Month: November 2024

By Muriel Bristol | November 24, 2024

Here may be found extracted the Milton entries from the New England Business Directory and Gazetteer of 1860.

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Bakers. Swasey, Charles, Milton Mills, Milton.

Blacksmiths. Duntley, Hazen, Milton; Osgood, Ebenezer, Milton Mills, Milton; Rines, Nathaniel, Milton Mills, Milton; Rines, Samuel F., Milton Mills, Milton; Goodwin, Joseph, West Milton, Milton.

Boot and Shoe Manufacturers. Berry, Lewis, Milton; Warren & Sayward, Milton; Wentworth, H.V. & E., Milton; Goodwin, John E. & Co., West Milton, Milton.

Box Manufacturers. Dearborn, Stephen W., Milton.

Carpenters. Dixon, Ichabod W., Milton; Hersom, Elihu H., Milton; Lucas, John, Milton; Mathes, Joseph, Milton; Roberts, Ira, Milton.

Clergymen. Doldt, James (C.T.), Milton; Colby, J.T.G. (Ch. B.), West Milton.

Country Stores. Where is kept a general assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Agricultural Implements, & c. Those who deal in but one kind of goods, will be found under the appropriate headings. Protective Union, Div. 542, Milton; Twombly, Ezra H., Milton; Warren & Sayward, Milton; Wentworth, H.W. & E., Milton; Fox, Asa & Son, Milton Mills; Jewett, Asa, Milton Mills; Simes, Bray U., Milton Mills; Swinerton, John L., Milton Mills; Goodwin, G.W., West Milton; Twombly, John W., West Milton.

[The New England Protective Union was a regional chain of cooperative stores. Milton’s Protective Union, Div. 542 store, would appear to have been an N.E.P.U. member store. They had their heyday prior to the Civil War].

Grist Mills. Leighton, Thomas, Milton; Varney, William, Milton.

Hotels. Milton Hotel, Joseph Jenness, Milton; Milton Mills Hotel, Dudley Gilman, Milton [Mills].

Physicians. Drew, Stephen, Milton; Palmer, Daniel E., Milton; Swinerton, John L., Milton Mills.

Postmasters. Milton, John R. Palmer; West Milton, John Colbath; Milton Mills, J.L. Swinerton.

Saw Mills. Hanson, John M. (also shingle), Milton; Varney, William, Milton.

Shingle Mills. Leighton, Cyrus, Milton.

Stables. Jenness, Joseph, Milton.

Wheelwrights. Shapleigh, Moses W., Milton.

Woollen Goods Manufs. See also Hosiery. Townsend, John (flannels), Milton Mills, Milton.

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Previous in sequence: Milton Businesses in 1856; next in sequence: Milton Businesses in 1865

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References:

Sampson & Murdoch Co. (1860). New England Business Directory and Gazetteer. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=RztoX7Ex9A4C&pg=PA175#v=onepage&q&f=false

By Muriel Bristol | November 17, 2024

Arthur M. Flye was born in Hiram, ME, April 9, 1871, son of James F. “Freeman” and Ruth E. (Lord) Flye.

Arthur M. Flye married in Hiram, ME, March 31, 1894, Delia M. Douglass, he of Hiram, ME, and she of Sebago, ME. He was a farmer, aged twenty-three years, and she was a seamstress, aged twenty-three years. Rev. A.P. Sanborn performed the ceremony. She was born in Sebago, ME, circa 1871, daughter of Oliver M. and Laura Douglass.

Arthur Flye, a carpenter, aged thirty years (b. ME), headed a Sebago, ME, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of six years), Delia M. [(Douglass)] Flye, aged thirty-one years (b. ME). Arthur Flye rented their house. Their household appeared in the enumeration just after that of her father, Oscar Douglas, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. ME).

