Category: History

By John S. Frum | December 31, 2023

With today’s biographical sketch of Milton Mills Chauffeur Frank D. Stevens (1872-1939), Ms. Bristol has produced a sketch at least of everyone Milton has ever sent to be their NH State Representative over its first 150 years: Milton’s NH State Representatives – 1803-1902 and Milton’s NH State Representatives – 1903-1954.

She began at some point to provide a sampling of their State House roll call votes over the years but feels she should go back and do so also for those for whom that was not done yet. It should be possible, if somewhat difficult, to also determine the party affiliations of those in the earlier part of the sequence. There are also a few questions regarding the varying numbers of those State Representatives over time, and other issues. All to be done over time.

Meanwhile, she intends to continue producing similar biographical sketches for everyone who was ever one of Milton’s three Selectmen over its first 150 years: Milton Selectmen, 1802-1907 and Milton Selectmen, 1908-1953.

And her sequence of city directories and other things.

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References:

Milton Observer. (2020, October 27). Index of Ms. Bristol’s Historical Articles. Retrieved from miltonobserver.com/2020/10/27/index-of-ms-bristols-historical-articles/

By Muriel Bristol | December 31, 2024

Frank D. Stevens was born in Milton, October 23, 1872, son of Daniel D. “Durrell” and Hannah J. (Cook) Stevens.

Frank D. Stevens married in Milton Mills, June 1, 1895, Marguerite A. “Amy” Meikle, both of Milton. He was a shoe laster, aged twenty-two years, and she was a housekeeper, aged eighteen years. Rev. R.K. Sheaff, M.D., performed the ceremony. She was born in Wakefield, NH, in August 1876, daughter of Willaim and Margaret A. Meikle.

Father Daniel D. Stevens died of pulmonary consumption in Milton, December 8, 1895, aged seventy-three years, and sixteen days. He was a married farmer. W.E. Pillsbury, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son Donald Vernette Stevens was born in Milton, January 20, 1898.

Frank D. Stephens, a hostler, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of five years), Mary M. [(Meikle)] Stephens, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and Donald V. Stephens, aged two years (b. NH). Frank D. Stephens rented their house. Mary M. Stephens was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living. Their household was enumerated between those of John F. Archibald, a wool carder, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), and Daniel Philbrick, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH).

Mother Hannah J. (Cook) Stevens died of uremia in Milton Mills, May 11, 1907, aged seventy-five years, eight months, and four days. She was a widowed houseworker. J.A. Stevens, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Frank D. Stevens had a NH State chauffeur’s license in 1906-07 and 1909-10.

Frank D. Stevens, a laborer (general farm), aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fifteen years), Margrate [(Meikle)] Stevens, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and his son, Donald B. Stevens, aged twelve years (b. NH). Frank D. Stevens rented their house. Margrate Stevens was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living. Their household was enumerated between those of Asa Merrill, own income, aged eighty years (b. ME), and John W. Page, own income, aged sixty-seven years (b. GA).

Father-in-law William A. Meikle died of Bright’s Disease in Milton Mills, September 6, 1911, aged sixty-nine years, four months, and twenty-one days. Charles W. Gross, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son Donald Vernet Stevens of Milton Mills registered for the WW I military draft in Milton, September 18, 1918. He was a student at Boston University, aged twenty years (b. January 20, 1898). His nearest relation was Frank D. Stevens of Milton Mills. He was of a medium height, slender build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Frank D. Stevens, a chauffeur (private family), aged forty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Marguerite M. [(Meikle)] Stevens, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and his son, Donald V. Stevens, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). Frank D. Stevens rented their house on Church Street. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Grace C. [(Townsend)] Townsend, a widow, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and James C. Hawksworth, a woolen mill washer, aged sixty years (b. Nova Scotia).

In Other Places. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Glidden, of West Medford, Mass., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Louise Eulalia Glidden, to Mr. Donald V. Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Stevens, of Milton Mills, N.H. (New York Herald (New York, NY), April 14, 1920).

Son Donald V. Stevens married in Medford, MA, in 1920, Louise E. Glidden, he of Milton Mills and she of Medford, MA. She was born in Medford, MA, daughter of Frederick A. Glidden.

Milton sent Frank D. Stevens to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative for the 1923-24 biennium.

Frank D. (Marguerite) Stevens appeared in the Milton directory of 1930, as having a garage in Milton Mills.

Frank D. Stevens, a mechanic (garage), aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Marguerite [(Meikle)] Stevens, aged fifty-two years (b. NH). Frank D. Stevens owned their house on Church Street, which was valued at $1,500, They had a radio set. Their house appeared in the enumeration between those of Richard Ayer, aged forty-five years (b. ME), and Grace [(Townsend)] Townsend, aged fifty-six years (b. NH).

Donald V. Stevens, a salesman (hosiery store), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), headed a Medford, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of ten years), Louise E. [(Glidden)] Stevens, aged thirty-one years (b. MA), and his children, Donald V. Stevens, aged eight years (b. MA), Gloria Stevens, aged six years (b. MA), and Fred G. Stevens, aged five years (b. MA). Donald V. Stevens rented their house at 21 Wolcott Park, for $65 per month. They had a radio set.

Mother-in-law, Catherine (Steele) Meikle died in Milton Mills, October 19, 1932.

MILTON MILLS. Mrs. Frank D. Stevens spent the week-end with her son and family at their home in West Medford, Mass. (Farmington News, October 19, 1934).

MILTON MILLS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Stevens are feeling badly over the death of their little dog, “Buttons” (Farmington News, December 21, 1934).

MILTON MILLS. Mrs. Frank D. Stevens, who has been in West Medford, Mass., several weeks, has returned home (Farmington News, February 8, 1935).

MILTON MILLS. Mrs. Frank D. Stevens, who has been ill for some time, has returned to hospital in Wolfeboro for treatment (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME0, July 7, 1938).

Frank D. Stevens died in Milton, December 25, 1939.

May M. [(Meikle)] Stevens, a widow, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. Her household included her maid, Jessie Buttler, a maid (private family), aged twenty-one years (b. ME). May M. Stevens owned their house on Church Street, which was valued at $1,500. May M. Stevens had resided in the “same house” in 1935, while Jessie Buttler had resided in the “same place,” i.e., Milton, in 1935. Ther household appeared in the enumeration between those of Timothy Conway, aged eighty-three (b. NH), and Grace M. [(Townsend)] Townsend, a widow, aged sixty-five years (b. NH).

Donald Stevens, a buyer (wholesale hosiery), aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Medford, MA, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Louise E. [(Glidden)] Stevens, aged forty-one years (b. MA), and his children, Donald Stevens, a shipping clerk (wholesale hosiery), aged eighteen years (b. MA), Gloria Stevens, aged sixteen years (b. MA), and Fred Stevens, aged fifteen years (b. MA). Donald Stevens rented their house at 37 Judkins Road, for $50 per month. They had all resided in the “same place,” i.e., Medford, MA, in 1935.

MILTON MILLS. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stevens and family of Medford, Mass., spent Memorial Day with his mother, Mrs. Frank D. Stevens (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), June 5, 1941).

Son Donald Vernet Stevens of 37 Judkins Road, Medford, MA, registered for the WW II military draft in Medford, MA, February 15, 1942. He was employed by the Tripletoe Hosiery Co., 68 Essex Street, Boston, MA. He was aged forty-four years (b. Milton Mills, NH, January 20, 1898). His nearest relation was Mrs. Louise E. Stevens of 37 Judkins Road, Medford, MA. He was 5′ 11″ tall, weighed 170 pounds, with blue eyes, bald hair, and a ruddy complexion.

Mary M. Stevens, a widow, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of John E. Horne, a carpenter (building contractor), aged seventy-two years (b. ME), and Fred E. Carswell, Jr., a sales clerk (grocery store), aged twenty-four years (b. NH).

Donald V. Stevens, a buyer (wholesale hosiery), aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed a Cambridge, MA, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Louise E. [(Glidden)] Stevens, aged fifty-one years (b. MA), his daughter, Gloria M. [(Stevens)] Cassidy, a private secretary (arthritis foundation), aged twenty-six years (b. MA), and his granddaughter, Diane Cassidy, aged five years (b. MA). Their apartment was at 3 Linnehan Street.

Marguerite A. (Meikle) Stevens died in Milton, October 23, 1959.

Son Donald V. Stevens died in Cambridge, MA, October 1, 1976, aged seventy-eight years.

Donald Stevens, Hosiery Executive. Funeral services for Donald V. Stevens, 78, of 7 Arlington st., Cambridge, will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the A.E. Long Memorial Chapel in Cambridge. Mr. Stevens, retired vice president of the Triple Toe Hosiery Co. of Boston, died Friday at his home. A Cambridge resident for 34 years, Mr. Stevens was born in Milton Mills, N.H. He was a 1916 graduate of Rochester High School in N.H., and was a 1920 graduate of the Boston University School of Business Administration. Mr. Stevens, a World War I Navy veteran, lived in Medford before moving to Cambridge. He was with Triple Toe Hosiery Co. for 30 years. He leaves his wife, Louise (Glidden); two sons, Donald V. Jr. of Rumford, R.I., and Fred G. of Wilton, N.H.; one daughter, Mrs. Gloria Abbott of Saxonville; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren (Boston Globe, October 3, 1976).

Daughter-in-law Louise (Glidden) Stevens died in Rumford, RI, July 30, 1984.

DEATHS. STEVENS – Louise E. (Glidden), on July 30, 1984, widow of Donald V. Stevens, a former resident of Medford and Cambridge. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 4 at 12 o’clock in the Newman Congregational Church, Newman Ave., Rumford, R.I. Calling hours are omitted. Arrangements by J.H. Williams & Co., 210 Taunton Ave., EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Boston Globe, July 31, 1984).

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References:

Find a Grave. (2013, August 15). William Alexander Meikle. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115503109/william-alexander-meikle

Find a Grave. (2013, July 31). Daniel Durrell Stevens. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/114696234/daniel-d-stevens

Find a Grave. (2021, May 13). Donald Vernet Stevens. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/226850196/donald-vernet-stevens

Find a Grave. (2021, May 13). Frank D. Stevens. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/226850692/frank-d-stevens

By Muriel Bristol | December 24, 2023

George Winfield Cooley was born in Brighton, ME, March 9, 1882, son of Leander and Annastazzia M. (Gilman) Cooley.

Parents Leander and Annastazzia M. (Gilman) Cooley divorced in Somerset, ME, in March 1887.

Father Leander Cooley married (2nd) in Bingham, ME, October 18, 1892, Mary M. Brown, he of Bingham, ME, and she of Solon, ME. He was a divorced farmer, aged forty-four years, and she was a housekeeper, aged sixteen years. Rev. George Main performed the ceremony. She was born in Solon, ME, March 15, 1877, daughter of Elihu A. and Nancy (Wentworth) Brown.

MARRIED. Bingham – Oct. 19, Mr. Leander Cooley of Bingham and Miss Mary M. Brown of Solon (Lewiston Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME), October 28, 1892). 

Jonah S. Longley, a lumberman, aged seventy-five years (b. ME), headed a Solon, ME, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of four years), Annastazzia M. [((Gilman) Cooley)] Longley, aged forty-one years (b. ME), his daughter-in-law, Myrtie B. Cooley, a teacher, aged twenty years (b. ME), his son-in-law, George W.H. Cooley, at school, aged eighteen years (b. ME), and his servants, Nettie S. Rowell, a housekeeper, aged sixteen years (b. ME), and Frank F. Burton, a farm laborer, aged twenty-one years (b. ME).

Mother Annastazzia M. [((Gilman) Cooley)] Longley married (2nd) in Solon, ME, October 12, 1902, Jonah S. Longley, both of Solon, ME. She was a divorced housekeeper, aged forty-three years, and he was a divorced lumberman, aged seventy-seven years. (She was his third wife). Rev. E.T. Adams performed the ceremony. She was born in Bingham, ME, circa 1858, daughter of Leonard H. and Mary (Eames) Gilman.

Father Leander Cooley died of heart disease in Bingham, ME, May 2, 1906, aged fifty-seven years. He was a farmer.

SOLON. Mr. Leander Cooley passed away very suddenly, May 2nd, at his home in Bingham. Mr. Cooley leaves a wife and five children beside an aged mother (Independent-Reporter (Skowhegan, ME), May 10, 1906).

George W. Longley married (1st) in Solon, ME, April 30, 1908, Asenath Hargraves, he of Solon, ME, and she of Milton Mills. He was a clerk, aged twenty-five years, and she was a milliner, aged twenty-five years. Rev. A.A. Callaghan performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton Mills, December 10, 1882, daughter of Edward and Myra A. (Page) Hargraves.

Stepfather Jonah S. Longley died in Solon, ME, February 18, 1912, aged eighty-nine years.

SOLON. Mr. Jonah Longley, one of Solon’s oldest citizens, passed away, Sunday afternoon, at the advanced age of 89 years. The services will be held on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock (Independent-Reporter (Skowhegan, ME),[Thursday,] February 22, 1912).

G.W. Longley of Solon, ME, and Milton Mills, was an agent for Royal Stock and Poultry Remedies in 1913.

$24 WEEKLY for man with rig to introduce Royal Stock and Poultry Remedies. Year’s Contract. We mean business and furnish best of references. Dept. B-6, ROYAL CO. OP. MFG. CO., Indianapolis, Ind. (Green’s Fruit Gower & Home Companion, February 1905). 

WANTED – General Agent in your County to introduce Royal Stock and Poultry Remedies, under Government stamp tax. Big inducements to right party. Address G.W. Longley, State Agent, Solon, Maine, or Milton Mills, N.H. 4w16* (Independent Reporter (Skowhegan, ME), April 17, 1913).

George Winfield Longley registered for the WW I military draft in Milton, September 12, 1918. His address was Milton Mills. He was aged thirty-five years (b. March 9, 1883) and employed as a blanket folder by the John E. Townsend estate of Milton Mills. George Winfield Longley was of medium height and a slender build. He had brown hair, and gray eyes. His wife was Mrs. Asenath H. Longley of Milton Mills.

George W. Longley, a woolen mill folder, aged thirty-six years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Asenath H. Longley, a woolen mill binder, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH). George W. Longley owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles S. Wentworth, a woods laborer, aged sixty years (b. NH), and H. Powers Robbins, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH).

George W. (Asenath H.) Longley appeared in the Milton directory of 1930, as employed at Townsend’s, with his house at Milton Mills. Brother-in-law Perley Rowell had his house at Milton Mills.

Perley A. Rowell, a milk dealer (own business), aged fifty-two years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-nine years), Myrtie C. (Cooley) Rowell, aged forty-nine years (b. ME), and his mother-in-law, A.M. [((Gilman) Cooley)] Longley, aged seventy-one years (b. ME). Perley A. Rowell owned their house on School Street, which was valued at $1,000. They did not have a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Eugene H. Ayer, a telephone co. agent, aged seventy-six years (b. ME), and Hattie M. Rines, aged seventy-one years (b. NH).

George Longley, a farmer (general farming), aged forty-seven years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Asenath [(Hargraves)] Longley, aged twenty-five years (b. NH). George Longley owned their house on Main Street, which was valued at $2,500. They had a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of A.T. Dean, a retired musician, aged seventy-three years (b. NJ), and R.D. Cloutman, a dry goods salesman, aged fifty-four years (b. NH).

Mother A. [Annastazzia] Mae ((Gilman) Cooley) Longley died of a stomach ulcer and marked gastritis on Heaton Street in Rochester, NH, May 25, 1932, aged seventy-two years, nine months, and seventeen days. Louis L. Gilman, M.D. signed the death certificate.

