scott Wentworth. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/44820152/george-clarence_scott-wentworth
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