Mother Ruth E. (Lord) Flye died of cirrhosis of the liver in Cornish, ME, February 22, 1904, aged sixty-eight years, five months, and twenty-one days. She was a housewife. George W. Weeks, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Hiram. Mrs. Ruth (Lord) Flye, wife of James F. Flye, died in Cornish, Feb. 23d, aged 68 years. She leaves an aged husband and six children – John Flye of Cornish, Arthur of Sebago, Mrs. Everett Lord of Porter, Mrs. Seth Spring of Hiram, Mr[s]. Frank Emery of Skowhegan and Miss Nettie Flye, who faithfully cared for her mother through a long sickness. She also leaves two brothers, Samuel W. Lord of Hiram and Edwin L. Lord of Porter. The family have lost a faithful wife and mother, and a large circle of friends in Hiram, where she lived for many years, can bear witness to her goodness as a friend and neighbor, and her kind care of the sick. Funeral services were held at Cornish, Rev. William Cotton officiating (Norway Advertiser-Democrat (Norway, ME), April 26, 1904).

Arthur M. Flye appeared in the Milton directory of 1905, as proprietor of a general store at 41 Main street, in Milton Mills, with his residence above the store. Other Milton Mills general stores were those of F.H. Lowd, at 7 Main street, and Asa Fox & Son, in Central square. (J.D. Willey kept a general store on Main Street in Milton).

MILTON MILLS. Past Grands Arthur M. Flye, John E. Horne and F.E. Stevens are in attendance at the session of the grand lodge, I.O.O.F., at Manchester this week. Miss Alice S. Lewis is the delegate of Sunrise lodge to the Rebekah assembly. Mrs. Rosamond Mansor also went to Manchester to witness exemplification of the degree on Tuesday evening by a team from the Lakeport lodge (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), October 19, 1906).

Arthur M. Flye was one of only twelve Milton residents to have a private [automobile] operator’s license in 1907 (there were also three chauffeur’s licenses); his automobile was one of the only thirteen to sixteen automobiles (and two motorcycles) registered in town. (See Milton Automobiles in 1906-07).

Arthur M. Flye appeared in the Milton directory of 1909, as proprietor of a general store at 41 Main street, in Milton Mills, with his residence above the store.

MILTON MILLS. The following officers were installed for Miltonia Lodge, I.O.O.F.: N.G., Albert Simes; V.G., Charles Applebee; Secretary, Arthur Flye; Treasurer, F.L. Marsh; Trustee, three years, J.E. Horne (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), January 15, 1909).

Arthur M. Flye, a shoemaker (own shop), aged thirty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of sixteen years), Delia M. [(Douglass)] Flye, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME). Arthur M. Flye rented their house at Milton Mills. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Harry Hamilton, a laborer (woolen mill), aged thirty-four years (b. NH), and Sumner Merrow, own income, aged sixty-three years (b. NH).

A.M. Flye’s 22 hp. Buick was one of only ten automobiles registered in Milton in 1910. (See Milton Automobiles in 1909-10).

Mother-in-law Laura A. (Storer) Douglass died of debilitation of the heart in Sebago, ME, June 8, 1910, aged sixty-six years, six months, and eleven days. She was a housewife. L. Norton, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Arthur M. Flye appeared in the Milton directory of 1912, as a carpenter, with his house at 5 Highland street, in Milton Mills.

Father James F. “Freeman” Flye died of heart failure in Cornish, ME, June 28, 1912, aged seventy-seven years, five months, and twenty-five days. He was a laborer. G.W. Weeks, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Hiram. The sudden death of James F. Flye at Cornish, recently at the age of 77, saddens his many friends here. He was born in Hiram Jan. 3,1835, to John and Susan Stover Flye. We have known him some sixty years as a useful, peaceable and honored citizen. He was a grandson of James Flye, an early settler in Hiram, a Revolutionary soldier, who also served in the French and Indian war. In the family is still preserved and cherished an old powder horn inscribed: “James Five his horn, we march to-day for Ticonderoga July 5, 1756” (Norway Advertiser-Democrat (Norway, ME), July 16, 1912).

Father-in-law Oliver M. Douglass died of debilitation of the heart in Sebago, ME, March 5, 1912, aged seventy years, four months, and twenty-eight days. He was a farmer. L. Norton, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Arthur M. Flye of Milton received a Fraternal Protective insurance appointment in 1913 (Standard Publishing, 1914).