Funeral of Mrs. May Longley. SKOWHEGAN, June 1. Funeral services for Mrs. May Longley, whose death occurred at Milton Mills, N.H., Wednesday, were held Saturday afternoon in that town. Mrs. Longley was the sister of Edmund Gilman of the Lakewood road. She was born in Brighton about 75 years ago, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gilman She was twice married. Her first husband was a Mr. Cooley. By that marriage she had two children. Her second husband was John Longley of Solon who died many years ago. She is survived by two children: Mrs. Perley Rowell and George Longley of Milton Mills, N.H., and the brother Edmund Gilman (June 1, 1932).

MILTON MILLS. George Longley has been having steel put on a roof recently (Farmington News, November 16, 1934).

Asenath H. (Hargraves) Longley died in Milton, June 15, 1935, aged fifty-two years, six months, and five days.

MILTON MILLS. Everybody in town was deeply touched and saddened last Saturday when word was received of the passing of one whom we all had loved and liked. Asenath (Hargraves) Longley, wife of George W. Longley, passed away Saturday evening, June 15, at the hospital in Rochester, after a brief illness. Mrs. Longley was born in Milton Mills, December 10, 1882. Her parents were Edwin A. and Amanda (Page) Hargraves. She was united in marriage with Mr. Longley on April 29, 1908, at Solon, Me. For several years she had been employed as a blanket binder at the Miltonia mills and her services were greatly valued. She was a member of the Sunrise Rebekah lodge of this town. Mrs. Longley was a good woman, kind hearted and always willing to lend a hand to anyone in trouble. She will be missed in the home, lodge, place of business and by hosts of friends. Besides her husband, she is survived by an aunt, Clara Lowd, several cousins and other relatives. Funeral was held at the home Wednesday afternoon, June 19, with Rev. Frank H. Snell officiating, and interment was in the local cemetery (Farmington News, June 21, 1935).

Milton sent George W. Longley to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative for the 1937-38 biennium.

George W. Longley married (2nd) in Milton, May 21, 1938, Thyra Elizabeth (Swenson) Benson, both of Milton Mills. He was a widowed hotel clerk, aged fifty-five years (b. Bingham, ME), and she was a divorced housewife, aged fifty-four years (b. Sweden). Rev. Leland L. Maxwell performed the ceremony. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, July 15, 1879, daughter of Svante and Hilda C. (Lundgren) Swenson. (Her first husband had been Gustaf E. Benson of Belmont, MA).

MILTON MILLS. By Alfred Lewis. Benson-Longley. A wedding of considerable interest took place here Saturday, May 21, when Mrs. Thyra E. Benson, formerly of Watertown, Mass., became the wife of George W. Longley of this place, present representative to the New Hampshire State Legislature from Milton. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Maxfield, pastor of the Community Church of Milton at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Henry A. Townsend. Only close relatives attended (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 26, 1938).

SKOWHEGAN. Mr. and Mrs. Perley Rowell and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Longley of Milton Mills were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Gilman the last of the week. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Gilman they attended the Gilman-Spofford reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Adams in Solon on Sunday (Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), August 30, 1939).

George Longley, aged fifty-seven years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Thyra E. [((Swenson) Benson)] Longley, aged sixty years (b. Sweden). George Longley owned their house on Main Street, which was valued at $1,500. They had resided in the same place, i.e., Milton, in 1935. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Robert Page, a barber (barber shop), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), and I.V. Townsend, aged seventy-two years (b. NH).

George Winfield Longley registered for the WW II military draft in Milton, April 27, 1942. His address was Post Office Box #62, Milton Mills. He was aged fifty-nine years (b. Bingham, ME, March 9, 1883) and employed by [his sister-in-law,] Mrs. Ingeborg V. Townsend of Milton Mills. George Winfield Longley was 5′ 6″ tall and weighed 115 pounds. He had brown hair, blue eyes, and a light complexion. His wife was Mrs. Thyra E. Longley of Milton Mills.

Milton sent George W. Longley to Concord, NH, again as its NH State Representative for the 1941-42 and 1943-44 biennia.

Brother-in-law Perley A. Rowell died in Milton, July 20, 1948, aged seventy-one years.

Perley A. Rowell. Milton Mills, N.H., July 25. Funeral services for Perley A. Rowell, 71, a native of Solon, Me., and widely known local resident who was mail carrier here for many years were held Saturday afternoon in the Methodist Church. The Rev. Roland L. Thornton officiated and the Miltonia Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he was a member, attended in a body and there was a large delegation from the Sunrise Rebekah Lodge. Burial was in the Milton Mills Cemetery with the committal service in charge of the Rev. Mr. Thornton. Bearers were: Jacob Stevens, George Marsh, Daniel Jenness, and Fred Carswell, Jr. (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), July 26, 1948).

Ingeborg V. Townsend, a widow, aged fifty-eight years (b. MA), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, George W. Longley, a grammar school janitor, aged sixty-seven years (b. ME), and her sister, Thyra E. [((Swenson) Benson)] Longley, aged sixty-eight years (b. Sweden).

WRITE-INS NAMED. Milton – At last week’s primary Charles Piper was given 22 votes by Republicans as 3rd nominee for checklist supervisor. George W. Longley received 102 votes and Bard Plummer 118. Democrats named Emma T. Ramsay with 22. For state representative, 22 Democrats named F. Everett McIntire, and he will oppose Ruth H. Dawson, who polled 94. In all 146 Republicans voted and 98 Democrats (Farmington News, September 20, 1956).

Thyra E. ((Swenson) Benson) Longley died of an acute myocardial infarction at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, December 22, 1956, aged seventy-seven years, five months, and seven days. Percy C. Grigg, M.D., signed the death certificate.

MILTON MILLS. By Alfred Lewis. Mrs. Thyra Longly. Mrs. Thyra Longly, wife of George Longly, died Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, July 15, 1879. Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church, Dec. 26, with James Batten, pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. James Cursy. Arrangements were in charge of Clarence Peaslee of Union. She is survived by her husband, three sisters, Mrs. Edith Serberg of Quincy, Mass., Mrs. Ruth Dawson of Milton, N.H., and Mrs. Ingborg Townsend of this place; a brother, Harold Swenson, California; three nieces and one nephew. Interment was in Milton Mills cemetery. Damon Pike, Warren Reid, Henry Currier, and Charles Willey were pall bearers (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), January 3, 1957).

Sister Myrtle C. (Cooley) Rowell died in Milton, March 8, 1959, aged seventy-eight years.

MRS. MYRTIE C. ROWELL. ACTON – Mrs. Myrtie C. Rowell, 78, widow of Perley A. Rowell and a resident of Milton Mills, N.H., the last 31 years, died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Doris Lowd. She had resided with her since becoming ill six months ago. She was born at Brighton, April 8, 1880. Prior to moving to Milton Mills she had resided at Solon where she was a member of the Methodist Church. A member of the Rebekahs for 60 years, she was a member of Sunrise Lodge. Mrs. Rowell was a past noble grand of the lodge and was also a member of the WSCS and the Dorcas Society both of Milton Mills. Besides her daughter, she is survived by a brother, George Longley, Milton Mills, N.H.; two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Milton Methodist Church. The Rev. Thomas Stewart, minister, will officiate. Entombment will be at Sanbornville, N.H., with burial in Milton Mills Cemetery (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), March 9, 1959).

The Milton Supervisors of the Check Lists for 1961 were George W. Longley, Charles R. Piper. and Madeline E. Galarneau. George W. Longley ran again for Milton Supervisor of the Checklist in 1962.

MILTON CANDIDATES. Milton local candidates in the primary next month include: For representative, Mrs. Mildred Galarneau, former correspondent for the news; Mrs. Ruth Dawson of the Mills, who served in 1958-59; both Republican. For checklist supervisors, all Republican, George Longley, Charles Piper, Morton Roberts, Fred Eldridge. For Moderator, Lewis Piper, Republican; Everett McIntire, Democrat (August 2, 1962).

MRS. DAWSON VICTOR IN MILTON RACE. Milton – Mrs. Ruth H. Dawson will be the Republican nominee for the General Court. She out polled Madeline Galarneau, a newcomer to politics, 104 to 84. There were 204 Republican and 39 Democrat votes cast Tuesday. The 3 winners for the checklist Job were George W. Longley 143, Charles E. Piper 142, Fred R. Eldridge 118. Loser Merton L. Roberts was backed by 83 (Farmington News, September 13, 1962).

George W. Longley died at Milton Mills, May 21, 1975.

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References:

Find a Grave. (2021, May 1). Mae A. Cooley. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/226333536/mae-a-cooley

Find a Grave. (2016, May 10). Mary Cooley. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/162422310/mary-cooley

Find a Grave. (2013, August 14). George W. Longley. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115431500/george-w-longley

Find a Grave. (2013, June 17). Jonah S. Longley. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/112455523/jonah-s-longley

Find a Grave. (2021, May 1). Myrtle C. Cooley Rowell. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/226333569/myrtle-c-rowell

By Muriel Bristol | December 23, 2023

Here may be found mentions of some Milton Christmas activities from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:

Acton. The F.W. Baptist church joined with the churches of Milton Mills in a Christmas tree at Fox’s Hall (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 26, 1895).

ACTON. There is to be a Christmas cantata at Milton Mills Christmas eve. … Walter Wentworth and Henry Paris belong to B.J. Grant’s singing class at Milton Mills (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 9, 1897).

CHRISTMAS GREENS. A Beautiful Custom Which Comes to Us From the Romans. The fashion of decking the house with greens as we do at Christmas dates back into old Roman times when a feast in honor of Saturn was celebrated and the temples of the dwellings were dressed with green boughs – possibly a remnant of that tree worship which “in itself’ says Ruskin, “I believe was always healthy” when “the flowers and trees are themselves beheld and beloved with a half worshiping delight which is always noble and healthful.” The plants most in demand for church decoration at Christmas time in England as well as in this country are holly, bay and laurel. English holly is sometimes imported, but the American holly, which come from Virginia and other sections of the south, is a very good substitute for it. The bay is the rarest plant of the three in this country, but ground laurel is commonly sold and is one of the most effective of the Christmas greens. In decorating a room with Christmas greens it should be remembered that a very slight touch of color should be used with green and that the most objectionable of all things is too profuse decoration. Christmas greens are usually kept till after Twelfth Night which occurs on Jan 6, and they should certainly be cleared away by the 2d of February, or Candlemas day, or otherwise, as tradition says a goblin will appear for every green leaf left behind. It certainly must have been a slovenly housewife who would leave her Christmas greens up for so many weeks and goblins of discontent and uncleanliness would be sure to invade such a house. – Philadelphia Times (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), February 18, 1898).

MILTON, N.H. The churches are getting ready for their Christmas concerts (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 19, 1902).

WEST MILTON. The Inasmuch society entertained the children Thursday afternoon and evening at the chapel. Games were played until 5.30, when the children marched to the dining room where tables laden with many dainties met the eager eyes of the children. A Christmas cake with the words “Merry Christmas” was on a table in the centre of the room, surrounded by burning candles of all colors. As the children left the dining room they were given a piece of the Christmas cake. In the evening a short program and Christmas tree were very much enjoyed by all (Farmington News, January 1, 1904).

MILTON, N.H. – The senior class of the Nute High School held a Christmas sale of Candy, fancy goods, etc., at the high school hall last Friday evening (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 20, 1907).

MILTON MILLS. MERRY CHRISTMAS. The young people of the Free Baptist society presented the comedy drama “The Country Minister,’’ to a large and appreciative audience Monday evening, Dec. 14, in Central hall. The parts were all well taken. There were also specialties between the acts: Solos by Mrs. Eula Buckley, of Milton, and W.E. King, of Deerfield; piano duets by Misses Mary Wentworth and Bessie M. Lewis, and Miss Wentworth and Arthur Berry; reading by George G. Leatherbarrow and a dialogue of local hits by Dr. Grant and Chellis V. Grant (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 24, 1904).

West Milton. At the close of the West Milton school for the Xmas holidays, the annual Christmas tree and exercises were held in the presence of a large number of parents and friends. The decorations were extremely tasty and appropriate and the tree presented a very beautiful spectacle with its trimmings and loads of presents that made many happy little hearts. At the close of the program and distribution of presents, hot chocolate and fancy cakes were served. Mrs. C.B. Canney, the teacher, is spending the holidays with her parents in Dover (Farmington News, December 29, 1911).

West Milton. Mrs. Alice Canney, teacher of the West Milton school, had a Christmas tree at the schoolhouse for the children, inviting the neighbors and friends. The children did themselves great credit in the program, the exercises being excellent. Coffee, cocoa and assorted cake were served to guests and pupils by the teacher. The decorations were very handsome and evidenced a great deal of thought and work on the part of the teacher (Farmington News, December 25, 1914).

West Milton. The West Milton school will close this Friday for the annual two weeks’ Christmas recess. A Christmas tree and appropriate exercises will be held at the schoolhouse on Friday evening (Farmington News, December 17, 1915).

West Milton. The Christmas tree and exercises given at the chapel Monday evening were well attended. A fine literary and musical program was furnished by pupils of Nute Ridge school under direction of the teacher, Miss Ferne McGregor. Presents were distributed among the children of the Sunday school (Farmington News, [Friday,] December 29, 1916).

A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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See also A West Milton Christmas – 1915

By Muriel Bristol | December 17, 2023

Stanley Cleveland Tanner was born in Farmington, NH, October 30, 1892, son of Hervey E. and Mary “Molly” (O’Hare) Tanner.

Stanley Tanner advertised to hire a sober barber in May 1914 (See Milton in the News – 1914).

Stanley Cleaveland Tanner of Milton, NH, aged twenty-four years, registered in Milton, Strafford County, NH, June 5, 1917, for the WW I draft. He was then employed as a fireman for the Y.W.C.A. in Boston, MA. He was tall and slender, with brown eyes and brown hair.

Private 1st Class Stanley C. Tanner left Boston, MA, on the troopship Lancashire, July 19, 1918, with Battery A of the Sixty-Sixth Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps. He left Pauillac, France, February 19, 1919, on the troopship Powhattan, bound for Hoboken, NJ, again with Battery A of the Sixty-Sixth Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps.

Mary A. [(O’Hara)] Tanner, aged fifty-four years (b. Ireland), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Eva M. Tanner, a shoe shop stitcher, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), George L. Tanner, an ice company laborer, aged thirty years (b. NH), Marion L. Tanner, a shoe shop stitcher, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), Stanley C. Tanner, an ice company fireman, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), Charles Edwin Tanner, a leather-board laborer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Consuelo Tanner, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Patrick J. Tanner, a tire repair shop owner, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Eleanor T. Tanner, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Audrey Y. Tanner, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and Herbey C. Tanner, aged fifteen years (b. NH); her daughter-in-law, Vila L. [(Kimball)] Turner, aged nineteen years (b. NH), and her grandson, Lloyd C. Turner, aged eight months (b. NH). Mary A. Turner was a naturalized citizen, having immigrated in 1892. They resided on Charles Street in Milton Village.

Stanley Tanner appeared in a list of Sixth Degree Initiates, from the NH State Grange proceedings held in Rochester, NH, December 9, 1925. Other Milton initiates were Samuel Blaisdell, Mrs. Margaret Butler, Mrs. Addie Chase, Arthur Columbus, Cordelia Davidson, Mrs. Addie M. Dixon, Ernest Dickson, Franklin Dickson, Amy Dixon, Paul Dixon, Wayne Dixon, George A. Downing, Josephine Downing, Mrs. Annette Downs, Catherine Ham, Mrs. Hattie M. Innes, Margaret Lover, Bernard Paey, Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, Fred A. Perry, Mrs. Addie Place, George M. Place, Mrs. Marion Roberts, Enaise St. John, Frank S. Tuttle, and Mrs. Susie Williams (NH State Grange, 1925). There was no indication as to which of Milton’s two Granges the various initiates came.

Father Hervey E. Tanner died of arthritis deformans at the Strafford County Farm in Dover, NH, December 25, 1929, aged sixty-six years, four months, and twenty-five days. He was a carpenter. D.L. Stokes signed the death certificate.

Mary [(O’Hare)] Tanner, aged sixty-three years (b. N. Ireland), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included her children, George L. Tanner, a garage mechanic, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), Stanley C. Tanner, a garage mechanic, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), Charles E. Tanner, a house carpenter, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), and Hervey C. Tanner, a barber (barber shop), aged twenty-five years (b. NH). Mary Tanner rented their house on Charles Street, for $11 per month. They had a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ernest Carpenter, aged seventy years (b. NH), and Gustave W. Dorhn, a summer hotel chef, aged sixty-seven years (b. Germany).

Stanley C. Tanner married in Milton, November 15, 1931, Cordelia Frances Davidson, both of Milton. He was a garage man, aged thirty-nine years, and she was a public health nurse, aged thirty-five years. Rev. Fred Bannister performed the ceremony. She was born in Bethel, Quebec, Canada, March 29, 1895, daughter of Frank and Maude (Waterson) Davidson.

Milton sent Stanley C. Tanner to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative, for the 1935-36 biennium.

MILTON. A local rehabilitation committee was formed this week, comprised of the board of selectmen, Representative Stanley C. Tanner, Red Cross Nurse Miss Northwood, Mrs. Charles Piper, and Samuel Blaisdell. The first work contemplated by the committee will be the cutting of fifty cords of wood (Farmington News, December 7, 1934).

Bay State Shoe Firm Reverses Decision. Stanley Tanner, chairman of the citizens’ committee of Milton, N.H., a town eight miles outside of Rochester, late last week announced that negotiations had been called off in regard to the Salem Shoe Mfg. Co. of Salem, Mass., moving to Milton (American Shoemaking, 1935).

The Milton Selectmen of 1938 were Phillip G. Hayes, Frank F. Spencer, and Stanley C. Tanner. The Milton Selectmen of 1939 were Frank F. Spencer, Stanley C. Tanner, and Leroy J. Ford.

The Milton Selectmen of 1940 were Stanley C. Tanner, Leroy J. Ford, and Edward R. Stone.

Stanley C. Tanner, a real estate broker, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Cordelia D. [(Davidson)] Tanner, aged forty-four years (b. Canada). Stanley C. Tanner owned their house in the Milton Community, which was valued at $900. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Carrie B. Leighton, a widow, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), and James V. Regan, a leatherboard laborer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). They had both resided in the same house in 1935.

ROCHESTER, N.H. County Solicitor John F. Beamis, Monday night, gave the outgoing sheriff and deputies a banquet at the London Room of the Fernald-Hackett restaurant. Present were Sheriff Clyde R. Cotton and Deputies Robert E. Drew, Farmington; Lyman Plummer, Milton; Ralph W. Dunlap, Rochester, and Ernest Valley of Somersworth. The sheriff and his deputies will conclude their duties tonight and Wednesday will be succeeded by Democratic Sheriff Stephen W. Scruton and staff. Sheriff Scruton has named as deputies Frank D. Callaghan of Rochester, John Lepene of Farmington and Stanley C. Tanner of Milton. All had served previously with Mr. Scruton (Evening Express (Portland, ME), December 31, 1940).

Mother-in-law Marie Amanda (LaRiviere) Davidson died in Upper Melbourne, Richmond, Quebec, April 6, 1942.

Stanley Cleveland Tanner of Main Steet, Milton [Mills], registered for the WW II draft, April 30, 1942. He was aged forty-nine years, having been born in Farmington, NH, October 30, 1892. He was employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, ME. He was 5′ 10″ tall, weighed 180 lbs., with brown hair, gray eyes, and a dark complexion. His next of kin was Cordelia D. Tanner, of Main Steet, MIlton [Mills].

Stanley C. Tanner received a five-year appointment as a Milton Notary Public, April 7, 1943.

Stanley C. Tanner, a realtor for Country Property, Inc., advertised several large Milton properties for sale in Spring 1945, and a poultry farm for sale in February 1947. (See Milton in the News – 1945 and Milton in the News – 1947).

Stanley C. Tanner received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton Notary Public, March 26, 1948.

Stanley C. Tanner, a Strafford County Commissioner, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Cordelia D. [(Davidson)] Tanner, an insurance agent, aged fifty-four years (b. Canada), and his lodgers, Charlotte B. Carpenter, aged ten years (b. NH), and Patrick McCartin, a fibreboard mill fireman, aged fifty-one years (b. Ireland). They resided in the “1st house on the left” when “Proceeding north on State Highway No. 16 from the intersection of Farmington Rd. on left and Mill St. on right.”

Mother Mary A. (O’Hare) Tanner died of cardio-circulatory collapse in Milton, May 26, 1952, aged eighty-seven years. She was a housewife, native of Ireland, and a forty-five year resident of Milton, i.e., she had arrived there from Farmington, NH, circa 1906-07. Robert E. Lord, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Eight Ask Three Seats. Strafford county has four Republicans and four Democrats bidding for the three commissioner seats now held by Democrats. They are Democrats Lucien G. Paradis of Rochester and Stanley C. Tanner of Milton asking reelection, and Carroll E. Hall of Dover and Alden J. Doherty of Rollinsford. The Republicans are George A. Young of Rochester, John M. Brant of Barrington, and ex-Rep. Paul G. Kardavelas and H. Howard Hartford of Dover (Concord Monitor (Concord, NH), July 25, 1952).

COUNTY COMMISSIONER TANNER ASKS FOR RECOUNT OF ELECTION BALLOTS. County Commissioner Stanley C. Tanner, democrat, of Milton has petitioned lor a recount of Strafford county ballots, following the outcome of the November 4 election, it was learned late last week Tanner was defeated in his quest for reelection by George A. Young of Rochester by a relatively close margin. Farmington ballots were collected last Friday night by the county sheriff Moses Pare of Somersworth, but no date was given for the recount. It was also learned that several other defeated office seekers had asked for a recount (Farmington News, November 14, 1952).

Stanley C. Tanner received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton Notary Public, March 13, 1953.

There were two Democratic filings for the [NH State] Senate: Paul E. Provost of Manchester in the 18th district and Stanley C. Tanner of Milton in the 20th district (Concord Monitor, July 18, 1956).

Half of 24 State Senators Seek Reelection This Fall. … The Democrats have hot primary contests for their two other areas. In Manchester’s District 18, there are five battling it out to succeed Sen. Thomas B. O’Malley, who is running for the Executive Council. These contestants are Reps. William W. Corey and George L. Lavoie, Paul E. Provost, Joseph B. DesRochers and Harold T. Laughlin. In the other normally Democratic center, District 20, ex-Mayor Sumner W. Watson of Rochester is contesting with Lucien E. Bergeron of Rochester and Stanley C. Tanner of Milton to succeed Sen. J. Paul LaRoche of Rochester (Nashua Telegraph (Nashua, NH), August 14, 1956).

REAL ESTATE. Stanley C. Tanner and Cordelia D. Tanner to Francis H. Fifield and Marjorie V. Fifield, land and building on the state highway in Milton (Farmington News, December 6, 1956).

Stanley C. Tanner and John G. Gilman were the Milton Selectmen that walked along the Milton-Middleton border when the septennial town line perambulation took place in January 1958.

LINE PERAMBULATED. Middleton and Milton selectmen spent three days last week walking the town line – a chore performed every 7 years. John Gilman and Stanley Tanner were the Milton selectmen and Donald Francoeur represented Middleton (Farmington News, January 9, 1958).

(Had these septennial perambulations, or “beating the bounds” walks, continued on schedule, they would have taken place in 1965, 1972, 1979, 1986, 1993, 2000, 2007, 2014, and 2021 and would take place next in 2028. (I have seen town boundary markers on the Farmington-Rochester (pictured above) and Barnstead-New Durham boundary lines)).

Stanley C. Tanner received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton Notary Public, April 30, 1958.

Cordelia F. (Davidson) Tanner served on the decorations committee for the Democrat state convention held at the state armory building in Manchester, NH, September 27-28, 1958.

Mrs. Alice Davis of Manchester is chairman of the decorations committee. Serving on the committee will be Helen Desjardins of Rollinsford, Ann Moher of Dover, Mary Campbell of Rochester, Mrs. Cordelia Tanner of Milton, Eileen Foley of Portsmouth, Mrs. Frances Adams of Exeter, Ruth Dunfey of Hampton and Mrs. Walter Kretowiac of Keene (Concord Monitor, September 28, 1958).

Daughter Charlotte Lee Tanner married at the Church of the Redeemer in Rochester, NH, July 2, 1960, Harris Edward “Harry” Twitchell, she of South Main Street on Milton and he of Whitehall Road in Rochester, NH. She was a student, aged twenty-one years, and he was a painter, aged twenty-three years. Rev. Donald H. Marsh performed the ceremony. Twitchell was born in Rochester, NH, circa 1937, son of Franklin W. and Doris M. (Ramsdell) Twitchell.

Stanley C. Tanner was installed as service officer of the Oscar G. Morehouse Post of the American Legion and its Auxiliary in 1961. (Oscar G. Morehouse was a former schoolteacher at the Nute Ridge district schoolhouse, who had died during WW I).

Legion, Auxiliary To Install Slates. Milton – The Milton Grammar school will be the site Saturday night for the installation of the officers of the Oscar G. Morehouse Post, No. 61, American Legion and Auxiliary. Commander Frank E. McIntire will be flanked by these aides, Raymond E. Wilkinson, first vice commander, Arthur L. Chase, second vice commander, Charles E. Tanner, adjutant, Bard Plummer, finance officer, Wilfred Gobert, chaplain, Charles E. Tanner, historian, Stanley C. Tanner, service officer, William A. Fabian sergeant at arms (Farmington News, April 20, 1961).

Stanley C. Tanner lost to Charles H. Logan in the Milton town election of March 1963.

Milton Elects Logan Selectman. Milton Republican Charles H. Logan defeated democratic incumbent Stanley C. Tanner, 318 to 108, in Tuesday’s election in Milton. In other contested offices, George W. Meyers lost to republican Charles R. Whitehouse, by a vote of 319 to 95; Milton Mills police, Edwin Hutchins, R., 148, Frederick Meyers, 43, Fred Morrill, 98, Norman Place, 70; 2nd engineer in the fire department, Donald Cheney, 244, Robert McIntire, 132. Pauline Clough was elected trustee of trust funds on a write-in. The other offices were uncontested. Town meeting was held and most of the articles were passed without much controversy. Article 25, which had to do with a preliminary report and plan preparation for sewerage and sewage treatment facilities was passed with a provision that the jobs be put up for bid (Farmington News, March 14, 1963).

Stanley C. Tanner was again installed as service officer of the Oscar G. Morehouse Post of the American Legion and its Auxiliary in 1963.

AMERICAN LEGION. Both the American Legion and the Auxiliary of the Oscar G. Morehouse Post #61 held an installation of officers at the monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 5, at the Legion Hall. Refreshments were served under the direction of Mrs. Dana Armstrong following the ceremonies. Friends who were invited attended this public meeting. Officers elected were Commander of the Legion Merton Roberts, Senior Vice Commander Edwin K. Boggs, Junior Vice Commander Arthur Chase, Adjutant Robert Taatjes, Sergeant-at-Arms William Fabian, Historian Charles E. Tanner, Chaplain William Gilman, Finance Officer Bard Plummer, Service Officer Stanley C. Tanner, Charles Logan Child Welfare Officer. Auxiliary President Mrs. Eva Perry, Senior Vice President, Mrs. Thelma Ellis, Sergeant at Arms Mrs. Rita Tanner, Historian Mrs. Ruth Dawson, Secretary Treasurer Mrs. Madeline Burroughs (Farmington News, May 6, 1965).

Stanley C. Tanner died in Manchester, NH, November 24, 1971, aged seventy-nine years.

OBITUARIES. Stanley C. Tanner. Stanley C. Tanner, 79, of Main Street, died at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manchester, Nov. 24, after a long illness. A native of Farmington, he had lived here most of his life. He had owned and operated Tanner Brothers Garage for many years. He was a 50-year member of Oscar Moorehouse American Legion Post and a member of the World War I Barracks of Somersworth. He had been a Strafford County Commissioner, a member of the General Court, a deputy sheriff, a selectman, a precinct commissioner, a real estate operator, a blueberry grower, and a town service officer. The family includes his wife, Cordelia (Davidson) Tanner, a daughter, Mrs. Harry Twitchell of Rochester, two brothers, Charles E. Tanner and Hervey C. Tanner, both of Milton, four sisters, Miss Marion Tanner of Derry, Miss Connie Tanner of Boston, and Mrs. Audrey Lawson and Miss Mildred Tanner, both of Milton; a grandchild, and nieces and nephews. Services were conducted at the C.E. Peaslee and Son Funeral Home, 32 Central St., Farmington, by the Rev. Donald H. Marsh, rector of the Church of the Redeemer (Farmington News, December 2, 1971).

Cordelia F. (Davidson) Tanner died in Rochester, NH, August 13, 1985.

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References:

Find a Grave. (2021, June 20). Hervey E. Tanner. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/228712155/hervey-edwin-tanner

Find a Grave. (2021, May 14). Stanley C. Tanner. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/226905953/stanley-c-tanner

NH State Grange (1925). Journal of Proceedings of the New Hampshire State Grange. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=YGAkAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA75

By Muriel Bristol | December 10, 2023

Fred S. Hartford was born in Rochester, NH, in 1872, son of William F. “Frank” and Mary Esther “Esta” (Randall) Hartford.

(Note the dropping of the letter “r” in “Esther” by someone spelling his mother’s nickname as a non-rhotic “Yankee” speaker might pronounce it).

Annie [(Willand)] Randall, keeping house, aged seventy-years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her son-in-law, Frank W. Hartford, works on farm, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), her daughter, Esther [(Randall)] Hartford, keeping house, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), and her grandchildren, Eva G. Hartford, aged ten years (b. NH), and Fred Hartford, aged eight years (b. NH). They resided on Wakefield Street. (Grandparents Albert F. and Annie (Willand) Randall were divorced).

Parents William F. and Mary E. (Randall) Hartford divorced in Strafford County court, September 4, 1883. She alleged drunkenness (one had to allege something).

Mother Mary E. [(Randall)] Hartford married (2nd) in Great Falls, Somersworth, NH, June 18, 1884, Charles A. McDuffie, both of Strafford, NH. He was a shoemaker, aged thirty-eight years, and she was a general worker, aged thirty-seven years. Rev. Thomas Tyrie performed the ceremony.

Fred S. Hartford married in Milton, July 25, 1891, Hattie E. Downs, both of Milton. He was a shoe cutter, aged twenty years, and she was a shoe stitcher, aged twenty-one years. Rev. John Manter performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, in 1871, daughter of Albert F. and Dorothy M. “Dora” (Tuttle) Downs. (Her father had been a private in the 1st NH Heavy Artillery during the Civil War).

Anack’s Diary. September came in with greatly needed rain. On the 14th, Thursday, fire was discovered in G.B. Wentworth’s shoe shop opposite the railway station, and the building was burned rapidly up (or down) to ruins. The house of Albert Downs was on fire several times, by reason of nearness to the shop (Farmington News, May 19, 1899).