Arthur M. Flye appeared in the Milton directory of 1917, as a carpenter, with his house at 22 Main street, in Milton Mills.

SEBAGO. Mr. B.W. Douglass and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Neal visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Flye at Milton Mills, N.H., last week (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 20, 1918).

SOUTH HIRAM. Mrs. S.T. Spring was much pleased, as well as surprised, to receive on Sunday a short call from her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Flye of Milton Mills, N.H. (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 1, 1919).

Arthur M. Flye, a foreman (asylum), aged forty-eight years (b. ME), resided as an employee in the Ring Sanitorium and Hospital in Arlington, MA, at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His wife, Delia M. [(Douglass)] Flye, a diet kitchen cook (hospital), aged forty-nine years (b. ME), resided there also.

FEMALE HELP WANTED. DIETITIAN HOUSEKEEPER to cater to and buy for 50 people. RING SANITORIUM. Arlington Heights (Boston Globe, May 13, 1921).

Milton Mills suffered a serious fire in the early hours of Thursday, November 20, 1924. The Townsend mill firemen and those of Rochester, NH, responded to the fire. A two-story house, owned by Arthur M. Flye of Arlington, MA, but rented to drug store clerk Fred Carswell, was among those buildings that were seriously damaged. (See Milton in the News – 1924).

Arthur M. Flye appeared in the Arlington, MA, directory of 1923, as a foreman carpenter at Ring’s Sanitorium, boarding there too. Delia M. Flye appeared also as a housekeeper at Ring’s Sanitorium, boarding there too. Ring’s Sanatorium and Hospital, Inc., Arthur H. Ring, president, was situated at 163 Hillside avenue, in Arlington Heights.

Arthur M. (Delia M.) Flye appeared in the Medford, MA, directory of 1926, as a foreman, with his house at 130 Monument street.

Arthur M. (Delia M.) Flye appeared in the Medford, MA, directory of 1928, as a salesman, with his house at 130 Monument street.

Arthur M. Flye, a carpenter (contractor), aged fifty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Medford, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-six years), Delia M. [(Douglass)] Flye, aged sixty years (b. ME). Arthur M. Flye owned their house at 130 Monument Street, which was valued at $7,000. They had a radio set.

SOUTH ACTON. Arthur Flye is doing some carpenter work for Mrs. Richard Jewett (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 25, 1937).

A fire destroyed the Milton Mills residence and funeral parlor of Frank F. Spencer on Sunday morning, October 9, 1938. (Frank F. Spencer was then a Milton Selectman). Neighbors Arthur M. and Delia M (Douglass) Flye suffered some fire damage, including the loss of his carpenter tools.

… Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Flye who had recently moved into the adjoining tenement, saved most of their furniture but Mr. Flye lost most of his carpenter tools (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), October 13, 1938).

Arthur M. Flye, aged seventy years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Delia M. Flye, aged seventy-one years (b. ME). Arthur M. Flye rented their house on Main Street, for $10 per month. They had resided in the same house in 1935. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jason F. Thurston, aged sixty-eight years (b. MA), and William Bellemere, a cutter (leatherboard mill), aged fifty-three years (b. NH).

Rochester, N.H. ROCHESTER, N.H., Oct. 19 (Special) – District Deputy Grand Master Arthur Flye of Milton Mills and suite, Thursday night, installed the officers of Motolinia and Kennedy Lodges of Odd Fellows at a joint ceremony at Odd Fellows Hall, South Main Street (Portland Evening Express (Portland, ME), October 19, 1940).

MILTON MILLS. Arthur Flye is confined to his home with the grippe (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), January 2, 1941).

KEZAR FALLS. Perley Lord and sister Mrs. Emma Wadsworth in company with their sister, Mrs. George Walker and son Lester and Miss Katherine Snow of Fryeburg visited their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Flye at Milton Mills Sunday and Mr. and Mrs. Seth Spring at Springvale (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), February 6, 1941).

MILTON MILLS. Mrs. Arthur Flye still has a lot of yarn for Red Cross knitting for anyone who will volunteer for work (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 27, 1941).