Dora [(Tuttle)] Downs, a homekeeper, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Hattie E. [(Downs)] Hartford, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), her son-in-law (of nine years), Fred S. Hartford, a shoe cutter, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), her son-in-law, George W. Paey, a shoe finisher, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), her daughter, Josie M. [(Downs)] Paey, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), and her son, Fred Downs, aged nineteen years (b. NH). Dora Downs rented their house. She was the mother of six children, of whom five were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Howland, a clothing dealer, aged thirty-two years (b. VT), and William Randall, a shoe edge cutter, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME).

Fred S. Hartford was one of seven assistant marshals at the Milton Centennial celebration, August 30, 1902.

Fred S. Hartford was elected as one of three Trustees for three years at a meeting of Madokawanda Tribe, No. 21, I.O.R.M., i.e., the Red Men fraternal society, in January 1904.

Fred S. Hartford was the chief marshal at the Milton Dramatic Club’s 2nd annual masque ball, at the A.O.U.W. Hall at Milton Three Ponds, January 8, 1904. He and Mrs. Hartford led ninety-two couples in a dance march at the event.

Fred S. Hartford and George E. Jordan were elevated to the degree of Master Mason at a special meeting of Fraternal Lodge, A.F. and A.M., in February 1905 (Farmington News, March 3, 1905).

Fred S. Hartford appeared in the Milton business directory of 1909, as a hairdresser, i.e., barber, and laundry agent.

Father-in-law Albert F. Downs died of acute cardiac dilation in Milton, June 28, 1909, aged sixty years, eleven months, and one day. (He had been back in Milton from Togus, ME, for one week). James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Fred Hartford, a barber (own shop), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton 3 Ponds”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Hattie E. [(Downs)] Hartford, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), his mother-in-law, Dora M. [(Tuttle)] Downs, aged sixty-two years, and his brother-in-law, Fred Downs, leather (shoe factory), aged twenty-six years (b. NH). Dora M. Downs was the mother of six children, of whom five were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Florenta Berry, a widow, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and James D. Pinkham, a news dealer, aged forty-three years (b. NH).

Fred S. Hartford appeared in the Milton business directory of 1912, as a hairdresser, i.e., barber, pool room proprietor, laundry agent, and local deputy sheriff.

Stepmother Anna L. (Haremore) Hartford died a sudden death at 2 Park Street in Dover, NH, December 4, 1912, aged fifty-nine years, five months, and seventeen days. She was a married shoe operator. H.O. Chesley, M.D., signed the death certificate. (“Probably Heart, did not see here before death”).

Father William F. Hartford died of gastric carcinoma in Milton, November 19, 1913, aged sixty-five years, seven months, and fifteen days. He was a widowed shoemaker. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

The NH State Board of Health reported that Fred S. Hartford was the local Milton Executive Health Officer in 1916. The NH State Laboratory had undertaken twenty-six bacterial examinations of Milton Mills samples in the years 1914-16, of which three were positive and twenty-three were negative. Five tests were made for suspected tuberculosis, of which one was positive and four were negative. Two tests were made in Milton Mills for suspected diphtheria, of which both were negative (NH State Board of Health, 1916).

Fred S. Hartford appeared in the Milton directory of 1917, as foreman of cutting, at the M. [Milton] Shoe Co., boarding at Dora M. Downs’ house at 58 Main street. (His late father, William F. Hartford, appeared also, as a shoe operative, who had died November 19, 1913, aged sixty-five years).

Fred S. Hartford, a cutter (shoe shop), aged forty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Hattie E. [(Downs)] Hartford, a box maker (leatherboard), aged forty-eight years (b. NH), and his mother-in-law, Dora M. [(Tuttle)] Downs, a widow, aged seventy-one years (b. NH). Fred S. Hartford rented their house in “Upper Main St.” in Milton Village. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Frank M. Tibbetts, a sawyer (sawmill), aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and Wilbur F. Abbott, a laborer (leatherboard), aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).

Milton sent Fred S. Hartford to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative, for the 1921-22 biennium.

Mother Mary E. [((Randall) Hartford)] McDuffee of Rochester, NH, made her last will, August 10, 1921. She devised her home and its five acres of land in Rochester, NH, to her daughter, Gertude E. [(Randall)] Duclow; and her fifteen-acre woodlot (on the opposite side of the street from her home place) to her son, Fred S. Hartford. She appointed her daughter and son as joint executors, without need of bond. Adeline A. Wright, Edgar F. Foss, and William Wright signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 155:520).

Mother Mary E. ((Randall) Hartford) McDuffee died of bronchitis in Rochester, NH, December 17, 1923, aged seventy-seven years, three months, and thirteen days. John H. Bates signed the death certificate. Her last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate court held in Dover, NH, April 1, 1924 (Strafford County Probate, 155:520).

Mother-in-law Dorothy M. “Dora” (Tuttle) Downs died of exhaustion following pneumonia in Milton, January 11, 1924, aged seventy-five years, four months, and thirty days. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Fred S. Hartford, a shoe cutter, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-seven years), Hattie E. [(Downs)] Hartford, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH). Fred S. Hartford rented their house on North Main Street, for $18 per month. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Wilbur Abbott, a laborer (fibre mill), aged fifty-two years (b. NH), and Chas. O. Skillings, a machinist (fibre mill), aged fifty-two years (b. NH).

Fred S. (Hattie S.) Hartford appeared in the Rochester, NH, directories of 1933, 1935, and 1936, as city marshal, with his house at 1 McDuffee avenue.

FIND MISSING BOY AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT. Rochester, July 26. An automobile accident near Danvers, Mass., revealed the whereabouts of David Young, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Young of the Strafford section, who has been missing since Friday, July 13, with the result the boy was back home last night, recovering: from his injuries. Nearly two weeks ago Young, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds, stopped hoeing the garden, took his bicycle and started on a trip. His mother reported to City Marshal Fred S. Hartford’ he was last seen: riding his wheel on the Strafford and Gonic road, and no trace of him was found until early yesterday, when he was taken to Danvers hospital as the result of being struck by an automobile. The hospital authorities notified his parents and he was brought home. Dislike of a neighbor caused him to leave home, he said (Portsmouth Herald, July 26, 1934).

VALUABLES IN SAFE STOLEN IN ROCHESTER, N.H. BREAK. ROCHESTER, N.H., Oct 9. – When Lawrence Ballou went to his laundry on Portland st. this morning, he found the safe door opened, the door to the strong box broken and money and valuables stolen. From the safe were taken two watches, $22 in money, a box of old coins, a $50 Liberty bond and other articles. City Marshal Fred S. Hartford sent for Ivan Hayes, fingerprint expert at Concord, to help him investigate the case (Boston Globe, October 10, 1934.

POLICE CHIEF FINDS WOMAN DEAD IN HOME. Rochester, April 15. Etta L. Morrill, aged about 80, widow of John G. Merrill, former business man, was found dead in her home on Academy street yesterday afternoon by City Marshal Fred S. Hartford. She had evidently risen and was stricken with a heart attack (Portsmouth Herald, April 16, 1935).

NEW HAMPSHIRE FORGER MAKES ONE BIG ERROR. DIDN’T KNOW WOMAN NEVER USES “MRS.” WHEN SIGNING CHECKS. Rochester, N.H., May 4. – (AP) – Charles Harrington, 30, learned to his distress today that Mrs. Lillian Sanborn never uses “Mrs.” when she signs checks. An official of the Public National bank here also knew that Mrs. Sanborn omitted the “Mrs.” and notified her when he found five checks for $23 each signed by “Mrs.” Sanborn. City Marshal Fred S. Hartford arrested Harrington who pleaded guilty to forgery in Municipal court. He was held in $2,000 bail for the September term of Superior court. Harrington said he lived in Rochester (Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, ME), May 5, 1936).

G-MEN CLAIM KIDNAP HOAX. Rochester, Oct. 1. – City Marshal Fred S. Hartford last night told newspapermen that G-Men who had been investigating the alleged kidnaping of Miss Marie H. Newbury, 24, local sales girl, beauty contest winner and amateur actress, had called by telephone and said the case was closed. At the time the young woman was supposed to be enroute to New York last Saturday afternoon with two armed men she was in a Boston theatre, they concluded. Miss Newbury returned home Sunday, saying she had been kidnapped last Saturday, taken by force to Greenwich, and escaped from her captors there by a ruse. Monday night two men from the Boston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation came here and questioned Miss Newbury for several hours in the office of City Marshal Hartford, but were unable to shake her story. Questioned at her home on Charles street by newspapermen regarding the accusation of the G-Men, Miss Newbury said she had no statement to make (Portsmouth Hearld, October 1, 1937).

Fred S. (Hattie S.) Hartford appeared in the Rochester, NH, directories of 1938, as city marshal, with his house at Wakefield, NH.

Fred S. Hartford died in New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, MA, June 24, 1939, aged sixty-seven years.

Rochester City Marshal Dies. Rochester, June 26 – City Marshal Fred S. Hartford, 67, head of Rochester police department for the past six years, died Saturday at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, where he underwent a surgical operation about a month ago. Soon afterward he started a decline and failed steadily to the end despite the efforts of a number of officers of the department who made numerous trips to Boston and gave blood for transfusions. Marshal Hartford, a native of Massachusetts, came to Rochester [??] years ago from Milton. When the City council elected him as successor to City Marshal Harvey D. [Smith], he had previously been a [member] of the staff of the late sheriff Fred E. Goodwin. He was a shoe cutter by trade and had worked in shoe factories in Stoneham, Mass., Milton and East Rochester. He was a great lover of horses and years ago had served as starter at the Rochester Fair races and was a member of the old Rochester Driving Club. He was president of the Rochester Police Association and was a Mason. He is survived by his widow, Hattie S. Hartford (Portsmouth Herald, June 26, 1939).

George W. Paey, a finishing room foreman (shoe shop), aged sixty-eight years (b. MA), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Josie M. [(Downs)] Paey, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), his sister-in-law, Hattie E. [(Downs)] Hartford, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), and his daughter, Evelyn Paey, a houseworker (private houses), aged thirty years (b. NH). George W. Paey owned their house, which was valued at $800. They had all resided in the same house in 1935. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hazel Simmonds, housework (private family), aged fifty-two years (b. Nova Scotia), and Herbert O. Perkins, stitching room foreman (shoe shop), aged forty-three years (b. NH).

Ina A. [(Come)] Downs, a tea room proprietor (tea room & food store), aged fifty-four years (b. VT), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. Her household included her sister-in-law, Hattie E. [(Downs)] Hartford, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), and her lodger, Charles Brown, aged nineteen years (b. NY).

Hattie E. (Downs) Hartford died in 1952.

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References:

Find a Grave. (2020, August 18). Albert Frederick Downs. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/214561013/albert-frederick-downs

Find a Grave. (2021, August 8). Fred S. Hartford. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/230496885/fred-s-hartford

NH State Board of Health. (1916). Report of the State Board of Health of the State of New Hampshire. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=C9BKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA327

By Muriel Bristol | December 3, 2023

George Edward Jordan was born in Milton, July 30, 1876, son of George I. and Elizabeth A. “Lizzie” (Downs) Jordan.

George Jordan, a picker stick maker, aged sixty-four years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-eight years), Lizzie [(Downs)] Jordan, aged sixty years (b. NH), and his son, G. Edward Jordan, a picker stick maker, aged twenty-four years (b. NH). George Jordan owned their house, free-and-clear. Lizzie Jordan was the mother of five children, of whom three were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William Ramsdell, a shoe edge setter, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME), and Fred M. Chamberlain, a hotel keeper, aged forty-two years (b. NH).

[Picker stick: a wooden lever that transmits the crank action of a loom motion into the thrust which drives the shuttle across the loom (Merriam-Webster, 2023)].

MILTON. George I. Jordan is quite sick (Farmington News, June 7, 1901).

Mother Elizabeth A. (Downs) Jordan died of chronic gastritis in Milton, October 13, 1904, aged sixty-three years, nine months, and sixteen days. She had resided in Milton for forty years, i.e., circa 1864, with her previous residence having been in Wolfeboro, NH. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate. (Undertaker A.A. Fox of Milton Mills made the funeral arrangements).

LOCAL. Mrs. George I. Jordan of Milton has passed away, after a long and trying sickness, aged 63 years, 9 months, 16 day[s]. Mrs. Jordan was Elizabeth Downs and is the fifth of the family to die within a few years. She leaves a husband, two sons and one daughter, Dr. Frank Jordan of Fryeburg, Me., G. Ed. Jordan and Mrs. Elmer E. Ramsdell of this place. The funeral was held Saturday, Rev. C.B. Osborne officiating (Farmington News, October 28, 1904).

The Fraternal Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of Farmington, NH, conferred the Master Mason degree upon George E. Jordan and Fred S. Hartford, both of Milton, in 1905.

CHIP’S CONTRIBUTION. A special meeting of Fraternal Lodge, A.F. and A.M., was held Saturday evening for the purpose of conferring the Master Mason’s degree on candidates George E. Jordan and Fred S. Hartford. Arthur B. Jefferson, D.D.G.M., Nashua, and Charles L Wentworth, D.D.L.G., of Rochester were present to witness the work and complimented the officers in pleasing terms for the way in which the degrees were conferred and the manner in which the affairs of the lodge were conducted. Visitors from out of town were Dr. C.G. Rogers, C.H. Brigham, Union; Hazen Plummer, Fred B. Roberts, James H. Willey, Hazen W. Downs, George I. Jordan, S. Lyman Hayes, Charles A. Horn, Joseph D. Willey, Milton; George L. Young, George W. Pendexter, Eugene C. Howard, Rochester. At the close off work all repaired to the banquet hall in Odd Fellows hall where an oyster supper was in readiness, and an hour was happily spent, when all returned home well pleased with the entertainment of the evening (Farmington News, March 3, 1905).

George E. Jordan was assistant marshal of a parade held in Milton by the “Red Men” fraternal organization, in May 1908.

MILTON. The Madokowando Tribe, I.O.R.M., with neighboring tribes of Farmington, Ossipee and Conway, held their district meeting here Friday night, in a very elaborate manner. The program consisted of a street parade which surpassed in brilliancy anything of the kind ever seen before in Milton. Most of those in the parade either carried red torches or Roman candle, the light of which shone upon the gilt of the uniforms with gorgeous effect. Many of the houses and business block occupied by Red Men displayed decorations of-bunting, Japanese lanterns, red torches, etc. And several rockets whizzed up over the parade as it passed on its way. The marshal of the parade was William T. Wallace, with the Farmington drum corps escorting. G.E. Jordan was assistant marshal. At the hall a short reception was held, after which the adoption degree was conferred on two pale faces by the degree staffs of Chocorua tribe and the local tribe. The committee of arrangements were W.T. Wallace, Fred B. Roberts and Charles A. Gilmore; committee on decorations and parade, Fred B. Roberts, W.T. Wallace and George E. Jordan; supper committee, A.O. Leighton, H.D. Corson, A.J. Cate, H.W. Dore, J.A. Downs and W.T. Wallace (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 29, 1908).

Father George I. Jordan was a promoter of the Milton soldier and sailor’s monument, which was unveiled in September 1908. He was himself a veteran of the American Civil War.

MILTON’S MONUMENT. Last Saturday was a gala day in the history of the town of Milton and the people of that place made the afternoon and evening a holiday by closing the mills, shops and places of business at noon on account of the unveiling and dedication of the beautiful granite soldiers’ monument, which has just been erected on the small park on South Main street, in honor of the dead soldiers and sailors who went to the battle grounds from the good old town of Milton. The monument, which stands 22 feet high from the base, is made of fine granite and was bought and given to the town by subscriptions raised in the last three years by the hustling townsman and member of the Grand Army, George I. Jordan, and to him is due a good deal of credit for his hard labors and the fine memorial that has been erected. It is one that will be a pride to the generations to come. The monument was designed by Mr. Jordan and everything about it is up to date. The cost was about 2000. The exercises of dedication and unveiling were attended by about 2000 people, a large number of them coming from out of town, among them being some of the noted Grand Army men of the state. The pleasant weather also brought out a large crowd of Milton people. The service was in charge of Eli Wentworth post, No. 89, G.A.R. Tho guests of post and town arrived on the noon train and were met at the depot by a committee from the Grand Army and escorted to A.O.U.W. hall, which was the headquarters of the day and where the guests were entertained. At noon a fine banquet was served by the Woman’s Relief corps. The ball and banquet room were decorated with the national colors and American flags. The exercises were held in the park and in the church, as it was too cold to hold them out of doors. Long before the hour of the parade, the people began to gather on the sidewalks the whole length of Main street to watch as the procession marched through the streets on the way to the monument to attend the exercises. The route of the procession was up Main street to the Boston and Maine depot, where a countermarch was made and then the march was down Main street to the monument. The exercises at the monument were short, on account of the weather, and all exercises p0ssible were held in the church. The president of the day was Prof. Clarence E. Kelley, principal of Nute high school. His opening remarks at the monument were very appropriate to the occasion. The monument was unveiled by little Miss Doris Ransdall, 4 years old, the great granddaughter of Mr. Jordan. It was then turned over to the members of Eli Wentworth post, G.A.R., by the president of the day, after which it was presented to the selectmen of the town of Milton by commander C.S. Wentworth. After the services at the church, which ended about 4 o’clock, the procession was re-formed in the same order as it marched down, and returned to A.O.U.W. hall, where the guests were entertained until the time of the departing trains. Those present from Farmington were Freeman Jones, Dennis Ring, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bennett, Ned L. Parker, Flora Hanson, Mrs. W.M. Sanders (Farmington News, November 13, 1908).

G.E. Jordan of Milton registered his 20-horsepower REO automobile in 1910. (See Milton Automobiles in 1909-10).

George I. Jordan, own income, aged seventy-three years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton 3-Ponds”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his son, George E. Jordan, a shoe cutter, aged thirty-four years (b. NH). George I. Jordan owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Eunice Hayes, a widow, aged seventy-one years (b. ME), and Daniel Tucker, an odd jobs laborer, aged forty years (b. MA).

Father George I. Jordan died of pulmonary edema in Milton, September 2, 1915, aged seventy-nine years, three months, and seventeen days. He had resided in Milton for fifty years, i.e., since circa 1865, with his previous residence having been in Wolfeboro, NH. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate. (Undertaker Charles D. Fox of Milton Mills made the funeral arrangements).

The Milton Selectmen of 1916 were Forrest L. Marsh, Fred B. Roberts, and George E. Jordan.

SOUTH PORTLAND. Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Jordan are entertaining Dr. Jordan’s brother, George E. Jordan, and Mrs. Waycott of Milton, N.H. (Portland Evening Express, June 27, 1917).

(George E. Jordan would marry his fellow houseguest, Mrs. [Sarah (Brown)] Waycott, late in the following year).

Future father-in-law Charles W. Brown died in Tewksbury, MA, in September 1917.

DEATHS. BROWN. In Tewksbury, Sept. 24, Charles W. Brown, formerly of Lynn, 67 yrs. 8 mos. (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), September 24, 1917).

George Edward Jordan registered for the WW I military draft in Milton, September 12, 1918. He was the self-employed owner of an auto livery, aged forty-two years (b. Milton, July 30, 1876). He was of a medium height, medium build, with gray eyes and black hair. His nearest relative was Frank H. Jordan of Allentown, PA.

George E. Jordan married in Rochester, NH, December 5, 1918, Sarah Emeline (Brown) Waycott, both of Milton. He was a shoe cutter, aged forty-two years, and she was a housekeeper, aged forty-two years. Rev. Frank S. Hartley performed the ceremony. She was born in Lynn, MA, September 22, 1876, daughter of Charles W. and Mary A. (Logue) Brown. (She was divorced from her first husband, Walter H. Waycott).

Milton sent George E. Jordan to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative, for the 1919-20 biennium.

George E. Jordan, public auto owner, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah E. [((Brown) Waycott)] Jordan, aged forty-three years (b. MA). George E. Jordan owned their house on Upper Main Street in Milton Village, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles L. Burke, a barber (owner), aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), and George F. Downs, a meat market owner, aged sixty-three years (b. NH).

Mother-in-law Mary A. (Logue) Brown died in Lynn, MA, in March 1927.

George E. Jordan, a retail merchant (filling station), aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eleven years), Sarah E. [((Brown) Waycott)] Jordan, aged fifty-three years (b. MA). George E. Jordan owned their house on North Main Street, which was valued at $3,000. They had a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Clarence Drew, an odd jobs laborer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and James A. Piper, an odd jobs carpenter, aged seventy-two years (b. ME).

Piscataqua Council, No. 42, Degree of Pocahantas, held its regular meeting at the former Mason hall in Portsmouth, NH, in April 1931. On this occasion there was a large gathering of past officers. Mrs. Sarah Jordan of Milton was mentioned as a Past Grand Pocahontas.

Many past grand chiefs were in attendance, among them Past Great Pocahontas Sarah Jordan of Milton, the “mother” of Piscataqua Council. (Portsmouth Herald, April 21, 1931).

George E. Jordan of Milton discovered a fatal car crash in July 1938. (See Milton in the News – 1938).

George E. Jordan, a storekeeper (general store), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah [((Brown) Waycott)] Jordan, aged sixty-three years (b. MA)., and his boarder, Lloyd B. Hudson, aged eighteen years (b. NH). George E. Jordan owned their house in the Milton Community, which was valued at $1,500. They had resided in the same house in 1935. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Arthur H. Greene, retired, aged seventy-seven years (b. Canada), and Sarah A. Piper, a boarding house hostess, aged seventy years (b. NH).

George Jordan, William A. Dickson, S. Lyman Hayes, and Joseph E. Willey, all of Milton, were among the out-of-town members that received 25-year and 50-year honor medals presented by the Fraternal Lodge, A.F. & A.M., at the Mason’s hall in Farmington, MA, April 14, 1941 (Farmington News, April 18, 1941).

Lady Governess Sarah Jordan of Milton helped install new officers of the ladies auxiliary of the I.O.O.F. in October 1941.

Odd Ladies’ Officers Installed. Lady Governess Sarah Jordan of Milton and Governess Conductor Helen Piper, Milton, installed officers of Star lodge No. 2, United Order of Independent Odd Ladies Monday evening in GAR hall (Portsmouth Herald, October 15, 1941).

The Milton Selectmen of 1943 were George E. Jordan, Leroy J. Ford, and Arthur M. Flye.

George E. Jordan, a service station manager (retail gas & oil station), aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah E. [((Brown) Waycott)] Jordan, aged seventy-three years (b. MA). They resided in the “6th house on left [south side]” of “State Highway No. 16.” Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Leroy E. Whitnall, aged forty-nine years (b. OH), and Alfred E. Braman, a hotel manager, aged fifty-eight years (b. Canada).

News of South Portland. Madockawando Tribe, IORM, will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow. More than 100 attended the 50th anniversary party, special guests being Charles Piper, George E. Jordan, Milton, N.H. Fifty-year certificates were presented to William S. Jordan and Gilman Willard, and past sachem’s jewels to Herbert Green, Clarence Spiller, and Calvin Upton. The group will work the adoption degree on two candidates, June 3 (Portland Evening Express, May 26, 1955).

LOCAL LINES. Scheduled to receive 50-year pins at the meeting of the Fraternal Lodge, No. 71, [A.]F. and A.M. last night were Carl S. Thomas, former publisher of the News and George E. Jordan of Milton. Leslie F. Munch, grand master for the state, was on hand to make the presentation (Farmington News, November 3, 1955).

George E. Jordan died of coronary thrombosis at the Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, NH, February 26, 1961, aged eighty-four years. He was a gas station operator. Ralph Adams, M.D., signed the death certificate.

George E. Jordan Succumbs at 84. Funeral services for George E. Jordan, 84, were held Wednesday at the Milton Community Church with Rev. Bradley Lines, pastor, officiating. Mr. Jordan was a lifelong resident of Milton and a retired gas station proprietor. He served in the NH General Court in 1919, was a former Milton fire chief, a member of the police force and held various town offices. Mr. Jordan was affiliated with following orders: a 50-year member of the Fraternal Order, No. [71], OES of Farmington; a life member of Madkandondo Order of Red Men of Milton; Bektash Temple of Concord; Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Portsmouth and Dover, N.H. Consistory and a 32nd Degree Mason. He was also a member of the Rochester Shrine Club and the Cocheco Valley Sportsmen’s Association. Members of the family include his wife, Mrs. Sarah Brown Jordan, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Gretchen Adams of Milton and two grandchildren. The Peaselee Funeral Home of Union was in charge of arrangements (Farmington News, March 2, 1961).

PROBATE COURT. George Jordan, Milton. Account allowed, receipt filed (Farmington News, May 17, 1962).

Sarah E. ((Brown) Waycott) Jordan died of a heart blockage in Milton, June 27, 1967, aged ninety-two years. She was a housewife. Gerard G. Bozuwa, M.D., signed the death certificate.

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References:

Find a Grave. (2011, March 24). Charles W. Brown. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/67382089/charles-w-brown

Find a Grave. (2021, November 8). George E. Jordan. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/233840962/george-e-jordan

Find a Grave. (2009, November 26). George Ivory Jordan. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/44820080/george-ivory-jordan

By Muriel Bristol | November 26, 2023

John William Avery was born in Wolfeboro, NH, August 16, 1869, son of Brackett F. and Susan (Varney) Avery. (Brackett F. Avery had served in the 1st NH Heavy Artillery Regiment during the Civil War).

Father Brackett F. Avery moved from Wolfeboro, NH, to Milton, circa 1877-78.

Brackett F. Avery, a farmer, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton [“Milton 3 Ponds”] household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Susan V. [(Varney)] Avery, keeping house, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and his children, Harry L. Avery, at school, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Sally C. Avery, at school, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and John W. Avery, at school, aged ten years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George M. Corson, a farmer, aged thirty-eight years (b. ME), and William H. Ricker, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH).

John W. Avery married in Rochester, NH, June 23, 1889, Emma B. Getchell, both of Milton. He was a shoemaker, aged nineteen years, and she was a shoe-shop worker, aged twenty-two years. Rev. J. Burnham Davis performed the ceremony. She was born in Maine, August 25, 1866, daughter of Edward F. and Cynthia W. (Shaw) Getchell. (Her father, who had been a Captain in the 2nd ME Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, had died in Vassalboro, ME, February 27, 1869).

John W. Avery was one of the founding officers (vice president) of the Milton lodge of the United Endowment League, when it was founded in January 1890.

MILTON. Teneriffe Lodge, No. 5, United Endowment League, was successfully launched on its career Tuesday evening, January 14, by Supreme Organizer, Benjamin Holt of Lowell, Mass., and an efficient corps of assistants. The following list of officers was publicly installed for the term ending Dec. 31: President, Henry R. Johnson; vice president, John W. Avery; counsellor, A.C. Willey; secretary, Irving W. Tuttle; financial secretary, Harry L. Avery; treasurer, Hattie L. Pinkham; chaplain, Rev. G. Frank Durgin; guide, F.P. Jones; sentinel, Charles D. Jones, M.D.; medical examiner, Charles D. Jones, M.D.; guard, Hazen Plummer; trustees, Charles E. Lord, J.D. Willey, S.M. Bragden. This new comer among the fraternal orders of Milton has our best wishes (Farmington News, January 31, 1890).

United Endowment League. Eureka of Lowell initiated several candidates Friday evening, and entertained its membership by a literary and musical programme. At the last meeting of Teneriffe of Milton, N.H., President Henry R. Johnson tendered his resignation and John W. Avery was elected to fill the vacancy. One member was admitted. Dorchester of Dorchester held its meeting on Thursday evening, and at the “good of the order” it was decided that at the next meeting an entertainment and collation will be given (Boston Globe, May 11, 1890).

(The United Endowment League was “one of a number of short-term endowment benefit fraternals that were popular in the 1880s and 1890s and then went bankrupt”). The United Endowment League did not appear in the Farmington News after 1891.

Both John W. Avery and his wife, Emma B. [(Getchell)] Avery, were installed as officers of the International Organization of Good Templars (I.O.G.T.) fraternal organization in February 1892. (The I.O.G.T. was a temperance-oriented fraternal organization).

MILTON. The officers of the I.O.G.T. were installed Feb. 4 as follows: C.T., Fred W. Drew; V.T., Mrs. Emma B. Avery; secretary, Roscoe H. Shaw; treasurer, Roscoe C. Nutter; marshal, J.G. O’Laughlin; D.M., Allie May Hodgdon; guard, Carrie Nutter; sentinel, Ed Jordan; assistant secretary, Addie Knight; chaplain, Rev. John Manter; P.C.T., John W. Avery (Farmington News, February 19, 1892).

Mother Susan (Varney) Avery died of cardiac dropsy in Milton, January 2, 1895, aged seventy years, one month, and twenty-five days. She was a housekeeper. W.F. Wallace, M.D., signed the death certificate.

John Avery, a shoe cutter, aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eleven years), Emily B. [(Getchell)] Avery, aged thirty-two years (b. ME), his ward, Gertrude Getchel, at school, aged twelve years (b. ME), and his boarder, Edna Calkins, at school, aged eighteen years (b. ME). John Avery owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel W. Beede, a miller, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Mary French, a housekeeper, aged seventy years (b. ME).

MILTON. Mrs. [Cynthia W. (Shaw)] Getchell of Sanford, Me., is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John W. Avery (Farmington News, April 22, 1904).

Father Brackett F. Avery unveiled the Milton soldiers’ monument in November 1908.

MILTON. The soldiers monument was dedicated last Saturday at 2 p.m. The monument was unveiled by Mr. Brackett Avery, the oldest member of the post, No. 86, and Dorris B. Randell, the great-granddaughter of George I. Jordan, the treasurer of the monument fund and to whom the origin of the fund is due. The monument was dedicated and presented to the town by Commander George C.S. Wentworth and the speech of acceptance was made by Selectman C.A. Jones. After the exercises of dedication an oration was made in the Baptist church by Rev. L.H. Buffum (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), November 20, 1908).

John Avery, a shoe shop foreman, aged forty years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton 3 Ponds”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma B. [(Getchell)] Avery, aged forty-two years (b. ME), and his niece, Gertrude Gillshell [Getchell], a teacher of music, aged twenty-two years (b. ME). John Avery owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ruth Nutter, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), and [his elder brother,] Harry L. Avery, a fancy goods salesman, aged forty-six years (b. NH).

Mother-in-law Cynthia W. (Shaw) Getchell died of apoplexy in Alfred, ME, December 15, 1910, aged seventy years, eight months, and fifteen days.