Rochester Housewives May Register For 9 Lbs. Preserving Sugar. (Correspondent: Basil Blake; 806-J.) Sugar for canning is now available to housewives of Strafford county who have been worrying as to whether or not canning sugar must be eked from their ration supply, according to an announcement Saturday by of Rationing Board No. 17 at city hall. The office of the rationing board in charge of the program was open Saturday and will be for few Saturdays in order to issue rationing cards for canning sugar and for the return of excess sugar stamps from dealers. Institutions applying for canning rations should register between now and July 5. The board will allow a maximum of nine pounds of sugar per family member for the season’s canning, regardless of the number of quarts to be canned. Applicants should approach their own sugar rationing boards for canning certificates and present their sugar books to the rationing staff for number checking. Only those having 7-1 books should apply at the Rochester office. To assist in rationing the following county agents have been appointed: Milton Mills, Arthur Flye; Milton, Frank Nutter; New Durham, Hayes Grocery store; Farmington, People’s Market; and Somersworth, George E. Varney (Portsmouth Herald, June 22, 1942).

The Milton Selectmen of 1943 were George E. Jordan, Leroy J. Ford, and Arthur M. Flye. The Milton Selectmen of 1944 – Leroy J. Ford, Arthur M. Flye, and John G. Gilman.

MILTON MILLS. By Alfred W. Lewis. Golden Wedding. On Wednesday evening, March 29, Miltonia Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Sunrise Rebekah Lodge united to honor the Golden Wedding anniversary of two of their members, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Flye. The party, which was a complete surprise to the couple, began with a supper at 6 o’clock in the banquet hall. Gold and white decorations were used on the tables (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), April 6, 1944).

PRE-CAMPAIGN MEETING OF THE FIELD ARMY. Several ladies met at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Jones Monday, March 25, to plan and prepare for the coming drive for funds for cancer control. Mrs. H.W. Smith, state commander, and Mrs. Evelyn Cortez, state director of public relations, presented valuable Information and instructions to the captains and public relations chairman of this area. April has been proclaimed by Congress as Cancer Control month and the society has set its goal at $1200000 this year, the tenth in carrying on campaigns by the Field Army. New Hampshire is asked to raise 54500000. Of the amount raised 60% remains in the state and 40% goes to the national society of which 10% will be used for research. Mrs. Jones heads this area and has chosen Mrs. Grace Willey as captain in Milton, Mrs. Arthur Flye in Milton Mills, Mrs. Benjamin Perkins in Alton, Mrs. Charles Chamberlain in New Durham, Mrs. Bertha Liberi in Farmington and Mrs. Helen Mclaughlin as public relational chairman for the area. Mrs. Jones served a delicious luncheon at noon which was greatly enjoyed, and the ladies departed much the wiser concerning the work of the Field Army (Farmington News, March 29, 1946).

Arthur M. Flye, aged seventy-nine years (b. ME), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Delia M. [(Douglass) Flye, aged eighty years (b. ME). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Damon Currier, aged thirty years (b. ME), and Charlotte G. Willey, aged sixty-one years (b. NH). They resided on “Milton Mills Rd. at the Junction of Windhill Farm.”

FARMINGTON DISTRICT ORGANIZED FOR CANCER CRUSADE. April is the month the American Cancer society raises funds to carry on its program for education, service and research. Solicitors in each town will soon be asking for a donation. Will you help? The response for volunteer workers gives a complete organization in our district. For the first time serving as town captains: Alton, Mrs. Ethelyn Tucker; Middleton, Mrs. Pearl Gates; Milton, Mrs. Marion Stanley and Mrs. Ruth Plummer; Milton Mills, Mrs. Delya Flye; New Durham, Mrs. Irene Wentworth; Farmington, Mrs. Lillian Emerson; sponsor, The Farmington Woman’s club. District officers: Commander, Mrs. L. Violet Jones; service chairman, Mrs. Augusta Harrison; publicity and public relations, Mrs. Norma Davis (Farmington News, April 4, 1952).