OBITUARY. Mrs. Cynthia Getchell, Alfred. Mrs. Cynthia W. Getchell, mother of Mrs. Charles O. Emery, died in Sheriff Emery’s apartments in the jail at Alfred the 15th from the effects of a series of paralytic shocks, at the age of 70 years. Mrs. Getchell leaves one son, Willliam B. Getchell of Sanford, and two daughters, Mrs. Charles O. Emery with whom she made her home, and Mrs. John W. Avery of Milton. She is also survived by two brothers, Charles W. Shaw and Chester H. Shaw both of Winthrop, two sisters, Mrs. William H. Longdon of Putnam, Conn., and Mrs. Charles Huard of Stoneham, Mass., and three grandsons, Linwood J. Emery and Paul S. Emery, sons of Sheriff Emery, and Miss Gertrude M. Getchell, daughter of William B. Getchell (Lewiston Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME), December 19, 1910).

Milton sent John W. Avery to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative, for the 1911-12 biennium. He resided at 37 South State Street in Concord, NH, during the biennium, his House seat was 03-13, and he was assigned to the Committee on the Industrial School. (There was also another Avery representative, Rep. Oscar J. Avery (1866-1945) of Effingham, NH).

MILTON. John W. Avery, democrat, was elected representative to the general court (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), November 18, 1910).

Rep. Avery of Milton filed House Bill 182, “an act to incorporate the Nute Charitable Association,” which was assigned to the Committee on Incorporations in January 1911. (See Last Will of Lewis W. Nute (1820-1888)).

Section 1. That Everet F. Fox, Charles A. Jones, M.A.H. Hart, Harry L. Avery, Bard B. Plummer, Joseph H. Avery, Walter E. Looney, Charles D. Fox, Moses G. Chamberlain, and their successors, are hereby made a body corporate by the name of the Nute Charitable Association and shall have and enjoy all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the liabilities incident to corporations of a similar nature and by that name may sue and be sued. Harry L. Avery or Charles A. Jones may call the first meeting of said association by letter mailed to each member of said association at least seven days prior to the date set for said first meeting.

On Wednesday, March 29, 1911, HB-48, which was “an act creating a board of improvements and conservation and defining its duties,” failed in a division vote, i.e., a count of hands. Republican Rep. Rufus N. Elwell (1863-1919) of Exeter, NH, demanded a roll call vote. Rep. Avery of Milton voted with the majority of 167 representatives [51.7%] that voted against the bill, rather than with the 156 representatives [48.3%] that voted in favor of it.

In April 1911, the House took up a joint resolution making an appropriation for State House improvements. It had been passed by both chambers formerly, but then vetoed by Republican Governor Robert P. Bass (1873-1960), and an override was sought. Rep. Avery of Milton voted with the majority of 245 representatives [91.1%] that voted against the override, rather than with the minority of 24 representatives [8.9%] that voted in favor of the override.

The House also voted on another joint resolution (No. 118) that had been vetoed by Governor Bass. The joint resolution had sought to appropriate money for the NH College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Rep. Avery of Milton voted with the majority of 164 representatives [56.7%] that voted against the override, rather than with the minority of 125 representatives [43.3%] that voted in favor of the override.

Father Brackett F. Avery died of valvular disease in Milton, May 30, 1911, aged eighty-two years, ten months, and seven days. He had resided in Milton for thirty-three years, i.e., since circa 1877-78. He was widowed farmer. James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate. (The death certificate was recorded in the Milton town records by his eldest son, Milton Town Clerk Harry L. Avery).

John W. Avery appeared in the Milton business directory of 1917, as recording secretary of the Milton A.O.U.W. (Ancient Order of United Workmen). (See Milton’s A.O.U.W. Hall – 1890-1925).

John W. Avery, a shoe cutter (shoe shop), aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma B. [(Getchell)] Avery, aged fifty-two years (b. ME), and his boarder, Stella Jellerson, a leatherboard finisher, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). John W. Avery owned their house on Charles Street in Milton Village, free-and clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his elder brother,] Harry L. Avery, an owner, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and Edward J. Witham, a leatherboard laborer, aged thirty-six years (b. ME).

John W. Avery, a shoe cutter (shoe shop), aged sixty years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-five years), Emma B. [(Getchell)] Avery, aged sixty-three years (b. ME). John W. Avery owned their house on Charles Street, which was valued at $1,000. They had a radio set. They shared their two-family house with the household of [his nephew] Theron W. Avery, a fibre-mill foreman, aged thirty-four years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his elder brother,] Harry L. Avery, a retail merchant (dry goods), aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and Edward Benton, a fibre-board mechanic, aged twenty-six years (b. NH).

John W. Avery died of broncho-pneumonia on Charles Street in Milton, March 5, 1936, aged sixty-six years, six months, and eighteen days. He was a shoemaker, and resident of Milton for sixty years, i.e., since circa 1875-76. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Emma B. [(Getchell)] Avery, aged seventy-three years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. Emma B. Avery owned her house on Charles Street, which was valued at $1,000. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of [her nephew,] Theron W. Avery, a counter foreman (leather-board mill), aged forty-four years (b. NH), and [her niece,] Louise P. Avery, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).

Emma B. (Getchell) Avery died of coronary thrombosis in Milton, June 3, 1949, aged eighty-two years. She was a widowed housekeeper. She had resided in Milton for sixty years, i.e., since her marriage in 1889. Paul Sharkey, M.D., signed the death certificate.

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Find a Grave. (2020, August 18). John W. Avery. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/214558616/john-w-avery

Find a Grave. (2013, March 11). Cynthia W. Getchell. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/106544302/cynthia-w-getchell

NH General Court. (1911). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=kfNBAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA6

Wikipedia. (2023, May 3). International Organisation of Good Templars. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organisation_of_Good_Templars

By Muriel Bristol | November 19, 2023

Carl Edwin Pinkham was born in Milton, August 22, 1886, son of James D. and Sarah A. (McGonigle) Pinkham.

Carl E. Pinkham graduated from Nute High School with its six-member Class of 1904.

MILTON. The Democratic caucus to choose delegates to the State convention is called to meet at the store of James D. Pinkham, Tuesday, May 26 (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 22, 1908).

The Pinkham and O’Brien Company, organized at Portland for the purpose of dealing in lamp chimneys and crockery ware, with $10,000 capital stock of which $50 is paid in. Officers: President, Louis H. O’Brien of Portland; treasurer Carl E. Pinkham of Milton, N.H. Certificate filed August 18, 1908 (Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), August 19, 1908).

C.E. Pinkham appeared in the Milton business directories of 1909, and 1912, as a baker and grocer on Main street, near the Post Office. (Joseph H. Avery was then the Milton postmaster). Pinkham boarded with his parents at 6 Silver street.

Milton sent Carl E. Pinkham to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative for the 1909-10 biennium.

Bills in Third Reading Trick. … A certificate of incorporation has been issued by the secretary of state with the approval of the commission of corporations to the Sunset Grocery company of Lynn, with authority to deal in real estate, to engage in a general contracting and constructing business; to act as brokers and selling agents of any and all commodities; to deal in all kinds of goods, wares and merchandise and personal property; to hold patent rights as well as the stocks and bonds of other corporations on a capital of $2,000. The officers of this new Massachusetts corporation (It already holds a charter under the laws of Maine) are President Carl E. Pinkham of Milton, N.H.; treasurer, Francis I. Falkin of Lynn and clerk, William B. Goodridge of Lynn (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), April 9, 1910).

James D. Pinkham, a news dealer, aged forty-three years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-three years), Sarah [(McGonigle)] Pinkham, aged forty-five years (b. Ireland), and his children, Carl Pinkham, a merchant (grocery store), aged twenty-four years (b. NH), and Harold Pinkham, aged sixteen years (b. NH). James D. Pinkham owned their house, free-and-clear. Sarah Pinkham was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Fred Hartford, a barber (own shop), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and Natt E. Young, a draftsman (engineering off.), aged thirty-three years (b. ME).

MILTON. Carl Pinkham is in Lynn on a short visit (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 30, 1910).

Carl E. Pinkham appeared in the Lynn, MA, directory of 1911, as being employed at the Sunset Grocery C0., with his house at Milton, N.H. Sunset Grocery Co. appeared at 590 Essex street, with the named associates of Carl E. Pinkham, Frank I. Folkins, and W.H. Goodridge.

MILTON. Carl Pinkham has been in Boston and Lynn this week, the guest of his mother (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 30, 1912).

SUNSET GROCERY CO. This is the corner grocery store, recently purchased from L.B. Foster by the above company and added to their rapidly growing chain of stores. Under the direction of the enterprising new proprietor, C.E. Pinkham of Milton, this store has assumed a most orderly and attractive interior. The goods are very neatly and artistically displayed and the new store is receiving a liberal and highly appreciated share of patronage. Many Christmas specials are being offered here at low prices. Among these are the famous “Angelus Brand” of canned goods, celery, cranberries, pop corn, nuts, fancy biscuits, figs, dates and grapes. This is also the exclusive agency for the well known “Meadow Gold” butter and eggs. The store is neatly kept and handsomely decorated and should not be forgotten when you make up the Christmas dinner list (Farmington News, December 20, 1912).

Carl E. Pinkham appeared in the Lynn, MA, directory of 1912, and 1913, as president at 590 Essex street, with his house at Milton, N.H. The Sunset Grocery Co. appeared at 590 Essex street.

Carl E. Pinkham was one of twelve Milton residents that registered their automobiles in 1912. He had a 27.2 h.p. Nyberg automobile, with license plate number “1940.” (Pinkham had then the only Nyberg automobile in town).

We call attention to the ad of the Nyberg automobile. Carl Pinkham of Milton is the agent in this vicinity. If looking for an auto do not fail of reading the exceptional offer in this issue of the NEWS. Write Mr. Pinkham for full particulars (Farmington News, February 21, 1913).

PERSONAL. C.B. Tarbell, C.E. Pinkham, Herbert Willey, all of Milton, were in town Monday night and attended the regular meeting of Fraternal Lodge, A.F. and A.M. (Farmington News, March 7, 1913).

MILTON, N.H. The directors of the Milton Factory Co. have chosen Fred B. Roberts as president and Carl E. Pinkham as treasurer (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 22, 1913).

MILTON, N.H. Miss Alta D. Chipman has a position with the Sunset Grocery Co., as bookkeeper (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 22, 1913).

Carl E. Pinkham married (1st) in Boston, MA, October 25, 1913, Maude Malpas Carter, he of Milton and she of Lebanon, ME. He was a merchant, aged twenty-seven years, and she was aged thirty-two years. Rev. Herbert S. Johnson performed the ceremony. She was born in Wilmington, MA, in March 1881, daughter of Fred M. and Barbara E. (Cole) Carter. She was a Milton sub. telephone operator in 1912, and her father was superintendent of the Union Ice Co.’s Milton icehouse (See Milton’s Ice Industry).

HONEYMOON ALL PLANNED. But Carl Pinkham of Milton, and Maud Carter of Maine Had Trying Time With Five-Day Law. Carl E. Pinkham’s experience in trying to be married Saturday night to Maud M. Carter became known at the Courthouse yesterday. He came from Milton, N.H., she from Lebanon, Me. They filed their marriage intention in the office of the Town Clerk at Milton, N.H. and thought that sufficed for them to be married in Boston. They came here Saturday afternoon with the purpose of being married by Rev Herbert S. Johnson but they struck a snag in the law requiring them to live here five days before they could be married. Their honeymoon was all planned. It was suggested that a judge of the Probate Court might permit a waiver of the statutory provision relating to five days They saw Edward McGlenen, city registrar, but he could not help them save by way of suggestion as to what they could do. They went to the home of Judge Grant of the Probate Court in the Back Bay. He told them that if Arthur W. Dolan, register of probate, could be found and they filed a petition asking for a waiver of the five-day period in a legal manner, he would issue a decree thereon. They then went in search of Mr. Dolan and found him at his home in Charlestown. In the pouring rain he came to the Courthouse at 8:30, accepted the petition which was made out in his office, and then the couple went back to Judge Grant, who issued the necessary decree. They then went to a minister and were married (Boston Globe, October 29, 1913).

The Sunset Grocery Co., as well as Carl E. Perkins’ erstwhile partners, filed for bankruptcy, in October 1914.

Business Troubles. Francis I. Folkins. treasurer of the Sunset Grocery Company, Lynn, has filed a petition in bankruptcy on behalf of the company. Liabilities, $4306; assets $2450. Francis I. Folkins, clerk, 84 High Rock at, Lynn, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. He owes $1589 and has no assets. William H. Goodridge, clerk, 39 Rogers av., Lynn, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. He owes $2674 and has no assets (Boston Globe, October 6, 1914).

HORSES AND CARRIAGES. Horse, wagon and harness formerly used in the business of the Sunset Grocery Co. Apply to Frank S. Newton, trustee, 778 Western avenue, or John Ingram, attorney. Item building (Boston Globe, November 21, 1914).

Carl E. Pinkham appeared in the Laconia, NH, directories of 1915, 1916, and 1917, as a wholesale grocer, gasoline, etc., at 6 Winnisquam avenue, with his house at 65 Lincoln street.

Carl E. Pinkham, a wholesale grocer, aged thirty years (b. Milton, NH) registered for the WW I military draft in Laconia, NH, June 5, 1917. He resided at 65 Lincoln street, in Laconia, NH. He was tall, with a slender build; and had blue eyes and brown hair (slightly balding). He was married. He claimed an exemption due to his occupation.

Carl E. (Maude M.) Pinkham appeared in the Laconia NH, directory of 1919, as treasurer of the Pinkham-Simpson Co., with his house at 130 Pleasant street. The Pinkham-Simpson Co. appeared as wholesale grocers, gasoline, etc., at 6 Winnisquam avenue. Hugh A. (Emma) Simpson appeared as president of the Pinkham-Simpson Co., with his house at 36 Pine street.

C.E. Pinkham, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), headed a Laconia, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Maude [(Carter)] Pinkham, aged thirty-seven years (b. MA). C.E. Pinkham rented their house at 130 Pleasant Street.

Carl E. (Maude C.) Pinkham appeared in the Laconia, NH, directory of 1922, as having moved to Boston, MA. It was said elsewhere that he moved to Florida in 1924. He and his wife divorced at some time between 1922 and 1930; she may not have gone with him to Florida.

7,680 Acres Tied Up in Court Suit. … Samuel H. Golden, R.P. Allen, Carl E. Pinkham, G.M.L. Johnson and Victor Moffat are named as having interest in mortgages. Perry Tichenor and the Miami Oil and Natural Gas company are defendants because of alleged leases on parts of the property (Miami Tribune, August 12, 1926).

Carl E. Pinkham married (2nd) in Broward County, FL, June 6, 1930, Emma Louise Gillette. He was aged forty-three years and she was aged thirty-one years. (For some reason, perhaps due to a legal complication with his divorce, they would repeat this 1930 marriage in 1961 (see below for further details)).

Former mother-in-law Barbara E. (Cole) Carter died in Millbury, MA, November 23, 1934.

Carl E. Pinkham, distilled water, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Miami, FL, household at the time of the FL State Census of 1935. His household included his wife, a housewife, aged thirty-five years (b. NJ). Carl E. Pinkham owned their house at 2000 N.W. 3rd Street.

BUILDING PERMITS. Carl E. Pinkham, frame residence, 440 N.W. Forty-third street, $2,000 (Miami Herald, August 25, 1935).

PROPERTY TRANSFERS. Katherine Koch to Carl E. Pinkham, land in section 24-53-41 (Miami Herald, October 4, 1935).

PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pinkham of Miami, Fla., the former’s father, James Pinkham, and son Harold, both of Milton, were in town last Friday and called on Mrs. Addie Canney. Mr. Pinkham. Sr., has been in ill health for several months (Farmington News, November 5, 1937).

Father James D. Pinkham died of subacute nephritis (with anasarca) on Silver Street in Milton, December 15, 1937, aged seventy-one years, four months, and twenty-five days. He was a lifelong resident and retired merchant. Albert E. Bascomb, M.D. signed the death certificate.

Carl Pinkham, a realtor (real estate), aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Miami, FL, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma Louise [(Gillette)] Pinkham, aged forty-two years (b. NJ). Carl Pinkham owned their house on 239 N.E. 14th Terrace, which was valued at $5,000. They had both resided in Miami, FL, in 1935.

Former father-in-law Fred M. Carter died on Millbury, MA, June 13, 1940, aged eighty-four years.

DEATH NOTICES. CARTER. In Millbury, June 13, Fred M., 84 years. Funeral services from Michals’ Funeral Home, Wilmington, Saturday, June 15. at 2.30 p.m. Relatives and friends invited (Boston Globe, June 14, 1940).

Mother Sarah A. (McGonigle) Pinkham died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Milton, December 11, 1942, aged seventy-nine years, five months. She was a widowed housekeeper and sixty-year Milton resident. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Mother-in-law Alida (Crampton) Gillette died in Miami, FL, in 1944. (Her husband, Arthur C. Gillette, had predeceased her in Jersey City, MJ, July 20, 1902).

MRS. ALIDA C. GILLETTE. Mrs. Alida C. Gillette, 70, a Miami resident 21 years, coming from Jersey City, died Friday at her home, 230 NE 15th st. Services will be held at 5 p.m. Monday in Ahern funeral chapel, the Rev. G.W. Gasque officiating, and the body sent to Jersey City for burial. Mrs. Gillette is survived by three sons, William, Arthur and John; a daughter, Mrs. Carl Pinkham of Miami; a sister, Mrs. Almeda Paulsen of Los Angeles; two brothers. Capt. Scott Le Hommegeiux of Islip, L.I., NY and Capt. Mark Le Hommegeiux, of Bayport, L.I. (Miami News, March 25, 1944).

Personally Speaking. After an early summer sojourn in Bar Harbor, Me., Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Pinkham, 239 N.E. 14th ter., are visiting in Cleveland, Ohio. They plan to be gone until next month and will return home by airplane (Miamin Herald, August 11, 1946).

Carl E. Pinkham, a real estate salesman (real estate office), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Miami, FL, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma L. [(Gillette)] Pinkham, aged fifty-one years (b. NJ). They resided at 239 N.E. 14th Terrace.

DRESS SHOP. CORAL Gables Money maker. Splendid fixtures, Air-conditioned. Carl E. Pinkham, 292 Miracle Mile, good lease, Ph 48-7810 (Miami Herald, August 1, 1952).

FOR SALE – HOMES. Open 1 to 5. 1136 Andora Ave. OWNER moving to Calif. Must sell spacious 3 bedroom Riviera home. Faces North, Large 2 car garage, Room for swimming pool, 2400 Sq. Ft. for only $23,900. Carl E. Pinkham Broker, Ph. 48-7810 (Miami Herald, August 2, 1952).

Carl Edwin Pinkham and Emma Louise Gillette repeated their earlier 1930 Florida marriage ceremony at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Hanover, NH, September 29, 1961, both of 823 Capri Street, Coral Gables, FL. He was a realtor, aged seventy-five years, and she was a registered nurse, aged sixty-three years. Rev. Leslie W. Hodder performed the ceremony. She was born in Jersey City, NJ, October 15, 1897, daughter of Arthur C. and Alida (Crampton) Gillette.

Carl Pinkham died in Miami, FL, July 3, 1971, aged eighty-four years.

DEATH NOTICES. PINKHAM. CARL E., 84, of 629 Navarre Ave., July 3. Came to Miami in 1924 from Laconia, New Hampshire. He retired in 1969 as a Real Estate Broker, both in Coral Gables and Miami. A 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. Survived by his wife E. Louise Pinkham and a brother Harold B. of Milton, N.H. Repose 4-9 PM Mon. Services 3:30 PM Tues. VAN ORSDEL CORAL GABLES CHAPEL (Miamin News, July 5, 1971).

E. Louise (Gillette) Pinkham died in Dade County, FL, August 24, 1980, aged eighty-two years

GREATER MIAMI DEATHS. PINKHAM, E. Louise, 82, of Miami. Private services were held, Van Orsdel Coral Gables Chapel (Miami Herald, August 28, 1980).

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Find a Grave. (2017, August 17). Fred Mortimer Carter. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/182484682/fred-mortimer-carter

Find a Grave. (2021, August 9). Carl E. Pinkham. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/230524822/carl-e-pinkham

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NH General Court. (1909). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=_kItAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA6

Wikipedia. (2023, June 30). Nyberg Automobile. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyberg_Automobile

By Muriel Bristol | November 12, 2023

Haven R. Jewett was born in Milton, September 2, 1856, son of John R. and Clara H. (Page) Jewett.

Father John R. Jewett died in Milton, in 1858. Mother Clara H. (Page) Jewett seems also to have died young. Haven R. Jewett and his siblings, Irving Ed Jewett and Clara A. Jewett, resided on the Milton Mills farm of his maternal grandparents, Joseph and Lydia S. (Remick) Page.

Joseph Page, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Lydia [(Remick)] Page, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), Mary A. Page, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Sarah Page, aged twenty years (b. NH), Josiah Page, a farm laborer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Ed Irvin Jewett, aged six years (b. NH), Haven Jewett, aged four years (b. NH), and Isabel Jewett, aged sixteen years (b. NH). Joseph Page had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $800. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Dearborn, a farmer, aged ninety years (b. NH), and David Farnham, a farmer, aged fifty-two years (b. NH [SIC]).

Joseph Page, a farmer, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Lydia S. [(Remick)] Page, keeping house, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), Josiah Page, a farm laborer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), Hannah E. [(Marsh)] Page, a housekeeper, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), Amanda M. Page, at school, aged seven years (b. NH), Clara M. Page, aged two months (b. NH), and Haven Jewett, a farm laborer, aged thirteen years (b. NH). Joseph Page had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $900. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sally Dearborn, keeping house, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), and David Farnham, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. ME).

Maternal grandmother Lydia S. (Remick) Page died in Milton, March 6, 1871. Maternal grandfather Joseph Page died in Milton, in 1875.

After the death of his maternal grandparents, and throughout the 1880s and 1890s, Haven R. Jewett would seem to have split his time between farming in Milton Mills (and Wakefield, NH) and selling his farm produce in Boston, MA. He appeared in the Boston directory of 1880, as a clerk, boarding at 84 Appleton street.

Eugene B. Coleman, a drainpipe dealer, aged thirty-seven years (b. MA), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Georgia L. Coleman, aged twenty-five years (b. MA), and his lodgers, Haven Jewett, a grocery clerk, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), William Chase, a grocery clerk, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and Maria Fogg, a dressmaker, aged thirty-five years (b. ME). They resided at 84 Appleton Street.

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1883, as a clerk at 109 F.H. [Faneuil Hall] Market, boarding at 84 Appleton street. (Prior to the early 1970s, the Faneuil Hall-Quincy Market (North Market & South Market) complex housed wholesale grocery goods and produce, some of which is still available on weekends at nearby Haymarket).

Haven R. Jewett married in Wakefield, NH, November 29, 1883, Nellie Mary Sibley, he of Milton and she of Wakefield, NH. Rev. Joseph Spinney performed the ceremony. She was born in Watertown, MA, April 10, 1861, daughter of Richard F.D. and Emily E.E. (Buzzell) Sibley.

(The known children of Haven R. and Nellie M. (Sibley) Jewett were: Richard Irving Jewett (1884–1946), John Chase Jewett (1887–1931), Helen May Jewett (1889–1963), Emma Sibley Jewett (1890–1935), and Haven Furber Jewett (1899–1963)).

Son Richard Irving Jewett was born in Wakefield, NH, August 17, 1884.

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1886, as a clerk at 109 F.H. [Faneuil Hall] Market, boarding at Everett, MA.

Son John Chase Jewett was born in Wakefield, NH, April 19, 1887.

Daughter Helen May “Nellie” Jewett was born in Milton Mills, July 31, 1889. Daughter Emma Sibley Jewett was born in Milton Mills, September 11, 1890.

Father-in-law Richard F.D. Sibley died of diabetic mellites in Wakefield, NH, June 20, 1892, aged sixty years, six months, and eight days. He was a farmer. G.A. Allen, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1895, as a salesman at 3 North Market (Boston), with his house at Malden, MA. He appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1897, and 1898, as a clerk at 22 North Market (Boston), with his house at Sanbornville, [Wakefield,] NH.

Son Haven Furber Jewett was born in Milton Mills, November 9, 1899.

Haven R. Jewett, a farmer, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of sixteen years), Nellie M. [(Sibley)] Jewett, aged thirty-nine years (b. MA), and his children, Richard I. Jewett, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH), John C. Jewett, at school, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Helen M. Jewett, at school, aged ten years (b. NH), Emma S. Jewett, at school, aged nine years (b. NH), and H. Furber Jewett, aged six months (b. NH). Haven R. Jewett owned their farm, free-and-clear. Nellie M. Jewett was the mother of five children, of whom five were still living.

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1900, as a salesman at 53 Commercial street, with his house at S. Wakefield, NH. Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directories of 1900, and 1902, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles north of the Milton Mills post office.

The Milton Selectmen of 1902-03 were H.R. Jewett, J.H. Avery, and F.B. Roberts. The Milton Selectmen of 1904-05 were H.R. Jewett, J.H. Avery, and C.A. Jones.

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1905, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles north of the Milton Mills post office.

MILTON MILLS, N.H. The Republican caucus on Monday for choice of a candidate for representative to the general court created quite an excitement for a few hours. In accordance with the usual custom, it was the turn of the Milton Mills end of the town to furnish the man and there were several aspirants for the honor. The contest finally narrowed down to Haven Jewett and Forrest L. Marsh when the votes were counted it was found that Jewett had 75 votes and Marsh 51. B.B. Plummer received the nomination for moderator and Elbridge W. Fox, Harry D. Coles and George D. Canney for supervisors of the check list (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), October 19, 1906).

Milton sent Haven R. Jewett to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative for the 1907-08 biennium. (He, a Republican, had received 188 votes [56.3%], while Joseph D. Willey, a Democrat, received 145 votes [43.4%], and Willis Holmes, no party affiliation, received 1 vote [0.3%]).

Rep. Jewett occupied House seat 04-49, boarded at 48 School Street in the capitol, and was assigned to the House Committee on the School for the Feeble Minded. He was credited with 186 miles travel allowance on the mileage roll. That would have been 93 miles either way, presumably a roundabout train journey).

On Wednesday, February 20, 1907, Rep. Whitcher of Haverhill, NH, brought forward HB 31: “An act extending municipal suffrage to women.” It came to the floor with an initial committee recommendation that it would be Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), i.e., it should not be passed. Rep. Whitcher moved that it should be instead voted Ought to Pass (OTP). Rep. Lamprey interrupted with a motion that the bill be instead indefinitely postponed. Rep. Jewett voted with the minority of 77 members [25.6%] that opposed postponement, rather than with the majority of 224 members [74.4%] that voted in favor of indefinite postponement.

On Wednesday, March 20, 1907, Rep. Ahern of Concord, NH, sought to table a bill regarding primary elections. It sought to establish primary elections. (Candidates were then selected by their party’s town caucus). The tabling motion failed by a vote of 80 to 199. Next came a motion and vote on whether or not to indefinitely postpone the proposed bill. Rep. Jewett voted with the minority of 160 members [48.8%] that opposed indefinite postponement, rather than with the majority of 168 members [51.2%] that favored postponement.

MILTON. William T. Wallace and Ellsworth Hodgsdon are delegates to the State Convention in Concord next week to choose delegates for the National Republican Convention at Chicago. Haven Jewett and Ellsworth Hodgsdon are delegates to the district convention to be held at Manchester (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), April 24, 1908).

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1909, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles north of the Milton Mills post office.

The Milton Selectmen of 1909-10 were Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew, and Haven R. Jewett.

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 were James H. Rines and Charles L. Beaton. At the school meeting, besides the usual appropriations, the sum of $200 was raised for fire escapes for the school houses at Milton and Milton Mills (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 19, 1909).

Here one may perhaps glimpse the courtship between daughter Helen M. Jewett and Lester A. Wiggin. He seemed to visit Union, Wakefield, NH, when she was there. (They would marry in in 1912).

UNION. Lester Wiggin, of Ossipee, was in town over last Sunday. Miss Emma Jewett, of Milton Mills, visited her sister Helen Jewett at the Union Hotel last Saturday (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), June 4, 1909).

MILTON MILLS. Gerry Ridley, contractor and road builder of Sanford, Me., was in town last Tuesday and spent some time with Haven R. Jewett in laying plans for the new piece of State road on School street (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 27, 1909).

UNION. Miss Helen Jewett, who has been quite sick, is improving. Lester Wiggin, of Ossipee, was in town last week (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 3, 1909).

Son Richard I. Jewett married in Milton, November 24, 1909, Sarah D. Lowd, he of Milton and she of Acton, ME. He was a farmer, aged twenty-five years, and she was a housekeeper, aged thirty-four years. Rev. William A. Hudson performed the ceremony. She was born in Acton, ME, circa 1875, daughter of George W. and Mary E. (Hersom) Lowd.

Haven R. Jewett, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-seven years), Mary N. [(Sibley)] Jewett, aged forty-nine years (b. MA), and his children, Nellie Jewett, aged twenty years, Emma Jewett, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Furber Jewett, aged ten years (b. NH). Haven R. Jewett owned their farm, free-and-clear. Mary N. Jewett was the mother of five children, of whom five were still living.

Mary E. [(Hersom)] Lowd, a widow, aged sixty years (b. MA), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Sarah D. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged thirty-five years (b. ME), her son-in-law, Richard I. Jewett, a farmer, (home farm), aged forty years (b. NH), and her servant, George A. Brackett, a farmer (general farm), aged forty-one years (b. ME). Mary E. Lowd owned their farm, free-and-clear. She was the mother of four children, of whom four were still living.

John Jewett, a sawyer (private mill), aged twenty-five years (b. NH), boarded in the Milton household of Fred Rowe, a hotel keeper, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census.

Daughter Emma Sibley Jewett married in Somerville, MA, November 2, 1910, Ralph Raymond Kennett, she of Milton and he of Sanbornville, Wakefield, NH. She was a domestic, aged twenty years, and he was a mail carrier, aged twenty years. Rev. Berton J. Jennings performed the ceremony. Kennett was born in Madison, NH, September 23, 1890, son of Charles H. and Abbie (Davis) Kennett.

SOMERVILLE. The marriage of Ralph R. Kennett of Sanbornville, and Emma S. Jewett of Milton, was performed last evening by Rev. B.L. Jennings, pastor of the Broadway M.E. church (Boston Globe, November 3, 1910).

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1912, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles No. Main, Horn’s Mills road, Milton Mills.

Mother-in-law Emily E.E. (Buzzell) Sibley died in Everett, MA, March 22, 1912, aged seventy-six years.

EVERETT. The body of Mrs. Emma B. Sibley, who died Friday night at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. William DeShon, 22 Andrew st., was taken to her home at Wakefield, N.H., this morning, where burial will take place in Lovell Lake cemetery. Mrs. Sibley was born in Acton, Me., 76 years ago (Boston Globe, March 25, 1912).