Kezar Falls. Perley Lord and his sister, Mrs. Emma Wadsworth, accompanied by their sister, Mrs. Nettle Walker, and their aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Emery of Fryeburg, recently visited Mrs. Emery’s brother, Arthur Flye at Milton Mills, N.H. (Portland Press-Herald (Portland, ME), April 15, 1959).

Delia M. (Douglass) Flye died in Acton, ME, May 9, 1959, aged ninety years.

Acton. BY MRS. IRL R. HURD. Mrs. Delia M. Flye. Mrs. Delia M. Flye, 90, wife of Arthur M. Flye of Acton, died Saturday at her home. She was born at Sebago on Dec. 25, 1868, daughter of Oliver M. and Laura A. Storer Douglass. Mrs. Flye was a past noble grand and 57-year member of Sunrise Rebekah Lodge of Milton Mills, N.H., and a member of the Dorcas Society. Mr. and Mrs. Flye, who had been married 68 years, resided in Acton and Milton Mills for the past 50 years. She is survived by her husband and a sister, Mrs. Eva Hansen of Convene. Private funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Peaslee Funeral Home, Union, N.H., with the Rev. Ernest Calvert of the Union Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Haley Cemetery, Sebago (Sanford Journal Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 14, 1959).

Arthur M. Flye of Acton, ME, died of acute coronary occlusion at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, February 6, 1960, aged eighty-eight years. He was a carpenter. Robert E. Lord, M.D., signed the death certificate.

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References:

Find a Grave. (2015, October 10). Oliver Morrill Douglass. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/153515423/oliver_morrill_douglass

Find a Grave. (2016, July 25). Arthur M. Flye. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/167398957/arthur-m-flye

Find a Grave. (2015, February 9). James Freeman Flye. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/142386730/james_freeman_flye

Standard Publishing. (1914). The Standard. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=TkvnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA323

By Muriel Bristol | November 10, 2024

James Fred Reynolds was born in Dover, NH, October 12, 1869, son of James O. and Almira J. “Myra” (Hill) Reynolds.

Father James O. Reynolds died in Milton, March 9, 1900, aged seventy-three years.

LOCALS. The funeral of James O. Reynolds, a respected citizen living between Milton and Farmington, was held Monday and interment will be in the family lot in this cemetery. Mr. Reynolds is survived by his wife, four daughters, and two sons. He had been for many years a deacon in the Baptist church at Milton (Farmington News, March 16, 1900).

Myra J. [(Hill)] Reynolds, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Della M. Reynolds, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), James F. Reynolds, a farm laborer, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Lena B. Reynolds, a schoolteacher, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and her servant, Clarence H. Taylor, at school, aged eleven years (b. unknown). Myra J. Reynolds owned their farm, fee-and-clear. She was the mother of six children, of whom six were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Al E. Nute, a farmer, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), and William S. Burrows, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH).

James F. Reynolds appeared in the Milton directories of 1900, and 1902, as a farmer on Nute Ridge. His father, James O. Reynolds, appeared also in 1900, as a farmer on Nute Ridge). (James O. Reynolds appeared in 1902, as having died on March 9, 1900, aged seventy-three years).

James F. Reynolds appeared in the Milton directories of 1905, and 1909, as a farmer on Nute Ridge, with his house at Greenwood, MA.

James F. Reynolds, a painter (house), aged forty years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his mother, Myra J. [(Hill)] Reynolds, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), his sisters, Della M. Reynolds, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and Lena B. Reynolds, a teacher (public school), aged thirty-four years (b. NH), and his boarder, Gladys Mosher, a state ward, aged eleven years (b. MA). James F. Reynolds owned their house at 6 Francis Avenue. Myra J. Reynolds was the mother of six children, of whom six were still living.

James F. Reynolds appeared in the Milton directories of 1912, and 1917, as a farmer on Nute Ridge, with his house at Greenwood, MA.

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds and family of Wakefield, Mass, are at their farm haying. All are glad to see these closed houses open again (Farmington News, July 25, 1913).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds has finished painting the farm buildings owned by Edward Nute at Nute Ridge (Farmington News, October 3, 1913).