Daughter Helen M. Jewett married in Milton, June 26, 1912, Lester Arthur Wiggin, she of Milton and he of Ossipee, NH. She was at home, aged twenty-two years and he was a livery keeper, aged twenty-five years. Rev. Alfred E. Draper performed the ceremony. Wiggin was born in Tuftonboro, NH, in 1887, son of Arthur and Ella (Holmes) Wiggin.

MILTON MILLS. Miss Helen May Jewett of Milton Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haven Jewett, and Lester A. Wiggin of Ossipee were married at the home of the bride last Wednesday afternoon. They will be at home at Mirror Lake the first of August (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), July 5, 1912).

MILTON. The following have been drawn on the jury: Grand, Edward Nute; petit, John C. Townsend and Haven R. Jewett (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 13, 1912).

Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1917, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles No. Main, Berry Hill road, Milton Mills.

John Chase Jewett of Sanbornville R.F.D, Milton, registered for the WW I military draft in Milton, June 5, 1917. He was a hoisting engineer for the Boston & Maine R.R. of Boston, MA, aged thirty years (b. Wakefield, NH, April 19, 1887). He was of medium height, medium build, with gray eyes and brown hair.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Dudley S. Perkins of Denmark has sold a tract of land in Bridgton to Lester A Wiggin of Wakefield N.H. (Portland Evening Express (Portland, ME), May 9, 1918).

Richard I. Jewett of Milton Mills registered for the WW I military draft in Kennebunk, ME, September 12, 1918. He was a farmer in Acton, ME, aged thirty-four years (b. August 17, 1884). His next-of-kin was his wife, Sarah L. Jewett. He was tall (6 ft. tall), with a medium build, dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes.

Haven R. Jewett, a farmer (truck farm), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mary N. [(Sibley)] Jewett, aged fifty-eight years (b. MA), and his children, John C. Jewett, a brakeman (Boston & Maine R.R.), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and Haven F. Jewett, a dynamo winder (General Elec. Co.), aged twenty years (b. NH). Haven R. Jewett owned their farm, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hiram H. Berry, a farmer (owner), aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and John R. Wentworth, a farmer (general farm), aged thirty-five years (b. NH).

Richard I. Jewett, a farmer (general farm), aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah D. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged forty-four years (b. ME), and his mother-in-law, Mary E. [(Hersom)] Lowd, a widow, aged seventy-eight years (b. MA). Richard I. Jewett owned their farm on the Springvale Road, free-and-clear.

Lester A Wiggin, a hotel keeper, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), headed a Bridgton (“Bridgton Village”), ME, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Helen M. [(Jewett)] Wiggin, aged thirty years (b. NH), his child, Richard I. Wiggin, aged three years, four months (b. NH), his father, G. Arthur Wiggin, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), and his hotel staff, Ida M. Whitney, a hotel domestic, aged thirty-seven years (b. ME), Marie O.C. Lombard, a hotel domestic, aged twenty-five years (b. ME), and Lucy A. Danforth, a hotel cook, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH). Lester A. Wiggin owned their house at 26 Main Street, with a mortgage.

Ralph R. Kennett, a mail carrier (Post Office Department), aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma S. [(Jewett)] Kennett, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and his brother-in-law, Furber H. Jewett, a laborer (ice company), aged nineteen years (b. NH). Ralph R. Kennett owned their house, free-and-clear.

BRIDGTON. The Literary Club will meet at The Cumberland at its next meeting, Jan. 27, through the courtesy of Landlord and Mrs. Lester Wiggin. The program will deal with matters of interest to women voters (Portland Evening Express, January 23, 1922).

Son Richard I. Jewett, as well as George A. Buzzell, and Dana P. Winchell were elected Selectmen of Acton, ME, at its Town Meeting of March 12, 1923 (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 22, 1923).

Haven R. Jewett died of apoplexy in Milton Mills, February 5, 1924, aged sixty-seven years, five years, and three days. He was a farmer and lifelong resident of MIlton Mills. H.E. Anderson, M.D., signed the death certificate.

SANBORN DISTRICT. Ralph Kennett of Sanbornville was a business visitor in town last week (May 7, 1925).

Daughter Helen M. (Jewett) Wiggin and her husband, Lester A. Wiggin, sold their Cumberland Hotel in Bridgton, ME, and removed to Wolfeboro, NH.

BRIDGTON. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wiggin and family of Wolfeboro, N.H., were recent guests of friends in town. Mr. Wiggin, who was formerly proprietor of the Cumberland, has recently purchased a large house in Wolfeboro, which is being remodeled into a hotel with a portion reserved for his family use. It is not far from The Weirs, N.H. (Portland Evening Express (Portland, ME), December 1, 1926).

Son Richard I. Jewett, as well as Everett J. Lary, and Ralph S. Sanborn, as the Selectmen of Acton, ME, petitioned the York County commissioners regarding winter road closures, December 1, 1926 (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 9, 1926).

LESTER ARTHUR WIGGIN. The chief activities of the business career of Lester Arthur have been directed to providing a public hostelry meet the requirements of guests of good taste, as a result, the Wolfeboro Tavern has won its deserved repute as a most comfortable and well-equipped house, with its place of acknowledged leadership among the hostelries of its excellent and most attractive location in the Granite State. Mr. Wiggin is a host who has the good will of the hotel men and his associates, and the regard and friendship of his many guests, who appreciate the standard he maintains as a hotel keeper. Lester Arthur Wiggin was born April 19, 1887, at Tuftonboro, a son of George A. and Ella J. (Holmes) Wiggin and he attended the public of Tuftonboro. He at once entered upon his career, and learned the hotel business from the beginning afterwards becoming the proprietor and manager a hotel in Maine. After eight years of hotel keeping in Maine, Mr. Wiggin came to Wolfeboro here, in 1926, he purchased the Wolfeboro Tavern. This hostelry is a well-conducted inn of the type, and with its thirty nicely furnished rooms, in every respect modern. In political matters, Mr. Wiggin is a Democrat, and his allegiance is given to that party. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Fellows, at Milton, and he is a member of the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce. Lester Arthur Wiggin married June 26, 1912, at Milton, Helen May Jewett, daughter of Haven R. and Nellie M. (Sibley) Jewett and they have children: Richard I.; Lester A.; Haven J. (Pilsbury, 1927). 

Son Haven F. Jewett married in Hampton, NH, June 30, 1928, Ethelda Mae Churchill, he of Watertown, MA, and she of Brookline, MA. He worked for Hood Rubber Co., aged twenty-eight years, and she was stenographer, aged twenty-one years. Rev. Herbert Walker performed the ceremony. She was born in Brookfield, NH, circa 1907, daughter of Charles I. and Ethel G. (Burhoe) Churchill.

Richard I. Jewett, a farmer (general farm), aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah E. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged fifty-four years (b. ME). Richard I. Jewett owned their farm. They had a radio set.

Rosetta Cilley, aged sixty-four years (b. ME), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Mattie Cilley, a stitcher (shoe factory), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and her boarder, John C. Jewett, a trainman (steam railroad), aged forty-two years (b. MA [SIC]). Rosetta Cilley owned their house at 6 Spring Street, which was valued at $1,000.

Lester A. Wiggin, an innkeeper (hotel), aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included his wife (of eighteen years), Helen M. [(Jewett)] Wiggin, aged forty years (b. NH), his children, Richard I. Wiggin, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Lester A. Wiggin, aged eight years (b. NH), and Haven J. Wiggin, aged six years (b. NH), and his employees, Lucy Danforth, a housekeeper (hotel), aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), Mabel Dore, a housekeeper (hotel), aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), Marjorie Sibley, a housekeeper (hotel), aged twenty-two years (b. NH), and Nelson Remick, an odd jobs laborer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). Lest A. Wiggin owned their house on Center Street, which was valued at $15,000. They had a radio set.

Ralph R. Kennett, a mail carrier (R.F.D.), aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of nineteen years), Emma S. [(Jewett)] Kennett, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), his children, June E. Kennett, aged nine years (b. NH), and Gloria F. Kennett, aged three years, ten months (b. NH), and his mother-in-law, Mary N. [(Sibley)] Jewett, a widow, aged sixty-five years (b. MA). Ralph R. Kennett owned their house, which was not valued. They had a radio set.

Haven F. Jewett, a machinist (elec. appl.), aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Lynn, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of one year), Ethelda C. [(Churchill)] Jewett, aged twenty-three years (b. NH). Haven F. Jewett rented their apartment at 681 Western Avenue.

Son John Chase Jewett died of cardiac dropsy in East Rochester, NH, April 11, 1931, aged forty-three years, eleven months, and twenty-two days. He was a R.R. brakeman. Edson M. Abbot, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son Richard I. Jewett, as well as Charlie Horn, and Louis Young were elected Selectmen of [South] Acton, ME, at its Town Meeting of March 12, 1934 (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 15, 1934).

Old Orchard Beach. Mrs. Emma Kennett, who was taken to the Webber hospital Saturday, is reported about the same. Her son, Ralph, from Silver Lake, N.H., and daughter, Miss Ethel Long, of New York, are here (Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), April 2, 1935).

Mrs. Emma S. [(Jewett)] Kennett was among those injured in a two-car collision in Wakefield, NH, on Saturday, May 11, 1935.

FIVE HURT AT SANBORNVILLE. Rochester, May 13. A doctor and an undertaker were among five persons injured late Saturday night when two sedans crashed on the outskirts of Sanbornville. Dr. Lewis Downing of Conway, dentist, was returning home when his car was struck by a sedan owned by Ralph Kennett, Sanbornville undertaker. Mrs. Nellie Robinson was driving the Kennett machine. Dr. Downing suffered injuries to his chest and lacerations. Mr. Kennett, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Kennett and Frank H. Robinson, all of Sanbornville, were treated at the Huggins Hospital at Wolfeboro (Portsmouth Herald, [Monday,] May 13, 1935).

Daughter Emma S. (Jewett) Kennett died of a pulmonary embolism in Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, NH, May 19, 1935, aged forty-four years, eight months, and eight days. She had been in an auto accident in Wakefield, NH, in which she fractured her nose and lacerated her knees. The embolism arose because of those contributing causes. Frances J.C. Dubee, M.D., signed the death certificate.

AUTO ACCIDENTS HURT 63 IN N.H. DURING WEEK. … Mrs. Emma Kennett, 44 years old, of Sanbornville, died last week of injuries received in an accident the week before (Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, NH), May 28, 1935).

Son-in-law Ralph R. Kennett married (2nd) in Sanbornville, Wakefield, NH, June 11, 1938, Lydia M. (McBride) Mulvey, he of Wakefield, NH, and she of Wolfeboro, NH. He was an undertaker, aged forty-seven years, and she was a housekeeper, aged forty years. Rev. H.D. Gasson performed the ceremony. She was born in Wolfeboro, NH, circa 1898, daughter of Frank and Bessie (Richardson) McBride.

Nellie M. (Sibley) Jewett died of arterio-sclerotic heart disease in Rochester, NH, September 11, 1939, aged seventy-eight years, five months, and two days. J.L. Hartigan, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Richard I. Jewett, a power shovel operator (state highway department), aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah L. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged sixty-five years (b. NH). Richard I. Jewett owned their farm on the Milton Mills Road in South Acton, which was valued at $1,800.

Lester A. Wiggin, a hotel clerk, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Helen [(Jewett)] Wiggin, a hotel cook, aged fifty years (b. NH), and his children, Richard Wiggin, an iron heater (knife factory), aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Lester Wiggin, aged nineteen years (b. ME), and Haven Wiggin, aged sixteen years (b. ME). Lester A. Wiggin rented their house at 102 Charles Street, for $27 per month.

Furber Jewett, a salesman (ins. agt.), aged forty-one years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ethelda [(Churchill)] Jewett, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), and his son, Furber Jewett [Jr.], aged nine years (b. MA). [Haven] Furber Jewett rented their house on Factory Street, for $18 per month.

Son Richard Irving Jewett died of chronic lymphatic leukemia at the Frisbee Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, November 24, 1946, aged sixty-two years, three months, and seven days. He was a shovel operator. S.J. King, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Sarah L. [(Lowd)] Jewett, a widow, aged seventy-five years (b. ME), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. Her household included her lodgers, Foster W. Adjutant, a wood chopper (lumber concern), aged thirty-five years (b. NH), and Mildred G. Adjutant, aged forty years (b. England). They resided on the “Milton Mills Rd. at the Junction of Windhill Farm.”

Lester A. Wiggin, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census, His household included his wife, Helen M. [(Jewett)] Wiggin, a hand trimmer (shoe factory), aged sixty years (b. NH). They resided at 25 King Street.

Haven Jewett, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ethelda C. [(Churchill)] Jewett, aged forty-three years (b. NH). They resided on Factory Street.

Son-in-law Lester A. Wiggin died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Frisbee Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, May 11, 1954, aged sixty-seven years. He was in the hotel business. J.L. Hartigan, M.D., signed the death certificate.

MILTON MILLS. Mr. and Mrs. Lester [Jr.] and Mrs. Helen Wiggin from Rochester called at the Jewett farm the past week (Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), March 7, 1963).

Daughter Helen May (Jewett) Wiggin died of a myocardial infarction at Liscomb Road in Gilford, NH, December 25, 1963, aged seventy-four years. She was a housewife. Mendon MacDonald, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son Haven F. Jewett died of congestive heart failure in the V.A. Hospital in Manchester, NH, April 14, 1963, aged sixty-three years. He was an insurance agent. H.P. Weatherbee, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son-in-law Ralph R. Kennett died in Sanford, ME, January 30, 1964, aged seventy-three years.

RALPH R. KENNETT. SANBORNVILLE, N.H. Ralph Raymond Kennett, 73, died Thursday at a Sanford Maine hospital. A native of Madison he had lived here more than 65 years and was a retired RFD mail carrier. He had operated a funeral home here for more than 40 years. Mr. Kennett was a past president of the Ossipee Rotary Club, was a member of Unity Lodge, [A.]F. and A.M., Carroll Chapter, RAM, Palestine Commandery the Bektash Temple, Unity Chapter, OES, the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Rochester Lodge of Elks, Syracuse Lodge of K. of P., the Wakefield Lions Club, Royal Order of Moose, Miltonia Lodge, IOOF, Lovell-Union Grange, the New Hampshire and the National Funeral Directors Association. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lydia McBride Kennett; two daughters, Mrs. June Eaton of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and Mrs. Gloria Duffy of Dover; a son, Rober Mulvey of Wolfboro, and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at St John the Baptist Episcopal Church here. Interment will be in Lovell Lake Cemetery (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), [Saturday,] February 1, 1964).

Daughter-in-law Sarah D. (Lowd) Jewett died in Sanford, ME, January 24, 1970, aged ninety-five years.

MRS. SARAH L. JEWETT. ACTON – Mrs. Sarah L. Jewett, 95, died early Saturday evening at a Sanford nursing home after a long illness. She was born here on Jan. 15, 1875, the daughter of George W. and Mary Hersom Lowd. She was the widow of Richard Jewett. Mrs. Jewett lived all of her life in the family homestead where she was born. She was the oldest citizen of Acton and the oldest member of the Acton-Milton Mills Baptist Church and was the holder of the Boston Post cane. She was also a member of the Dorcas Society and past noble grand of Sunrise Rebekah Lodge of Milton Mills. For many years she was prominent in community projects and organizations. Surviving are a nephew, George P. Lowd, and a niece, Miss Violette Lowd, both of Springvale, and several cousins. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Acton-Milton Mills Baptist Church with the Rev Galen Robertson officiating. Interment will be in the Milton Mills Cemetery in the spring (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), January 26, 1970).

Daughter-in-law Ethelda M. (Churchill) Jewett died in Wolfeboro, NH, August 20, 1987, aged eighty-one years.

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