West Milton. Fred Reynolds of Wakefield, Mass., accompanied by his mother and sister, is moving back to the old home place at Nute Ridge (Farmington News, May 29, 1914).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds came home from Greenwood, Mass., Saturday (Farmington New, May 14, 1915).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds has several lambs in his flock, some of them a number of weeks old (Farmington News, February 18, 1916).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds is doing inside painting at Rochester (Farmington News, March 3, 1916).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds has been putting in a cellar wall on the west side of his house (Farmington News, December 22, 1916).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds is going to Massachusetts the last of this week and plans to attend the Billy Sunday meetings next Sunday (Farmington News, January 12, 1917).

The Milton Selectmen of 1917 were Forrest L. Marsh, Bard B. Plummer, and James F. Reynolds.

West Milton. The town went substantially republican in spite of a small vote. Selectmen elected were: Forest T. Marsh, Milton Mills, Bard B. Plummer, Milton, Fred Reynolds, West Milton; Everett F. Fox, town treasurer; Harry L. Avery, town clerk; Robert Page, member of school board for three years (Farmington News, March 16, 1917).

Mother Almira J. “Myra” Reynolds took up residence in Barrington, NH, with her third daughter, Bertha M. (Reynolds) Wiggin, circa October 1917. One might suppose she attended on the final illness of her eldest daughter, Idella M. Reynolds, a schoolteacher, who died there of liver cancer, October 13, 1917, aged fifty-five years, four months, and six days.

West Milton. Fred Reynolds and Russell Wentworth furnished two fine raccoons for the coon supper at the home of Henry Hayes last Friday evening. Several neighbors were invited but only a few were able to be present, owing to the drifted condition of the roads. The guests enjoyed a regular feast, at the conclusion of which a toast and a vote of thanks were proposed and heartily given to Messrs. Reynolds, Wentworth, Hayes, and Mrs. Hyland, who prepared the feast (Farmington News, December 21, 1917).

The Milton Selectmen of 1918 were Forrest L. Marsh, Bard B. Plummer, and James F. Reynolds.

West Milton. The town meeting at Milton drew out a big vote as the result of the sharp contest for the selection of the third selectman. The old board was re-elected, as follows: Selectmen, Forrest L. Marsh, Bard B. Plummer, James F. Reynolds; town clerk, Harry L. Avery; treasurer, Everett F. Fox. School meeting was held at the close of town meeting and Dr. M.A.H. Hart and Everett F. Fox were unanimously re-elected as member of the board of education and school treasurer, respectively (Farmington News, March 15, 1918).

West Milton. Fred Reynolds is very poorly, and is having medical treatment for a severe form of rheumatic lameness (Farmington News, October 11, 1918).

West Milton. J. Fred Reynolds had the misfortune to lose a valuable work horse, recently (Farmington News, December 20, 1918).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds is assisting I.W. Hayes with his haying (Farmington News, August 1, 1919).

WEST MILTON. Mrs. Myra Reynolds, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. E.E. Wiggin and family of Barrington, visited her son, Fred Reynolds, Sunday afternoon (Farmington News, August 15, 1919).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds has purchased a new horse (Farmington News, October 31, 1919).

WEST MILTON. Charles Copp is at the home of Fred Reynolds. The latter has employment in the Spaulding leather board factory (Farmington News, January 30, 1920).

James F. Reynolds, a painter, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his boarders, Cyrice Cormier, a laborer (Milton Ice Co.), aged nineteen years (b. MA), Albert V. Kent, a laborer (woolen mill), aged forty-two years (b. ME), James Dady, a laborer (Milton Ice Co.), aged forty-seven years (b. MA), Edgar S. Roberts, a laborer (Milton Ice Co.), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), Joseph F. Parks, a teamster, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), James Corigan, a laborer (Milton Ice Co.), aged forty-six years (b. Ireland), and Malcolm Mccleod, a brass molder (brass foundry), aged thirty-two years (b. Canada). James F. Reynolds owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Leroy J. Ford, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Davis Tucker, a grocery clerk (retail grocery), aged fifty-one years (b. MA).

WEST MILTON. Fred Reynolds, who has had employment on the ice at Milton, sustained an injury to his foot, which has incapacitated him for work just at present (Farmington News, February 13, 1920).

Mother Almira J. “Myra” (Hill) Reynolds died of pneumonia and old age in East Barrington, NH, May 11, 1920, aged eighty-five years, six months, and eighteen days. She was a widow. She was a resident for two years, seven months, i.e., since circa November 1917. A.E. Grant, M.D., signed the death certificate.

IN MEMORIAM. Mrs. Myra J. Reynolds. Mrs. Myra J. Reynolds died at the home of her daughter at East Barrington on Tuesday, aged 85 years. She was born at Strafford, the daughter of Nicholas and Eliza Johnson Hill. In 1858 she married James O. Reynolds, then a prominent shoe manufacturer at Dover. Later they moved to West Milton where they cared for Mr. Reynolds’ aged parents. Following the death of Mr. Reynolds, the family moved to Wakefield Mass., and a few years later returned to Milton. Mrs. Reynolds accepted the Christian faith early in life and united with the Baptist church in Dover. She was a woman of strong Christian character and a host of friends wherever she moved. She leaves four children, Arthur of Brockton, J. Fred of Milton, Mrs. Fred P. Meader of Rochester and Mrs. E.E. Wiggin of East Barrington, and seven grandchildren. Funeral was held from the home of the last named this Thursday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. F.O. Taylor. Mrs. L.D. Haley sang and the bearers were the two sons and son-in-law. Burial was made in the family lot at Farmington Cemetery (Farmington News, May 14, 1920).

LOCAL. Fred Reynolds of West Milton buried his faithful old horse “Glenwood” last week. This animal was one of the few thoroughbred Kentucky saddlers in this section and was prized highly by the owner. He had reached the venerable age of thirty years (Farmington News, October 10, 1924).

LOCAL. J. Fred Reynolds of the Nute Ridge section contemplates taking a position in Wakefield, Mass., for the winter months (Farmington News, December 19, 1924).

PERSONAL. Friends of Fred Reynolds of West Milton regret to learn that he is restricted to his home by illness (Farmington News, January 9, 1925).

WEST MILTON. Henry Swinerton is engaged in painting at Rochester with Fred Reynolds (Farmington News, June 26, 1925).

PERSONAL. Fred Reynolds of West Milton is restricted to the use of crutches by reason of a case of blood poison in his foot (Farmington News, September 18, 1925).

J. Fred Reynolds appeared in the Rochester, NH, directory of 1926, as a painter, boarding at 22 Knight street.

PERSONAL. Fred Reynolds of the West Milton section, who has been spending the past few months with Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Meader in Rochester, has gone to Greenwood, Mass., for the remainder of the winter (Farmington News, December 10, 1926).

James F. Reynolds died in Greenwood, [Wakefield,] MA, April 23, 1928, aged fifty-eight years.

IN MEMORIAM. J. Fred Reynolds. J. Fred Reynolds, one of the best-known residents of West Milton, died very suddenly of heart failure just as he was finishing his day’s work in Greenwood, Mass., on April 23. Mr. Reynolds, who had passed the winter in Massachusetts, where he owned property, had been employed for several days previous to his death in painting and papering one of his tenements. He had just completed the task and was loading his truck when occupants of the bouse saw him lying in the street. Assistance came too late, as he had expired. He was 66 years old and a native of Dover, the second son in a family of six children born to James O. and Myra (Hill) Reynolds. The family moved to West Milton in 1876 and, aside from temporary absences, the deceased had resided on the Reynolds farm, where he succeeded his father as proprietor. He was a man of honor and great industry, much liked by all who knew him. As a friend and citizen who stood for honest principles and fair practice, Mr. Reynolds could not be discounted. His word was as good as his bond, and in church and lodge his influence always was helpful. He was a member of Fraternal Lodge, A.F. and A.M., Fraternal Chapter, O.E.S., Woodbine Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Minnehaha Rebekah Lodge, all of this town. Also he was a member of Rochester Grange and Eastern New Hampshire Pomona, to all of which he was a faithful and dutiful member. Besides a host of friends, Mr. Reynolds leaves to mourn his death two sisters, Mrs. Fred P. Meader of Rochester and Mrs. Elmer Wiggin of Barrington Depot, and one brother, Arthur Reynolds of Florida. Funeral services were held from the home of Mrs. Meader in Rochester last Thursday and interment was in the family lot at Farmington cemetery (Farmington News, May 4, 1928).

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References: Find a Grave. (2023, September 18). James Fred Reynolds. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/259847468/james-fred-reynolds Find a Grave. (2023, September 18). James O. Reynolds. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/259846408/james_o_reynolds Wikipedia. (2024, April 29). Billy Sunday. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sunday

By Muriel Bristol | November 3, 2024

Milton had its own Postmaster as early as 1818. This particular Dover-to-Conway mail stage line commenced operation in 1825. It advertised its passenger service as early as 1829, although Milton was not mentioned explicitly as a regular stop until this advertisement of 1830.

Dover, Rochester, Wakefield, Ossipee, Tamworth, and Conway, N.H.

MAIL STAGE LINE.

THE Stage on this line starts from Dover every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 o’clock, A.M. and after the arrival of the Boston mail, and arrives at Conway the same day. It starts from Conway every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 4 o’clock, A.M. from Ossipee Corner at 8 o’clock, A.M. from Wakefield Corner at 10 o’clock, A.M. and arrives in Dover same day.
At Dover it meets the Boston, Portland, Portsmouth, Concord, Newburyport and Haverhill Stage Lines, and at Conway it intersects the Portland, White Mountain, and Concord Stage Lines.
Provided with good Coaches and Horses, and having obtained the services of careful, attentive and accommodating Drivers, with a moderate Stage Fare, the Proprietors can confidently assure the public, that those persons who, during the ensuing season, may wish to visit the White Mountains and have a view of the most sublime and interesting scenery in New England, will find it for their profit as well as pleasure to travel on this line – No Stage in the country affords greater facilities for travelling; and it passes in the immediate vicinity of the Eaton Lead Mine. This Stage passes through Great Falls village, Somersworth, N.H., Rochester, Milton, Wakefield, Ossipee, Tamworth and Eaton.
The Fare from Dover to Conway is $3.00; intermediate places in proportion.
JONA. T. DODGE, Rochester,
SAMUEL KIMBALL, Ossipee, AGENTS.
Rochester, N.H., June 1830 (Times & Dover Enquirer, July 6, 1830).

The West Milton tavern or inn of Daniel Hayes (1759-1846) was said to have been “a stopping place for the stage that made regular trips between Dover and Ossipee.”

Samuel Kimball, one of the agents for the above advertised stage line, advertised his similar tavern or inn at the Ossipee stop of that same route.

Ossipee Stage House. THE subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has thoroughly repaired and fully furnished, for the accommodation of company, the large and commodious HOUSE, formerly owned by Mr. JOHN BROWN, at Ossipee Corner, N.H. This House is situated in one of the most pleasant Villages in the county of Strafford, on the stage road from Boston through Dover to the White Mountains. It is about one day’s ride from Dover. Persons wishing to retire to the country during the warm season, will find it a very healthy place; and excellent for fishing, fowling, and other amusements. And the subscriber flatters himself, if the best accommodations, unremitted attention, and moderate charges, can ensure success, he shall receive a liberal share of the public patronage. SAMUEL KIMBALL. Ossipee, N.H., July 19, 1830. 4tf (Times & Dover Enquirer, July 20, 1830).

Milton would appear on a similar train route of the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway railroad in and after 1850.

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References:

Find a Grave. (2015, September 30). Jonathan Thorne Dodge. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/153080076/jonathan-thorne-dodge

Find a Grave. (2016, August 1). Samuel Kimball. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/167665682/samuel-kimball

Mindat.org (2024). Madison Lead Mine. Retrieved from www.mindat.org/loc-6126.html

Wikipedia. (2024, August 22). Stagecoach. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach