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By Muriel Bristol | February 5, 2021

Nicholas L. Mucci was born in Florence, Italy, August 22, 1869. (If, as would seem to have been the case, Angelo P. Mucci of Sanford, ME, was his brother, then both were sons of Iacopo Mucci).

Nicholas L. Mucci married in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, October 16, 1892, Teresa Laurezi (also given as Lorenzi). She was born in Florence, Italy, August 2, 1871, daughter of Joseph Lorenzo.

Nicholas Mucci, a country man, aged twenty-eight years, and his wife, Teresa Mucci, aged twenty-six years, both of Firenze, i.e., Florence, Italy, sailed from Genoa, Italy, April 14, 1898, on the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1889), arriving in New York, NY, April 28, 1898. They would be joining his brother (her brother-in-law), presumably at their stated “final” destination of Boston, MA.

Nicholas Mucci appeared in the Milton directory of 1900, as running a fruit and confectionary store at 48 Main street in Milton Mills, with his house at Sanford, ME.

Mucci’s fellow countryman, Raffaele A. “Ralph” Ferretti (1864-1931), had opened a very similar establishment in neighboring Farmington, NH, in 1894. Descriptions of his business activities may give us some sense of the “flavor” of Mucci’s Milton Mills store.

LOCALS. Ralph Ferretti has a new cart of attractive appearance which he will keep on the road with fruit and ice cream this summer. He also has recently purchased a gas engine to operate his ice cream freezer (Farmington News, May 17, 1895).

LOCALS. That Ferretti makes caramels of the finest flavor to be found, is the decision of all good judges (Farmington News, November 13, 1896).

In 1899, Ferretti advertised Ice Cream, “Made from the Very Best Cream, with the Highest Quality of Flavoring Extracts. Special Prices by the Gallon;” Ice Cold Soda (i.e., “tonics”), “Flavored with the Best Fruit Syrups;” and Fruit, “of all kinds at the lowest living prices” (Farmington News, May 12, 1899). Five pounds of chocolate might be obtained for $1.

Nicolas Mucci, a storekeeper, aged thirty years (b. Italy), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of six years), Teresa Mucci, aged twenty-eight years (b. Italy), his daughter, Eliza Mucci, aged three months (b. NH), and his boarder, Angelo Lenzi, a storekeeper, aged twenty-one years (b. Italy). Nicholas Mucci rented their house. Teresa Mucci was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. They had immigrated into the U.S. in 1897. (Their boarder had immigrated into the U.S. in 1895). Their household was enumerated between those of Elisha S. Gerrish, a farm laborer, aged fifty-one years (b. ME), and Elphonzo Pinkham, a barber, aged forty-four years (b. ME).

Nicholas Mucci appeared in the Milton directory of 1902, as running a fruit and confectionary store at 44 Main street (corner of Church street) in Milton Mills, with his house at the same address. F.S. Weeks, M.D., a physician and surgeon, was at 42 Main street (corner of Church street), and W.S. Miller, a furniture dealer, was at 46 Main street.

MILTON MILLS, N.H. N. Mucci, who has been on the sick list, is so improved he is seen at the store again. … Mr. Lindsey, clerk in N. Mucci’s store, was a visitor in Sanford one day last week (Biddeford-Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 20, 1903).

N. Mucci appeared in the Milton business directories of 1904, and 1905-06, as proprietor of a Milton Mills fruit, confectionary, and fancy grocery store at 44 Main street, with his house at the same address. Winfield S. Miller, a furniture dealer, was at 46 Main street.

MILTON MILLS, N.H. N. Mucci was severely bitten on the finger by a tarantula, while handling bananas in his store room on Sunday morning (Biddeford-Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 3, 1906).

N. Mucci’s Central Square shop frontage was brightly lit (with carbide lamps) in 1907.

Acetylene Rays. At Milton Mills, N.H., several stores on Central square, including the new one of Winfield Miller and that of N. Mucci, are now lighted by acetylene. There are other installations in this town also (Acetylene Journal, 1907).

Acetylene lighting was a type of gas lighting. The storefronts of Winfield Miller and Eugene W. Emerson were also so lit.

N. Mucci appeared in the Milton business directory of 1909, as proprietor of a Milton Mills fruit, confectionary, and fancy grocery store at 46 Main street, with his house at the same address.

Nichla Muci, a general store proprietor, aged forty years (b. Italy), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Teresa Muci, aged thirty-eight years (b. Italy), and his children, Allice Muci, aged twelve years (b. NH), Susan Muci, aged nine years (b. NH), Charles Muci, aged five years, Elenah Muci, aged three years (b. NH), and Fred Muci, aged two months (b. NH). Nichla Mucci rented their house. Teresa Mucci was the mother of eight children, of whom six were still living. They had immigrated into the U.S. in 1898; Teresa Mucci spoke Italian, i.e., she spoke mostly Italian. Their household was enumerated between those of John Howland, Jr., a hotel clerk, aged fifty years (b. Canada), and William Pinfold, a woolen mills napper, aged forty-six years (b. England). (See Milton in the News – 1902 regarding Pinfold’s wife, Annie E. (Lewis) Pinfold, who was a writer of short stories and song lyrics).

N. Mucci appeared in the Milton business directories of 1912, and 1917, as proprietor of a Milton Mills fruit, confectionary, and fancy grocery store at 46 Main street (corner of Church street).

SOUTH ACTON. George Tappan bought a Reo automobile of N. Mucci recently (Biddeford-Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 22, 1914).

Nicholas Mucci, a woolen mill washer, aged fifty years (b. Italy), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Th[e]resa Mucci, aged forty-eight years (b. Italy), and his children, Alicia M. Mucci, drawing warp in a plush mill, aged twenty years (b. NH), Susie S. Mucci, drawing warp in a plush mill, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Charles A. Mucci, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Eleanor Mucci, aged twelve years (b. NH), Orlando N. Mucci, aged nine years (b. NH), and Arline L. Mucci, aged six years (b. NH). Nicholas Mucci owned their farm on Church Street, with a mortgage. Nicholas and Theresa Mucci had immigrated into the U.S. in 1898, and had become naturalized citizens in 1908. Their household was enumerated between those of James C. Hawksworth, a woolen mill washer, aged sixty years (b. Nova Scotia), and Elisha S. Gerrish, a teamster laborer, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME).

Nickolas Mucci, a woolen mills finisher, aged sixty years (b. Italy), headed a Sanford, ME, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-seven years), Theresa Mucci, aged fifty-eight years (b. Italy), and his children, Alice Mucci, a variety store saleslady, aged thirty years (b. NH), Susie Mucci, a plush mill twister, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), Charles Mucci, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Eleanor Mucci, a plush mill twister, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Orlando Mucci, aged nineteen years (b. NH), and Arline Mucci, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Nickolas Mucci owned their house at 17 Sherburne Street, which was valued at $2,600. They had a radio set. Nickolas and Theresa Mucci had immigrated into the U.S. in 1898, and were naturalized citizens.

Nicholas Mucci, a worsted mills dryer, aged seventy years (b. Italy), headed a Sanford, ME, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Theresa Mucci, aged sixty-eight years (b. Italy), his children, Alice Mucci, a retail furniture saleswoman, aged forty-one years (b. NH), Orlando Mucci, a mohair mills bookkeeper, aged thirty years (b. NH), Aileen Mucci, a retail furniture saleswoman, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), and Eleanor Downing, a mohair mills mender, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and his grandson, Roger Downing, aged four years (b. ME). Nicholas Mucci owned their house at 17 Sherburne Street, which was valued at $1,200. They had all resided in the same place in 1935

Nicholas and Theresa (Lorenzi) Mucci celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Sanford, ME, in October 1942.

Sanford Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary. Mr. And Mrs. Nicholas Mucci, Wed In Italy, Have Resided Here 22 Years. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mucci of 17 Sherbourne street, for 22 years residents of Sanford, observed their golden wedding anniversary Friday evening at their home where a buffet luncheon was served. A cake decorated with gold, made by Joseph Laflamme, formed the table center-piece and was cut by Mrs. Mucci. The couple received numerous gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Mucci were married Oct. 16, 1892, in Florence, Italy, and came to this country 44 years ago. They located In Milton Mills, N.H., where Mr. Mucci conducted a general store for 22 years. After coming to Sanford, Mr. Mucci was employed the Goodall Worsted Mill retiring about three years ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mucci are in excellent health and active. They have four daughters, Mrs. Albert Burke, Mrs. Ford Emery, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Miss Alice Mucci, all of Sanford, and two sons, Orlando of this town and James of Scarboro. There are five grandchildren and one great grandson. Present at foe observance Friday were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Soule, Miss Betty Kellett, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broggi, Mrs. Elizabeth Broggi Miss Joyce Broggi, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sugden, Miss Barbara Ann Sugden, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Daley, Miss Patricia Daley, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Libby, Mr. and Mrs. John Burke, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tordoff, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Letourneau, Leon Couturier, Mrs. Alice Stackpole, Mrs. Alice Gowen, Miss Ada Jellerson, Miss Lida Cloutier, Miss Jessie Hogg, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Roger Downing, Miss Alice Mucci, James Mucci, Miss Gwendolyn Mucci, Thomas Mucci and Orlando Mucci (October 22, 1942).

Nicholas and Theresa (Lorenzi) Mucci celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary in Sanford, ME, in October 1949.

Sanford Couple Feted On 57th Anniversary. Sanford, Oct. 19 – Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mucci, of 17 Sherburne Street, observed their 57th wedding anniversary with a family dinner party Sunday at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Mucci, who were married in Florence, Italy, came to this country 51 years ago. They resided for a short time in Sanford and then moved to New Hampshire, returning to Sanford 30 years ago. Mr. Mucci is a retired employee of Goodall-Sanford, Inc. Their entire family, with exception of one grandchild, who is a student at the University of New Hampshire, were with them on this occasion, together with their husbands and wives. The children are James Mucci, Scarborough, Orlando Mucci, Mrs. Susie Burke, Mrs. Arline Emery, Mrs. Eleanor Downing and Miss Alice Mucci. There are five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), October 20, 1949).

Nicholas Mucci appeared in the Sanford, ME, directory of 1951, as being retired, with his house at 17 Sherburne street. (Angelo P. Mucci (1873-1962), and his wife, Julia, resided at 31 Sherburne street. He was born in Marliana, Tuscany, Italy, May 23, 1873, son of Iacopo Mucci, immigrated to the U.S. in 1891, and was perhaps the U.S.-resident brother mentioned by Nicholas Mucci at the time of his own 1898 arrival).

Teresa (Laurezi) Mucci died in Sanford, ME, December 2, 1955, aged eight-three years.

MRS. NICHOLAS MUCCI. SANFORD – Dec. 3. Mrs. Theresa Mucci, 84, of 17 Sherburne St., wife of Nicholas Mucci, died last evening at her home following a short illness. She was born at Florence, Italy, Aug 2, 1871, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lorenzo. She came to this country 57 years ago and resided here the last 35 years. Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Miss Alice Mucci, Mrs. Albert Burke, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, and Mrs. Ford Emery; a son, Orlando; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren, all of Sanford. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at her residence, followed by a solemn High Requiem Mass at Holy Family Church. Interment will be in St. Ignatius Cemetery (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), December 4, 1955).

Nicolas L. Mucci died in Sanford, ME, August 1, 1966, aged ninety-six years.

NICHOLAS MUCCI. SANFORD – Nicholas Mucci, 96, of 17 Sherburne St., died Monday morning at a Portland hospital. He was born in Florence, Italy, Aug. 22, 1869, son of Jiacopino and Asunta Lorenzi Mucci. Mr. Mucci came to this country as a young man and operated a grocery store at Milton Mills, N.H., before moving here 40 years ago. He was employed in the finishing department at the Goodall Worsted Co. until he retired several years ago. His wife Theresa died in 1955. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Albert Burke, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Mrs. Ford Emery and Miss Alice Mucci, and a son, Orlando, all of Sanford; five grand-children and 10 great-grand-children. Funeral services will be at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, at Winter St., with a Requiem Mass at Holy Family Church at 8:30 a.m. Interment will in St. Ignatius Cemetery (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), August 2, 1966).

References:

Find a Grave. (2014, October 4). Nicholas Mucci. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/136811275/nicholas-mucci

Metropolitan Museum. (2021). Goodall-Sanford Suit. Retrieved from www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159532

Wikipedia. (2021, December 12). Carbide Lamp. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp

Wikipedia. (2021, January 14). Italian Diaspora. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_diaspora

By Muriel Bristol | January 29, 2021

William Herbert Nute was born in Farmington, NH, May 8, 1858, son of Charles W. and Mary L. (Richardson) Nute. His mother died of typhoid fever in the Union army camp at Alexandria, VA, August 10, 1863.

Mrs. Nute, a most estimable lady, came to camp in winter of 1863, bringing the little Captain Herbert. How pleasantly we remember both. We recall with sorrow the death of Mrs. Nute by typhoid fever at camp. Her gracious, kindly presence lives with us (Shaw, 1903).

His father, Major Charles W. Nute, placed his son, “little Captain [William] Herbert,” in the care of a brother-in-law, George W. Colomy (1825-1881), of Farmington. Major Nute died of disease in the Union army camp in Alexandria, VA, March 9, 1865.

LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS. A letter received last evening from the First Me. Heavy Artillery, dated March 10th, says that Major Nute, of Lincoln, died very suddenly on the 9th inst., in camp, of congestion of the lungs. He was out a dress parade on the 6th inst. The writer, an officer of the regiment, says, “We have lost a good officer and a pleasant man one that was a favorite with all” (Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME), March 16, 1865).

George Colomey, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included  Harriett Colomey, keeping house, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Arthur W. Colomey, at home, aged sixteen years (b. NH), George A. Colomey, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Hattie Colomey, aged twelve years (b. NH), William H. Colomey [i.e., Nute], aged twelve years (b. NH), Daniel Colomey, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH), and Rebecca Colomey, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH). George Colomey had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $1,200.

He was graduated from the high school of his native [Farmington, NH] town and pursued his studies at the New Hampton institution, going for his professional training to Bellevue, New York city, and the Bowdoin Medical school, Brunswick, Me., where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1881. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in his native town (Willey, 1903).

Willis Herbertus Nute, i.e., William Herbert Nute in Latin, appeared in a list of Bowdoin College’s Medical School Class of 1881.

The Mitchell-Cony Directory of 1908 portrayed Dr. Nute as having filled a gap in the roster of Milton physicians occasioned by the departure of Dr. G.W. Peavey, circa 1877-78.

Dr. Nute succeeded Dr. Peavey, but stayed only a short time. For several years there was no resident physician at the village until Dr. H.F. Pitcher came in 1879 (Mitchell-Cony, 1908).

In fact, this Dr. Nute practiced in his native Farmington, NH, and possibly neighboring Milton too, but some years later, from the time of his 1881 graduation until his relocation to Exeter, NH, in 1890-91.

William H. Nute married (1st) in Farmington, NH, November 27, 1885, Christina Ferre “Cressie” Cotton, he of Farmington, and she of Providence, RI. He was a physician, aged twenty-seven years, and she was a housekeeper, aged nineteen years. Rev. W.E. Darling performed the ceremony. She was born in Brownfield, ME, circa 1866, daughter of Daniel M. and Levina (Meader) Cotton.

LOCALS. Saturday, while strapping a razor, James McGibbon, the tonsorial artist at the Wilson House, cut an ugly gash in the ball of the thumb of his left hand. Dr. Nute dressed the wound, taking two stitches to bring the severed parts together (Farmington News, January 22, 1886).

LOCALS. While John Dustin was at work on the foundation of a cellar near J.T. Pride’s stone yard, Wednesday, a large rock fell upon him, breaking both bones of the right leg below the knee. He was conveyed to his residence on the Jessie Elliot place and Dr. Nute called, who set the broken bones. It was a most unfortunate occurrence coming as it does just at the beginning of summer’s work (Farmington News, April 16, 1886).

LOCALS. The firm of Nute & Blake has dissolved partnership, Dr. Blake buying out Dr. Nute and continuing the business. See elsewhere adv. of dissolution. Dr. Nute’s office will still continue to be in the store as formerly (Farmington News, August 6, 1886).

CHIP’S CONTRIBUTION. John Pike, who works in Cloutman’s factory, cut a bad gash in his hand Tuesday. Dr. Nute dressed the wound (Farmington News, June 21, 1889).

SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Charles Hayes, son of Elihu Hayes, of New Durham, met with a serious and painful accident Monday while tending a planing machine at Downing’s Mills. While in the act of stooping for something he lost his balance and in trying to regain himself thrust his right hand directly under the knives of the planer. The hand was chopped in such a manner as to necessitate the amputation of all of the fingers back of the third joint or into the palm of the hand, the thumb only being saved and even this was injured somewhat. What rendered the circumstances more difficult and painful was the fact that while the accident occurred at 10 a.m., the necessary surgical treatment was not obtained until afternoon, from the reason that all the doctors here were away or so engaged that they could not attend. Dr. Hanson was first in attendance, but having no instruments could do little beyond checking the flow of blood. At about 5 p.m. Dr. Wallace of Rochester was found, who assisted by Dr. Nute of this place, performed the necessary amputation. Mr. Hayes is now comfortable and it is hoped will soon recover (Farmington News, August 23, 1889).

MEDICAL GRADUATES. CLASS OF 1881. William Herbert Nute. b. 8 May, 1858, Farmington, N.H. Physician, Farmington, N.H. (Bowdoin College, 1889).

Christina F. Nute divorced her husband in Strafford County, in February 1889. She alleged adultery. (She married (2nd) in Boston, MA, December 24, 1902, Raymond E. Valiquet, she of Providence, RI, and he of Boston. She died in Boston, MA, in December 1922).

[Dr. Nute] remained there [Farmington, NH,] until 1891, when despite the marked success which had followed him in Farmington he determined to make the hazard of new fortunes and removed to Exeter. In his new location Dr. Nute was equally prosperous and successful, and he almost immediately entered upon a practice which has now grown to be one of the largest in central Rockingham county (Willey, 1903).

William H. Nute married (2nd) in Exeter, NH, December 22, 1892, Lucy Ellen Reed, both of Exeter. He was a physician, aged thirty-four years, and she was aged twenty-four years. Rev. A.C. Nickerson performed the ceremony. She was born in Dorchester, MA, August 19, 1868, daughter of Henry E. and Lavinia Reed.

The Exeter Cottage Hospital was incorporated in November 1891, and opened June 9, 1897.

Dr. Nute was one of the first to recognize Exeter’s need of hospital accommodations, and largely through his efforts the Exeter cottage hospital was established to which he gives a large measure of his time (Willey, 1903).

William H. Nute, a physician, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of six years), Lucy E. Nute, aged thirty-one years (b. NH [SIC]), his child, Norwood Nute, aged six [three] years (b. NH), and his servant, Hannah Fitzgerald, a servant, aged thirty-five years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute rented their house at 27 Front Street. Lucy E. Nute was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.

Dr. Nute keeps thoroughly abreast with all the progress of his profession, and annually spends a large amount of time in the hospitals of Boston, perfecting himself in all the latest discoveries of modern medical science. In addition to the exacting cares of a large general practice, Dr. Nute is a medical examiner for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, as well as for all the leading insurance companies which do business in his section. He is president of the Strafford district medical society, Fellow of the American Medical association, member of the New Hampshire Surgical club, and of the New Hampshire Medical society. He has been prominent also in various secret fraternities and is a 33d degree Mason, having served as master of his lodge and past district deputy grand master. He has also passed the chairs in the Odd Fellow and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is Past Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men, being the highest office in the gift of the order in state. He is also a member of the Foresters of America. … He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Board of Health of Exeter, and attends the Unitarian church (Willey, 1903).

William H. Nute, a physician, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Lucy E. Nute, aged “X” [forty-one] years (b. MA), his child, Norwood Nute, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and his servant, Hannah Fitzgerald, a housekeeper, aged forty-five years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute owned their house at 27 Front Street. Lucy E. Nute was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.

William H. Nute, a physician, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Lucy E. Nute, aged forty-seven [fifty-one] years (b. NH [SIC]), and his servant, Hannah Fitzgerald, a cook, aged forty-five years [fifty-five] years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute owned their house at 27 Front Street, free-and-clear.

William H. Nute, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lucy Nute, aged sixty years (b. NH [SIC]), his son, Norwood Nute, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), his daughter-in-law, Marjorie W. Nute, aged twenty-eight years (b. Scotland), and his servant, Hannah E. Fitzgerald, aged sixty-four years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute owned their house at 25 Front Street, which was valued at $10,000. They had a radio set.  Marjorie W. Nute had immigrated into the U.S. in 1907, and Hannah E. Fitzgerald had done so in 1870. Both were naturalized citizens.

William H. Nute died in Exeter, NH, August 18, 1938, aged eighty years.

DR. WM. NUTE OF EXETER DIES AT 80. Dr. William H. Nute, for 48 years an Exeter physician and prominent citizen, died at the Exeter Hospital yesterday afternoon after a long illness, aged 80 years. Owing to failing health he gave up practicing a few years ago and his condition had gradually declined. Born in Farmington, May 8, 1858, a son of Charles W. and Mary L. (Richardson) Nute, he lived in his early years with an uncle and guardian, George W. Colomy, after his parents died when he was seven years of age. He was educated in the Farmington public schools and the New Hampton Literary Institute, now New Hampton School, and attended Bowdoin College, being graduated from the Bowdoin Medical School in 1881. He afterwards studied at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Dr. Nute practiced his profession for a year in Farmington and came to Exeter in 1890. He had an extensive practice both in Exeter and the surrounding towns. Before the acquisition of a school physician at Phillips Exeter Academy Dr. Nute attended the students and thus became well known among many from various parts of the country. Dr. Nute was also prominent fraternally, being a 32nd degree Mason, Blue Lodge, and was a past district deputy grand warden in the I.O.O.F., besides being a past sachem of the Wehannonowit Tribe of Red Men. In military circles, Dr. Nute was also prominent, being captain of Company L, N.H.N.G., which was the Exeter unit in the organization, and during World War after it was called into service he was major of the Sanitary Corps for home duty. He was a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society and the Rockingham County Medical Association. Dr. Nute married Lucy Reed, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reed of Exeter, who survives him, and also a son, Norwood Nute of Exeter (Portsmouth Herald, August 19, 1938).

Lucy E. (Reed) Nute died in Exeter, NH, June 15, 1941.

References:

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Find a Grave. (2017, July 2). Dr. William H. Nute. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/180926024/william-herbert-nute

Find a Grave. (2011, January 5). Christine Valiquet. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/63791604/christine-valiquet

Shaw, Horace H. (1903). The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=G50dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA219

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By Muriel Bristol | January 27, 2021

John Herbert Twombly was born in Dover, NH, October 17, 1848, son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly.

JOHN HERBERT TWOMBLY. The son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly, was born in Dover, N.H., October 17, 1848. He prepared for college at Gilmanton Academy. After graduation he studied medicine at Dover, N.H., and attended lectures at Harvard Medical School until February, 1872, at which time he received his degree. The next seven months he was assistant to Dr. Jasper H. York of Dover, N.H.; was in private practice in Brooklyn, N.Y., from October, 1872, to January, 1874, when he received an appointment at King’s County Lunatic Asylum, Flatbush, N.Y., for six months. In October, 1874, he was appointed assistant physician at Michigan Asylum for the Insane, Kalamazoo, Mich. (Dartmouth College, 1913).

No changes have occurred in the staff of resident officers. So much of the time and attention of the medical officers was occupied in conducting the largely increased correspondence of the Institution, in receiving the friends of patients, and in transcribing the clinical notes and daily records, that it became necessary to secure the services of a special assistant. Dr. John H. Twombly, previously connected with an eastern hospital, was accordingly appointed in the spring of 1875, and has rendered very acceptable service in the Male Department In April, 1876, Dr. Edward A. Adams was selected to act as assistant physician in the Female Department during the temporary absence of Dr. Emerson, and discharged his duties with great credit to himself and to our entire satisfaction. The corps of employés is complete, and many have acquired a valuable experience by a long term of service. We feel assured the attendants and assistants as a body are efficient, and are entitled to our commendation (Michigan Asylum, 1877).

Dr. John H. Twombly, who had served acceptably as assistant physician [at the Michigan Asylum] for three years, was compelled to leave the institution in July [1878] on account of ill health (Michigan State Legislature, 1879).

John H. Twombly married in Milton, July 11, 1878, Frances W. ‘Fanny” Plummer. He was aged twenty-nine years, and she was aged twenty-seven years. She was born in Milton, February 28, 1851, daughter of Enoch W. and Orinda (Ayer) Plummer.

He entered the drug business in Newmarket, N.H., in October, 1879, and continued until October, 1887 (Dartmouth College, 1913). 

John H. Twombly, a druggist, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), headed a Newmarket, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Francis W. Twombly, keeping house, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH).

Alvah H. Place of Strafford, NH, “came to Newmarket in 1882 to learn the drug business with Dr. J.H. Twombly” (Portsmouth Herald, June 18, 1931). (Place would become later a local Judge).

Pulmonary weakness kept him on a farm [from October, 1887,] until the fall of 1890, when he purchased an interest in the same store (sold in 1887) and continued until April, 1895, when he returned to Milton, N.H., and remained on a farm for health reasons until December of that year (Dartmouth College, 1913).

HERE AND THERE. … Dr. Twombly, the Grand Marshal, is well known to people in this vicinity, having married Miss Fannie Plumer of Milton, and spent much time hereabout. He is an accomplished gentlemen whom one cannot see too often, and is high in Masonic, as in social and professional circles (Farmington News, April 15, 1892).

MILTON. Dr. Twombly, a druggist at Newmarket, spent Sunday with his wife at Plumer’s ridge (Farmington News, August 3, 1894).

At that time [December 1895] he went to East Concord, N.H., to care for a brother-in-law [Joseph E. Plummer] who was ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and who died in 1899. The same year the death of another brother-in-law [Samuel W. Wallingford] brought him to Milton, where he has assisted his sister [sister-in-law] in managing her farm (Dartmouth College, 1913).

New Hampshire passed a medical licensing law, March 1, 1897, which required medical practitioners to be tested, licensed and registered as of September 1, 1897. (Charles William Gross, William Emerson Pillsbury, and Frank Sherman Weeks, of Milton Mills, and Malcolm A.H. Hart, Charles Dana Jones, and John Herbert Twombly, of Milton, were all rated “A”- they were already in practice prior to the passage of the law – i.e., they were “grandfathered in” and did not have to pass the new examination) (NH State Board of Education, 1906).

Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a physician (retired), aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and her sister (his wife of twenty years), Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear.

John H. Twombly, of Milton, published a medical case study, in January 1909, concerning the tuberculous enlargement of the cervical glands of his patient, who he identified as “F.W.T.,” i.e., the patient was his wife, Frances W. Twombly. He described the patient as being 5′ 6″ tall, and weighing 117 pounds. She had been married thirty years (Materia Medica, 1909).

Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a home farm helper, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), her sister (his wife of twenty years), Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan [(Pecker)] Plummer, a widow, aged seventy years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear.

Dr. John H. Twombly appeared in the Milton directory of 1912, as retired, with his house on Plummer’s Ridge, near the schoolhouse. (Mary B. Wallingford, widow of Samuel W., kept a summer boarding house on Plummer’s Ridge, near the schoolhouse).

His physical health is better now than for years. He has held no public positions, although several times offered. In fraternal societies, he is a Mason. He is now living an economical, quiet life, believing he still has a bright future, and still believes in Dartmouth and the class of ’68 (Dartmouth College, 1913). 

Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a widow, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a farmer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), her sister, Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan E. [(Pecker)] Plummer, a widow, aged eighty years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm on the Plummer’s Ridge Road, free-and-clear.

Susan E. (Pecker) Plummer died on Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, February 29, 1920, aged eight years, six months. She had lived there for twenty years, i.e., since the death of her husband, Joseph E. Plummer.

John H. Twombly, M.D., died in the Masonic Home, at 813 Beach Street, in Manchester, NH, March 2, 1927, aged seventy-eight years, four months, and thirteen days. (He had resided there for one year (The headline of the obituary that follows, although not its content, was in error regarding the place of his death)).

DR. JOHN H. TWOMBLY DIES AT DOVER, N.H. DOVER, N.H., March 3 –  Dr. John H. Twombly, who died at the Masonic Home in Manchester last evening, was a native of Dover, born Oct 17, 1848, the son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly. He was a descendant of Ralph Twombly, who came from England and settled at Dover Neck about 1650. On the maternal side he was descendent from Lieut. John Drew of Dover, an officer of the Indian Wars. Dr. Twombly graduated from Dartmouth in 1868 and from the Harvard Medical School in 1872. He first practiced in Brooklyn and later was on the staff of the insane asylum at Kalamazoo, Mich., after which he followed his profession in New Market. He owned a drug store there. He was affiliated with New Market and Dover Masonic bodies, and was the oldest living eminent commander of St. Paul Commandery, K.T., of this city. The body will be brought here tomorrow and will later be interred in Pine Hill Cemetery with Knight Templar Rites (Boston Globe, March 4, 1927).

Mrs. Frances Twombly appeared in the Manchester, NH, directories of 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, and 1933, as resident at 813 Beech street. (The Masonic Home appeared on Beech street, between Sagamore and Salmon streets. Her sister, Mary B. Wallingford, joined her there in or around 1932).

Frances Twombly, a widow, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), boarded in the Masonic Home in Manchester, NH, at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. She was one of twenty-five boarders there, fourteen of whom were males and eleven were females. (Their average age was 79.5 years). The home had a resident head, Mary M. Ormiston, superintendent, aged sixty years (b. Scotland), and five servants, including a cook, assistant cook, waitress, maid, and laundress.

Frances W. (Plummer) Twombly died of heart disease in the Masonic Home, at 813 Beach Street, in Manchester, NH, March 22, 1933, aged eighty-two years, one month, and thirteen days. (She had resided there for six years). (Mary B. (Plummer) Wallingford died also in the Masonic Home in Manchester, NH, September 22, 1939).

References:

Dartmouth College. (1913). Biographical Sketches of the Class of 1868, Dartmouth College: With Historical Notes of the College, 1864-1913. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=aBQTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA107

Find a Grave. (2012, September 30). John Herbert Twombly. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/98010468/john-herbert-twombly

Materia Medica. (1909). Clinical Excerpts. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=DtdXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA88

Michigan Asylum for the Insane. (1877). Report of the Trustees. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=S3DhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA97

Michigan State Legislature. (1879). Joint Documents of the State of Michigan. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=owEoAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA123

By Muriel Bristol | January 20, 2021

Charles Dana Jones was born in Milton, September 22, 1863, son of Charles and Elizabeth “Betsy” (Varney) Jones.

His father, Charles Jones, died in Milton, May 8, 1873, aged thirty-nine years, and his mother, Betsy (Varney) Jones, died in Milton, in February 1878, aged forty-one years.

Charles Dana Jones of Milton went to Phillips Exeter Academy, in Exeter, NH, from the age of fifteen years. He graduated with its Class of 1878, and went on to study at Harvard University.

Fred P. Jones, a farmer, aged twenty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his siblings, Nellie V. Jones, keeping house, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Charles D. Jones, at school, aged sixteen years (b. NH). They shared their residence with the household of James W. Nutter, a farmer, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and his wife, Ruth V. Nutter, a housekeeper, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). (The Jones Farm is now a part of the NH Farm Museum).

Elder brother Fred P. Jones married in Lebanon, ME, November 20, 1881, Emma Jane Cowell, he of Milton and she of Lebanon. He was a farmer, aged twenty-two years, and she was a teacher, aged twenty-two years. Rev. Benjamin Dodge performed the ceremony.  She was born in Lebanon, ME, August 27, 1859, daughter of Edmund E. and Elizabeth J. (Chamberlain) (Hussey)) Cowell. (Emma’s mother and brother were affiliated with Milton’s Classical Institute; and Milton’s famous theatrical designer, Robert E. Jones (1887-1954), would be among her children).

Charles Dana Jones received his M.D. degree from the Medical School at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA, in 1885.

C. Dana Jones married in Milton, April 5, 1886, Pauline Eunice “Lena” Hart, both of Milton. He was a physician, aged twenty-two years, and she was aged twenty years. Rev. [Dr.] Frank Haley performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, February 9, 1866, daughter of John F. and Mary A. (Twombly) Hart.

Charles D. Jones of Milton was admitted to membership in the Strafford County Medical Society in 1887 (Scales, 1914). The Mitchell-Cony directory of 1908 identified 1887 as the year in which …

Dr. C.D. Jones, a native of Milton, and a graduate of Harvard, began practice here. Dr. Jones gave up his practice about the year 1891 (Mitchell-Cony, 1908).

Correspondence. PREMATURE DISCHARGE OF AMNIOTIC FLUID. MILTON, N.H., July 16, 1887. MR. EDITOR – Perhaps the following case of Clinical Obstetrics may be of interest to some of your more inexperienced readers like myself. Mrs. P. menstruated last about October 15th 1886. I was called to see her at 10 o’clock, May 15th, 1887. I found the nurse there and the patient in bed. I learned the following facts: At about 4 o’clock she got up and passed water, went to bed and slept. She was soon awakened by a large gush of water which she thought came from “the breaking of the waters.” After this she had a few slight pains which ceased before my arrival. Digital examination showed the head presenting, low down in the pelvis, the os dilated to the size of a half-dollar, the vagina covered with a fluid containing floculi like the vernix caseosa. She was up next day, and in a few days felt better than before. On July 13th, she had an unnaturally short labor, waters breaking just before the birth of the head. Between May 15th and July 13th, she had no abnormal symptoms. Yours truly, C.D. Jones, M.D. (Harvard, 1885) (MA Medical Society, 1887). 

C. Dana Jones, M.D., B.B. Plummer, and William E. Pillsbury, M.D., were Milton’s School Board in 1888 (NH State Board of Education, 1889). John U. Simes, Charles D. Jones, and B.B. Plummer were Milton’s School Board in 1889.

Chas. D. Jones appeared in the Milton directory of 1889, as a Milton physician. He reported encountering no cases of either typhoid fever or diphtheria in that year (NH State Board of Health, 1889).

Dr. C.D. Jones built a new block to house his drug store in May and June 1890. He opened the store on Thursday, June 28, 1890, with a round of sodas.

MILTON. Mr. C.D. Jones is breaking ground for a new block, just above Kennet’s meat market (Farmington News, May 23, 1890).

MILTON. Dr. Jones opened his store last week Thursday. The unlocking of the door was initiated by Dr. Jones setting up the soda (Farmington News, July 4, 1890).

Dr. Jones hired Town Clerk Henry L. “Harry” Avery to be doctor’s assistant in the new store.

MILTON. Fourth of July will be observed in this village in due and ancient form. At a meeting held recently, Dr. C.D. Jones was elected general manager and necessary committees appointed to carry forward the work (Farmington News, July 3, 1891).

Charles D. Jones appeared in the Milton directory of 1892, as a Milton physician, but appeared also as a Milton apothecary. He appeared in the Milton directories of 1894, and 1898, as a a merchant of drugs, as well as gents’ furnishing and sporting goods, cigars and tobacco. He was Town Clerk in 1892. His store had one of Milton’s first ten telephones, which was the very first public one, in 1898.

Jones’ maternal uncle, shoe manufacturer John H. Varney, died in Haverhill, MA, January 28, 1893. (His widow, Elizabeth W. (Cloutman) Varney, died in Milton, January 2, 1895). C. Dana Jones, et al., executors of the will of John H. Varney, paid $1,092 in inheritance tax to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1898.

MILTON. Mr. James G. O’Loughlin and Miss Addie C. Knight of this village were united in Marriage in Union last Saturday evening. The congratulations of many friends are extended to them. The boys appreciated the excellent box of cigars opened for their inspection at C.D. Jones’ drug store (Farmington News, April 14, 1893).

MILTON. Dr. C.D. Jones has finished the foundation for his new house (Farmington News, April 13, 1894).

LOCALS. A letter has been received from Dr. C.D. Jones of Milton, who is at Pinehurst, N.C., for the winter with his family, stating that the snow storms of last week were very severe there, eighteen inches of snow falling during the storm. Such a thing as a sleigh had never been seen in that locality and one was constructed and used while the show lasted. The letter also stated that the colored people were unprepared for such weather and there was much suffering among them (Farmington News, December 18, 1896). 

New Hampshire passed a medical licensing law, March 1, 1897, which required medical practitioners to be tested, licensed and registered as of September 1, 1897. (Charles William Gross, William Emerson Pillsbury, and Frank Sherman Weeks, of Milton Mills, and Malcolm A.H. Hart, Charles Dana Jones, and John Herbert Twombly, of Milton, were all rated “A”- they were already in practice prior to the passage of the law – i.e., they were “grandfathered in” and did not have to pass the new examination) (NH State Board of Education, 1906).

MILTON. Carl P. Wilbur of Brockton, Mass., and Dr. C.D. Jones of this place enjoyed the pleasures of trout fishing at Lake Winnipesaukee, last week (Farmington News, May 28, 1897).

MILTON NEWS-LETTER. Harry L. Avery has resumed his place in C.D. Jones’ drug store, having been absent a few weeks while at work on his new house (Farmington News, August 13, 1897).

NEWS IN BRIEF. Dr. C.D. Jones and family of Milton, N.H., arrived Wednesday evening and will spend the winter here. The doctor was well, and favorably known in the village last winter and his return is heartily welcomed (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), November 27, 1897).

SOUTHERN PINES. Dr. C.D. Jones of Milton, N.H., has bought a large lot of land in town and is now erecting a large house thereon, which he will occupy with his family (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), February 4, 1898).

Meanwhile, Dr. Jones’ Milton storefront, was totally destroyed by fire early Friday morning, February 4, 1898, while he was away for the winter in Pinehurst, NC. (It had been newly built in 1890).

MILTON. The drug and fancy goods store owned by Dr. C.D. Jones was destroyed by fire February 4. The upper story was occupied by the Milton Literary club, whose loss was estimated at about $200. No insurance. Dr. Jones is now in Pinehurst, N.C. His loss is about $3,000, partially insured. The nearest buildings were slightly damaged. The firemen and citizens worked faithfully. The fire broke out at 5.30 o’clock in the morning and the mercury was several degrees below zero (Farmington News, February 11, 1898).  

NEWS IN BRIEF. Dr. C.D. Jones on Magnolia road has recently met with a heavy loss at his home in Milton, N.H., by the total destruction by fire of his building and stock in trade. The doctor and his family have made their winter home here during the past and present seasons and have the sympathy of our people (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), February 11, 1898).

Charles D. Jones, a dry & fancy goods store [-keeper], aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fifteen years), Pauline Jones, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), his children, Katharine Jones, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Levi Jones, at school, aged nine years (b. NH), Russell Jones, at school, aged six years (b. NH), and Varney Jones, aged nine months (b. NH), and his servant, Annabel Harvey, a housemaid, aged sixteen years (b. NH). Charles D. Jones owned their house, free-and-clear. Pauline Jones was the mother of four children, of whom four were still living.

Dr. C.D. Jones of Milton, NH, had a purebred black and white English Setter dog, whose details appeared in an American Kennel Club Register of 1900.

DASH GLADSTONE (54,148) – Dr. C.D. Jones, Milton, N.H. Breeder, W.C. Kennerly, White Post, Va. Whelped December 20, 1894; black and white. By Count Roderigo (8,182, Vol. V), out of Miss Twilight Furness (31,722, Vol. X) (American Kennel Club, 1900).

C.D. Jones appeared in the Milton directories of 1901, 1904, and 1905-06, as a Milton merchant. Among other things, he sold gents’ furnishing and sporting goods, cigars, and tobacco, in 1901 and 1904. He had also a public telephone. He sold dry & fancy goods in 1905-06.

THE PINEHURST PRESERVES, Dr. C.D. Jones, Manager. Embracing 30,000 acres, nearly fifty square miles, of the FINEST HUNTING TERRITORY In Moore County, North Carolina, are The Largest in the South, under the control of, one individual. QUAIL IN ABUNDANCE AND WILD TURKEYS NUMEROUS. Foxes and Rabbits abound everywhere and some deer are to be found. THE PINEHURST KENNELS Maintained in connection with the Preserve, contain twenty-two blooded dogs, pointers and setters, and are under the management of Alliston Gray, formerly of the High Point, N.C., Kennels. Climate unsurpassed, covers excellent and easy accessible from the village, where accommodations offering every comfort may be found at a varying range of prices. TERMS Shooting privileges, $1.00 a day, $3.00 a week, $15.00 a season, Guides $3.00 a day. Dogs will be furnished without extra charge to hunters without dogs. Send for Hunting Booklet to PINEHURST GENERAL OFFICE (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), January 2, 1903).

BANNER WEEK OF SEASON. Sportsmen Have found Quail In Plentiful Numbers. “The past week has been the banner week of the season,” says Dr. C.D. Jones, manager of the Pinehurst Preserves. “The bags have been excellent and the birds plentiful.” Mr. W.A. Wood and Mr. C.A. Lockwood of New York City, have gone after a short trip. They made bags of eleven and nine birds in short hunts from the Village and on a two days trip to the Aberdeen section, secured twenty-four birds. On another trip eight covies were started and seventeen quail secured. Mr. Frederick K. Gaston of New York City, who is here with three fine dogs, has made records that stand well with the best of the season. He secured in two days hunting thirty-five birds, and in a days outing, twenty-three birds. Mr. J.E. Newell of Cleveland, Ohio, has also been holding his own with the best of them. His best bag is twenty birds picked out of eight covies. Mr. Newell uses a 20 gun. Mr. W.C. Spaulding of New York City, is a recent arrival and he brings a favorite dog with him. Many live birds are being secured which are used for stocking (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), February 20, 1903).

SHOOTING SEASON ENDS! Birds In Plenty and Excellent Bags Features of Closing Weeks. Abundance of Birds Left to Breed for Another Season and Prospects for the Future are Very Bright. The quail shooting season of 1902-03 was brought to an end last Saturday, the quail profiting by a day’s additional protection, owing to the fact that the fifteenth fell on Sunday. Philip Randolph, Master Randolph and Edward Conner, of Philadelphia, and C.H. Stanley, of Cleveland, O., spent the day in the field, starting five coveys and bringing in eighteen quail and a woodcock as the result of the trip, and pleasant memories of the work of Mr. Randolph’s pointer, “Queen” and “Pinehurst Dick” which demonstrated very forcibly that birds will lie in March if the dogs work them carefully. During the last four weeks Mr. Randolph and his friends have been much in the field, and some very satisfactory bags have been made. A.C. Tower of Boston, took part in the last day’s shooting, starting three coveys and securing eight birds. C.A. Lockwood, of New York city, and J.D. Wescott, of Union City, Pa., secured twelve quail and four woodcocks on a recent trip, and fourteen quail and two woodcock on another. F.E. Perkins, of Boston, and W.L. Bryant, of Schuylkill Haven, Pa., are credited with thirteen quail as a result of a day’s outing. C.S. Houghton and Benj. E. Bates, of Boston, tried quail shooting for the first time last week and had a rattling day’s sport, starting eight coveys and securing seven quail and a woodcock. Manager H.B. Stillings of the Department Store, and Dr. C.D. Jones, in an afternoon’s hunt secured fourteen quail, killing ten birds out of a covey of sixteen. G.W. Balch of Detroit, Mich., secured nine quail on a short trip, and O.A. Bassett, of Lynn, Mass., eight. “Contrary to the usual rule,” says Dr. C.D. Jones, manager of the Pinehurst Preserves, “the last two weeks of the season found the birds more plentiful and the covies better massed than early in the fall. I attribute this to the fact that the very warm weather during November and December and the birds remained in the shady branches, which offered excellent protection from their natural enemies, the fox and the hawk. “I believe it is the general opinion of those who have been in the field recently that plenty of birds have been left to breed for another year, and that next fall will find the sport better than ever. “We propose to stock abundantly and the plan of planting patches of cow peas for food, will be maintained throughout the preserves. “The year’s work has also developed many of the dogs and the equipment of the kennels is now the very best (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), March 20, 1903).

PERSONAL. Mrs. Amos M. Roberts and Mrs. Elzina Downs of Milton were in town Monday. The latter expects to leave Boston Monday, Nov. 20, for North Carolina, with Dr. C.D. Jones and family, going by sea to Norfolk, and reaching Southern Pines by rail from that point (Farmington News, November 1, 1904).

PERSONAL. As Mrs. Cisco Hart and two sons, of East Weymouth, Mass., were spending a fortnight with Mr. and Mrs. Dana B. Hart at Brookside Farm, a family gathering was given in their honor, Sunday, August 21. Among those present were Dr. C.D. Jones and family, of Milton, and Delta C. Hart and family, of Farmington. Miss Bernice Hart expects to accompany Mrs. Hart in her return to East Weymouth, for a short visit (Farmington News, April 14, 1904).

MILTON. Miss Annabel Harvey has returned to town and is filling her former position as clerk in C.D. Jones’ store (April 22, 1904).

Mary Annabel “Annabel” Harvey was born in North Hampton, NH, November 1, 1883, daughter of Frank J. and Mary J. (Marston) Harvey. She presumably returned from Amesbury, MA, where her parents then resided.

MILTON. C.D. Jones and family left last Friday for their winter home in Pinehurst, N.C. (Farmington News, November 4, 1904).

Dr. C.D. Jones gave over his management of the Pinehurst Preserves for the 1906-07 season (and thereafter) to G. Dan Morgan.

THE MANAGEMENT. G. Dan Morgan, who is so favorably known to sportsmen here and elsewhere as a trainer and handler, assumes the management of the Preserves this season, succeeding Dr. C.D. Jones, and among his assistants is Percival Estes, also well known here through two season’s connection. Estes is a good handler, a tireless hunter and a favorite with all. M. English, well known around High Point, will also be located here in the capacity of a guide, and is sure to be popular. Fred Coburn assumes charge of the Kennels under Manager Morgan’s direction, assuring the same care of dogs which has always been so satisfactory to visiting sportsmen (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), December 1, 1906).

Charles D. Jones died of typhoid fever in Milton, July 2, 1908, aged forty-four years, nine months, and ten days. (The following obituary attributed the cause of his death to malarial fever).

MILTON. Death of C.D. Jones – Rev. M.P. Dickey’s Farewell Sermon. This community suffers a real loss in the death of Dr. C.D. Jones, one of its leading businessmen and prominent citizens. Dr. Jones has spent his winters in Southern Pines and Pinehurst, N.C., for several years, on account of his wife’s ill health, and he himself has not been a well man for a long time. This year he contracted a case of malarial fever before he started north, but insisted on coming home, and he arrived here about a month ago. Several years ago he dispensed with his drug business. For many years he was town clerk, until his going south made it impossible to attend to the official duties. He leaves a family of wife and five children, the youngest an infant of three months, also a brother, Fred P. Jones, who resides on the old homestead, and a sister, Nellie Varney Jones, a teacher in Oakland, Cal. He was 45 years old. Funeral services were conducted at the home Saturday afternoon, which were very largely attended. For a time after his return he was about, and thought to be improving, but about a week before his death his condition became serious and he failed rapidly until his death, Thursday morning, the 2nd. Dr. Jones was the son of Charles Jones and was born on the homestead at Plummer’s Ridge. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and studied medicine and practiced for a while, and also established a store, combination drug store and dry fancy goods … (Unattributed Newspaper Clipping [Rochester Courier?], July 1908).

PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. Delta C. Hart and Miss Bessie Hart attended the funeral of Mr. Hart’s brother-in-law, Dr. C.D. Jones, at Milton last Saturday afternoon (Farmington News, July 10, 1908).

Pauline E. (Hart) Jones died of pneumonia (with pulmonary tuberculosis as a secondary cause) in Milton Mills, February 12, 1910, aged forty-four years, and three days.

LOCAL. Mrs. Lena Hart Jones, widow of Dr. Jones of Milton, passed away at her home in that town Sunday evening, of pneumonia, aged forty-four years. Mrs. Jones is survived by four children, the youngest two years old, and by two brothers, Delta and Dana Hart, and one sister, Mrs. Walter Brown, all of this town. The funeral was held at Milton Tuesday (Farmington News, [Friday,] February 18, 1910).

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By Muriel Bristol | January 17, 2021

Frank Sherman Weeks was born in Porter, ME, in April 1871, son of William S. and Mary E. Weeks.

Frank Sherman Weeks, of Porter, ME, was a student at the Medical School of Maine, at Bowdoin College, in 1890. He was then a member of its Class of 1892 and his instructor was M.E. Sweat. (Dr. Moses Erastus Sweatt died in Parsonsfield, ME, January 1, 1892, aged seventy-six years, eleven months, and nineteen days). He would eventually graduate with the Class of 1895.

Frank Sherman Weeks completed his post-graduate studies and received his medical degree from Baltimore Medical College in April 1896.

City and Suburban. Diplomas were given to 114 graduates at the commencement of the Baltimore Medical College, held at Harris’s Academy of Music (Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), April 23, 1896).

The Maine graduates were:

Maine. Charles Williard Burnell, Ernest Ormand Chellis, Eugene Dana Chellis, Percy G. Davis, Edward Percival Goodrich, Edward E. Russell. J. Roscoe Varney, Frank S. Weeks (Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), April 23, 1896)

Frank S. Weeks married (1st) in Ossipee, NH, October 19, 1896, Minnie Luella Alley. She was born in Porter, ME, November 13, 1875, daughter of Ansel E. and Addie S. (Maxwell) Alley.

New Hampshire passed a medical licensing law, March 1, 1897, which required medical practitioners to be tested, licensed and registered as of September 1, 1897. (Charles William Gross, William Emerson Pillsbury, and Frank Sherman Weeks, of Milton Mills, and Malcolm A.H. Hart, Charles Dana Jones, and John Herbert Twombly, of Milton, were all rated “A”- they were already in practice prior to the passage of the law – i.e., they were “grandfathered in” and did not have to pass the new examination) (NH State Board of Education, 1906).

Frank S. Weeks, a physician, aged twenty-nine years (b. ME), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Minnie L. Weeks, aged twenty-five years (b. ME), and his children, Vivian G. Weeks, aged two years (b. NH), and Baby [Maud] Weeks, aged one year (b. NH). Frank S. Weeks rented their house. Minnie L. Weeks was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living.

Frank Sherman Weeks of Moultonville [in Ossipee, NH] appeared in a 1901-02 list of physicians registered to practice in New Hampshire. (The list was published in November 1902) (NH State Medical Examiner, 1902).

Frank S. Weeks, M.D., began to practice medicine at Milton Mills in 1902. Frank S. Weeks appeared in the Milton business directory of 1904, as a Milton Mills physician. F.S. Week appeared in the Milton business directory of 1905-06, as a physician, at 42 Main street in Milton Mills, and in that of 1909, as a physician at 102 Main street in Milton Mills.

Dr. Frank S. Weeks, of Milton Mills, was admitted to membership in the Strafford District Medical Society, at its meeting at the Kimball House in Dover, NH, October 31, 1907. He spoke at the meeting at which he was admitted (NH Medical Society, 1908).

Frank S. Weeks, a general practice physician, aged forty years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fifteen years), Minnie L. Weeks, aged thirty-five years (b. ME), his children, Vivian G. Weeks, aged twelve years (b. NH), Maud Weeks, aged eleven years (b. NH), Mildred Weeks, aged nine years (b. NH), Mabel Weeks, aged eight years (b. NH), Margarite Weeks, aged seven years (b. NH), and Laura Weeks, aged four years (b. NH), and his father, William Weeks, own income, aged eighty-eight years (b. ME). Frank S. Weeks rented their house. Minnie L. Weeks was the mother of six children, of whom six were still living.

F.S. Weeks appeared in the Milton business directories of 1912, and 1917, as a physician at 102 No. Main street in Milton Mills.

[Bowdoin College] Medical Class of 1895. Frank Sherman Weeks, M.D., Baltimore Med. Coll., 1896. b. 2 Apr., 1871, Porter, Me. Med Sch., 1893-94. Physician, Milton Mills, N.H., 1902- (Bowdoin College, 1916).

Frank S. Weeks, a medical physician, aged forty-eight years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Minnie L. Weeks, aged forty-three years (b. ME), his children, Maud L. Weeks, a cotton mill shirtmaker, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Mildred R. Weeks, a woolen mill weaver, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Mabel A. Weeks, a woolen mill weaver, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Marguerite D. Weeks, a woolen mill weaver, aged seventeen years (b. NH), Laura A. Weeks, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and Vivian [(Weeks)] Bickford, a woolen mill weaver, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), his grandson, Arthur F. Bickford, aged one year, seven months (b. NH), and his boarders, Joseph A. Comeau, a farm laborer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and Elizabeth F. Comeau, aged thirty-four years (b. MA). Frank S. Weeks owned their house on “Upper Main Street, Milton Mills Village,” free-and-clear.

F.S. Weeks appeared in the Milton business directory of 1922, as a Milton Mills physician.

Minnie L. [(Alley)] Weeks divorced her husband, Frank S. Weeks, in Strafford County Court, March 12, 1924. She alleged “extreme cruelty.” (While this certainly sounds tempestuous, legally, one had to allege something and, prior to the advent of “no fault” divorces, there were few alternatives). Minnie L. Weeks married (2nd), April 12, 1929, Charles Alley. They resided in the Parsonsfield, ME, household of his grandfather, Joseph D. Eastman, in 1930. She died in Parsonsfield, ME, January 29, 1934.

Frank S. Weeks married (2nd), circa 1926-27, Florence A.E. (Ryan) Sanborn. She was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, June 4, 1900, daughter of Charles W. and Emma E. “Bessie” (Dauphinee) Sanborn. (She had married (1st) in Milton Mills, October 1, 1919, George A. Sanborn, who died there May 30, 1926).

Frank S. Weeks, a medical physician, aged fifty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Portsmouth, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Florence E. Weeks, aged twenty-nine years (b. Nova Scotia, Canada (Eng.)), his grandson, Kenneth Weeks, aged seven years (b. NH), and his boarder, Maryland Oslon, aged nine months (b. NH). Frank S. Weeks rented their house at 4 Raitt Ct., for $32 per month. They had a radio set. Florence E. Weeks was a naturalized citizen, having immigrated into the U.S. in 1919.

Frank S. (Florence E.) Weeks appeared in the Milton directory of 1936-37, as a Milton Mills physician.

Frank S. Weeks, M.D., had property in Milton valued at $600 in 1939, for which his tax was $21.00; Milton noted his uncollected tax balance of $23.00 due from the prior year; the Town owed him $60.00 for his attendance upon the Town Poor. Florence S. Weeks had an uncollected tax balance of $2.00 (Milton Town Report, for the Year Ending December 31, 1940).

Frank S. Weeks, aged sixty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Florence E. Weeks, a private home nurse, aged thirty-nine years (b. Nova Scotia), and his boarder, June Valley, aged seven years (b. NH). Frank S. Weeks owned their house, which was valued at $1,000. Frank S. Weeks and his wife had resided in the same house in 1935, while their boarder had resided elsewhere in Milton in 1935.

Milton recovered $7.50 in old age assistance rendered to Frank Weeks in 1952 (Milton Town Report, for the Year Ending December 31, 1952). One supposes that his gravestone, the published version of which has his death date rendered as “1932,” would actually have been read as “1952” were it not covered with lichen.

Lee Notes. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adams and Mrs. Florence Weeks of Milton Mills were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Katharine Jones and Miss Esther Garrity. Mrs. Adams celebrated her birthday anniversary with gifts and a cake made by Miss Garrity (Portsmouth Herald, April 30, 1958).

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References:

Bowdoin College. (1916). General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=YCpJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA588

Find a Grave. (2013, August 16). Dr. Frank S. Weeks. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115566074/frank-s-weeks

NH Medical Society. (1908). Transactions of the New Hampshire Medical Society. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=3NdXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA298

NH State Board of Education. (1906). Biennial Report of the New Hampshire State Board of Education. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=6wBJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA113

NH State Medical Examiner. (1902). Registered Physicians. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=kfGaD90ZETIC&pg=PA385

By Muriel Bristol | January 16, 2021

Lester Belmont Bradford was born in Castle Hill, ME, September 10, 1884, son of George F. and Melvina A. (Sylvester) Bradford.

George F. Bradford, a clergyman, aged fifty years (b. ME), headed a New Ipswich, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of nineteen years), Melvina S. Bradford, aged forty-two years (b. ME), and his children, Lester B. Bradford, at school, aged seventeen years (b. ME), Walter S. Bradford, at school, aged eleven years (b. ME), and Jean Haynes Bradford, aged four years (b. ME). George H. Bradford rented their house. Melvina S. Bradford was the mother of three children, of whom three were still living.

Lester B. Bradford was recorded twice in the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. He appeared also as Lester B. Bradford, a student, aged sixteen years (b. ME), boarding in the Ashburnham, MA, household of James C. Story, a physician, aged forty-five years (b. NY). Bradford was one of eleven student boarders, who were likely attending the Cushing Academy there. (Ashburnham, MA, adjoins his parents’ town of New Ipswich, NH).

Lester B. Bradford appeared in the Barrington, NH, directory of 1905, as a student at Baltimore Medical College, with his home residence with G.F.B., in East Barrington. Rev. George F. Bradford appeared as pastor of the Congregational Church in East Barrington, with his house at the same place.

Lester B. Bradford was among ninety-one graduates of the Maryland Medical College, who received their degrees at the Lyceum Theatre in Baltimore, MD, on Friday evening, May 5, 1905, followed by a banquet at Heptasoph Hall, at the intersection of Cathedral and Preston streets (Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), May 3, 1905).

BRAND NEW DOCTORS. Maryland Medical College Holds Its Commencement. GIRLS AND FLOWERS GALORE. Lyceum Theatre Crowded With Enthusiastic Friends. Banquet Follows The Exercises. Spritely music, pretty flowers and the presence of their “best girls’ made the seventh annual commencement of the Maryland Medical College last night at the Lyceum Theatre a joyous occasion for the 91 graduates. The theatre was crowded. Nearly all of the students are from out of town, and most of those in the audience came from far away. They were there from Canada, from Cuba and from almost every one of the Eastern and Southern States. For the parents and other well wishers of the graduates the distance made the occasion more momentous (Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), May 6, 1905).

Mitchell-Cony’s Town Register of 1907-08 tells us that “Dr. L.B. Bradford came here [to Milton Mills] about the month of June, 1907, but remained only a short time.” Possibly, there was insufficient scope in the village of Milton Mills for a budding eye, ears, nose and throat specialist. He was in Rockland, ME, by 1910.

L.B. Bradford, a physician, aged twenty-seven years (b. ME), boarded in the Rockland, ME, household of James A. Richan, at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Richan was a dentist, aged thirty-seven years (b. Nova Scotia). His wife (of fourteen years), Ivah M. [(Young)] Richan, was a boarding house keeper, aged thirty-four years (b. ME). They resided on Elm Street.

Lester B. Bradford was resident in Rockland, ME, when his father died in neighboring Thomaston, ME, February 27, 1911, aged sixty-one years. (His mother, Melvina A. (Sylvester) Bradford, died in Thomaston, ME, June 6, 1915).

NOTES OF BANGOR SEMINARY GRADUATES. … Rev. George Frederic Bradford. class of 1891, died at Thomaston, Feb. 27, 1911, aged 61 years. He was born in Topsfield, Oct. 28, 1849, a lineal descendant of the Pilgrim Governor Bradford. He was ordained in Warren, in 18[9]3; was pastor at Holden and Dedham, 1891-2; Bristol 1892-8; New Ipswich, N.H., 1893-1900; Deerfield Center and Barrington, N.H., Lyndeboro, N.H., 1907-1309. He is survived by a wife and three sons, Dr. Lester B. Bradford of Rockland, Walter P., a student in Bangor Seminary, and Jean H. of Thomaston (Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), March 28, 1911).

Lester B. Bradford appeared in the Rockland, ME, directory of 1917, as a physician, resident at 335 Main street.

Talk of the Town. Dr. L.B. Bradford recently passed a successful examination at Fort Preble, and becomes a member of the medical reserves, in the department devoted to eye, ears and nose, which has been his specialty while practicing here. His friends will be especially pleased to learn that he has been recommended for a captaincy. Dr. Bradford is a graduate of the Maryland Medical College (Rockland Courier-Gazette (Rockland, ME), December 7, 1917).

Lester B. Bradford received his appointment as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps, January 18, 1918, and was promoted to Captain, July 6, 1918. He was stationed at General Hospital No. 1, until August 16, 1918, then Base Hospital No. 58, then Evac. Hospital No. 2, then Evac. Hospital No. 49 until his discharge, September 18, 1919. (He served overseas between August 20, 1918, and August 30, 1919).

The American Red Cross, National Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
January 28, 1920.
Mr. G.L. Brist, Division of Passport Control, State Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Brist, This will serve to introduce Dr. Lester B. Bradford. Dr. Bradford is going to France for the American Red Cross, and we would thank you to accept his application for passport. The application is complete with the exception of his birth evidence, but as he has his discharge from the Army, I think this will be wa[i]ved. May I have the passport Saturday?
Yours very truly,
S. Ethel Sparks, Passport Clerk, Department of Personnel.

Lester B. Bradford does not appear in the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census, as he was working overseas for the American Red Cross (and the American Relief Administration). He set up hospitals in forty different countries.

Practicing Surgery Among Bandits. The familiar story of the dying Indian who reveals to the comforter of his last moments the secret of a hidden hoard of gold, is credible, if familiar. A man might, once in a lifetime, be the recipient of such a secret. But if you were told of a man to whom half a dozen dying Indians had at different times revealed the secrets of half a dozen separate and distinct treasures, you might perhaps appear to believe the story for the sake of politeness, but you wouldn’t be likely to rush down to the station and buy a ticket for the town nearest the spot indicated on one of the old Indian’s maps. Nevertheless there is in Turkey an American surgeon who has this experience. Dr. L.B. Bradford, of Boston, in charge of the American Red Cross hospital of 150 beds at Prizren, has been the custodian of valuable secrets. Coming into such intimate contact with Turks, Serbs and Albanians, and saving, as he does, the lives of their mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, it is only natural that he should win the confidence of thousands, some few of whom endeavor to repay his kindness by telling him hidden treasure stories, most of which are true. But the treasures are not available to Dr. Bradford because the hidden hoards are in the form of lodes of valuable metals, like gold, silver and copper, and Dr. Bradford is not a mining engineer. Prizren is located in wild country. And a native possessed of the secret of a gold mine is not a good insurance risk. It is the Balkan custom to do away with plain citizens who know too much about valuable mines. About one quarter of the cases in the hospital are gunshot wounds, many of whom are Turkish and Serbian travelers shot up by bandits that infest the mountains. An odd feature of these wounds is that 87 per cent of them are below the knee. The bandits shoot low, for they are averse to taking human life, and want pocketbooks and jewelry only – American Red Cross (Phillips, 1921).

Dr. Lester Bradford, of Boothbay Harbor, ME, sailed from Naples, Italy, on the S.S Providence, arriving in New York, NY, April 15, 1921. He was thirty-five years of age (b. Castle Hill, ME, September 10, 1884).

Lester Belmont Bradford married in Boothbay Harbor, ME, December 10, 1921, Elizabeth Bonaventura McDonald, he of Pocono Pines, PA, and she of Stroudsburg, PA. He was a physician, aged thirty-five years, and she was a nurse, aged twenty-seven years. She was born in Ashley, PA, July 31, 1894, daughter of Thomas F. and Elizabeth L. (Smith) McDonald.

Lester B. and Elizabeth B. Bradford, of Pocono Pines, PA, sailed on the S.S. Chignecto from Demerara, British Guiana, December 15, 1921, arriving in St. John, New Brunswick, January 11, 1922. He was an assistant surgeon for the U.S. Public Health Service, aged thirty-six years (b. Castle Hill, ME, September 10, 1886 [SIC]), and she was “with husband,” aged twenty-seven years (b. Stroudsburg, PA, July 31, 1894).

Dr. Lester W. Bradford, a U.S. Vet. Bureau physician, aged forty-five years (b. ME), headed a Perry Point, MD, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Elizabeth B. Bradford, aged thirty-five years (b. PA), and his servant, Elinor A. Langford, a household servant, aged forty-eight years (b. PA). Dr. Bradford rented their house at 1154 South Avenue A, which was valued at $5,000. They had a radio set.

Lester B. (Elizabeth) appeared in the Rockland, ME, directory of 1942, as a physician, with both his house and office at 50 Masonic street.

Lester N. Bradford died in Tenant’s Harbor, ME, September 24, 1945, aged sixty-three years.

Dr. L.B. Bradford, Prominent Maine Specialist, Dies. ROCKLAND, Sept 24 – Dr. Lester B. Bradford, 63, died at his summer home at Tenant Harbor, Sept. 24, He was born in Castle Hill, son of the Rev. George Frederick and Melvina Sylvester Bradford. His wife was the former Elizabeth McDonald. A graduate of the University Maryland in 1906 [1905] as an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, he began his practice in Rockland. In World War 1 he went overseas as a major, and was in the zone of advance, going to Coblenz with the Army of Occupation and remaining there for a year after the war ended. Returning to this country, he was again sent to Europe with the Red Cross and the Hoover Relief Administration. During 1920 he visited 40 countries and had official status with the Polish Commission, working out of Paris, and setting up hospitals in each country visited. He was in Russia during the typhus epidemic in 1920 and returned to the United States in 1921, joining the U.S. Public Health Administration, which later became the Veterans Administration. Since then he had practiced his specialties in veterans’ hospitals all over the country, also examining pilots of World War II. At the time of his retirement to private practice in 1941, he was the head of the eye, ear, nose and throat diagnostic center of the Veterans Administration in San Francisco. Besides his wife, he is survived by two brothers, Gene of Spencer, Mass., and Capt. Walter, a chaplain in the Pacific area. Funeral services will be held at his Tenant Harbor home Wednesday afternoon at 1.30, the Rev. Maldwyn Parry officiating. Interment will be in Arlington National cemetery Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock with full military services (Bangor Daily News, September 24, 1945).

Elizabeth (McDonald) Bradford died in Tenant’s Harbor, ME, May 19, 1953, aged fifty-eight years.

OBITUARIES. MRS. ELIZABETH BRADFORD. TENANT’S HARBOR, May 19 – Mrs. Elizabeth Bradford, 58, widow of Dr. Lester B. Bradford, formerly of Rockland, died Tuesday afternoon at her home here. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith McDonald. She is survived by a brother, Thomas McDonald of Passaic, N.J. The Rev. Charles F. Bennett will officiate at a Requiem Mass., Thursday morning at 9:00 o’clock at St Bernard’s Catholic church, Rockland. Rosary will be recited Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the residence here. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery at Fort Meyers, Va. (Bangor Daily News, May 20, 1953).

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References:

Find a Grave. (2010, March 5). Lester B. Bradford. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/49127682/lester-b-bradford

Mitchell-Cony. (1908). Town Register: Farmington, Milton, Wakefield, Middleton, Brookfield, 1907-8. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=qXwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=118

Phillips, William, Co. (1921). Eclectic Medical Journal. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=00ZHgPogZzEC&pg=PA143

Wikipedia. (2020, November 23). American Relief Administration. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Relief_Administration

Wikipedia. (2021, January 15). Prizren. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prizren

By Muriel Bristol | January 13, 2021

John Wallace was born in Gortaheran, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, June 24, 1870, son of William and Mary Jane (Glass) Wallace. (Some sources say June 23, 1870).

Later sources say that he graduated from Queen’s College, in Belfast, [Northern] Ireland, and received his medical degree in Edinburgh, Scotland (prior to his December 1895 marriage). He practiced in [Northern] Ireland for two years.

John Wallace married in Finvoy, [Northern] Ireland, December 12, 1895, Wilhelmina Margretta Price “Mina” Hay, he of Portglenone, and she of Finvoy. She was born in Mullanyduffy, County Leitrim, Ireland, February 28, 1873, daughter of William and Mary Jane (McMullen) Hay.

MARRIAGES. WALLACE-HAY. December 12, at Finvoy Presbyterian Church, by Rev. W.H. Craig, assisted by Rev. A. Gallagher, Kilrea, Dr. John Wallace, Portglenone, only son of William Wallace, Esq., Newmills, Portglenone, to Wilhelmina Margretta Price (Mina), second daughter of William Hay, Esq., Finvoy (Belfast Newsletter, December 17, 1895).

Daughter Mary Jane Wallace was born in Northern Ireland, October 4, 1896.

(The British, including the Irish, had a naming custom, which was observed also in early America. The first son would be named after the father’s father, the second son would be named after the mother’s father, the third son would be the “Junior,” and subsequent sons would be named after the father’s brothers in sequence. The first daughter would be named after the mother’s mother, the second daughter would be named after the father’s mother, the third daughter would be the “Junior,” and subsequent daughters would be named after the mother’s sisters in sequence. In this case, both the parents had fathers named William, and both had mothers named Mary Jane. So, their first two children would be named Mary Jane and William. Then came the “Juniors,” Wilhelmina and John).

John Wallace left Londonderry, [Northern] Ireland, on the SS City of Rome, August 28, 1897. He was a surgeon, aged twenty-six years, and traveled “Second Cabin,” i.e., second class. He evidently transferred in Liverpool, England, to the RMS Etruria, which sailed for New York, NY, arriving there September 18, 1897. He was a doctor, aged twenty-seven years, and again traveled “Second Cabin.”

W.F. Wallace appeared in the Milton business directory of 1898, as a Milton physician. (Despite what the directory says, this was actually Dr. John Wallace, rather than the earlier practitioner of the same surname, Dr. William F. Wallace, who had moved since to Plaistow, NH).

John Wallace appeared in the Milton directory of 1900, as a physician, with his house at 22 S. Main street. (He left for Roxbury, i.e., Boston, MA, prior to June 1900).

John Wallace, a physician, aged twenty-nine years (b. Ireland), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of four years), Wilhelmine M.P. Wallace, aged twenty-seven years (b. Ireland), and his child, Mary J. Wallace, aged three years (b. Ireland). John Wallace rented their apartment at 2773 Washington Street. Wilhelmine M.P. Wallace was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living. They had all immigrated into the U.S. in 1897.

John Wallace appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1901, as a physician, with his house and office at 2773 Washington street. (He appeared in the Milton directory of 1902, as having removed to “Roxbury, Mass.”).

John Wallace, of 324 Warren Street, Boston, MA, petitioned to become a naturalized U.S. citizen, in Roxbury District Court, in Boston, MA, October 23, 1901. He was a physician, born in Gortaheran, County Antrim, [Northern] Ireland, June 24, 1870. He had sailed from Londonderry, [Northern] Ireland, arriving in New York, NY, September 2, 1897. Frank S. Lee, and Frank W. Lee, both of 77 Cedar Street, Boston, MA, signed as his witnesses. His petition was granted and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen, November 19, 1903. (His wife and children would have become naturalized also through his action).

Son William Wallace was born at 2787 Washington Street in Roxbury, MA, October 24, 1901, son of John and Wilhelmina M.P. (Hay) Wallace. (The day after his father’s initial petition for naturalization). His parents were both natives of Ireland, and his father worked as a physician.

John Wallace appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1905, as a physician, with his house and office at 324 Warren street, in the Roxbury district of Boston. (Thomas H. Wallace, an engineer, boarded at 324 Warren street).

Daughter Wilhemina Elizabeth “Mina” Wallace was born at 324 Warren Street, in the Roxbury district of Boston, MA, June 18, 1905, daughter of John and Wilhelmina M.P. (Hay) Wallace. Her parents were both natives of Ireland, and her father worked as a physician.

Son John Wallace was born at 223 Warren Street, September 11, 1909, son of John and Wilhelmina M.P. (Hay) Wallace. His parents were both natives of Ireland, and his father worked as a physician.

John Wallace, a general practice physician, aged thirty-nine years (b. Ireland), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fourteen years), Wilhelmina Wallace, aged thirty-seven years (b. Ireland), his children, Mary J. Wallace, aged thirteen years (b. Ireland), William Wallace, aged eight years (b. MA), Wilhelmina E. Wallace, aged four years (b. MA), and John Wallace, aged seven months (b. MA), and his servant, Annie Gallagher, a private family servant, aged nineteen years (b. Ireland). John Wallace rented their house at 223 Warren Street. Wilhelmina Wallace was the mother of four child, of whom four were still living. Annie Gallagher was a recent Irish immigrant, having arrived in 1909.

John Wallace, a medical doctor, aged forty-nine years (b. Ireland), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Wilhelmina M.P. Wallace, aged forty-six years (b. Ireland), and his children, Mary J. Wallace, aged twenty-three years (b. Ireland), William Wallace, a barker clerk, aged eighteen years (b. MA), Wilhelmina E. Wallace, aged fourteen years (b. MA), and John Wallace, Jr., aged ten years (b. MA). John Wallace owned their house at 219 Warren Street, with a mortgage. The Irish natives in the family had immigrated into the U.S. in 1897, and had become naturalized U.S. citizens in 1902 [SIC].

Daughter Mary J. Wallace married in the Roxbury district of Boston, MA, September 21, 1922, Robert Whitelaw Smith.

GREATER BOSTON WEDDINGS SHOW THAT SEPTEMBER IS STILL A POPULAR MONTH. … The marriage ceremony of Miss Mary Jane Wallace, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Wallace of Roxbury, to Robert Whitelaw Smith of White River Junction, Vt., was solemnised Thursday evening at the home of the bride’s parents (Boston Globe, [Saturday,] September 23, 1922).

Daughter Wilhelmina E. “Mina” Wallace received her M.A. degree from Radcliffe College at the Sanders Theater in Cambridge, MA, June 19, 1929 (Boston Globe, June 19, 1929). (Her undergraduate Radcliffe scrapbook is retained by the college).

John Wallace died in the Roxbury district of Boston, MA, December 2, 1929, aged fifty-nine years.

DR. JOHN WALLACE DIES IN ROXBURY. Active in His Profession Until Ten Days Ago. Dr. John Wallace, a practicing physician in Roxbury for 30 years, died this morning at his home, 219 Warren st., Roxbury, after a sickness of 10 days. He was in his 60th year, and had been active in his practice until he was taken sick. He was very well known to many old residents of Roxbury. His office was directly opposite the Boston Clerical School, which was formerly the Roxbury High School. Dr. Wallace received his early training in Ireland where he was born. He was graduated from Queens College, Belfast, and received his degree as a medical doctor at Edinboro. For two years Dr. Wallace practiced his profession in Ireland. He became affiliated with the British Medical Association and was honored with a membership in the Royal College of Surgeons. Upon arriving in this country, Dr. Wallace settled in New Hampshire and established a practice there, remaining for two years. He then moved to Roxbury, where he had resided since. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and was prominent in the Masons and Odd Fellows. Dr. Wallace is survived by his wife, Wilhelmina; two sons, William and John; two daughters, Mrs. Robert W. Smith of White River Junction, Vt., and Miss Wilhelmina Wallace, and three sisters, Miss Martha Wallace of Belfast, Me., and Misses Elizabeth and Mary Jane Wallace of New York. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dudley Street Baptist Church, Roxbury (Boston Globe, December 2, 1929).

Willhelmina M.P. Wallace, a widow, aged fifty-seven years (b. Northern Ireland), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included her son, John Wallace, aged twenty years (b. MA). Wilhelmina M.P. Wallace rented their house at 70 Howland Street, for $45 per month. They had a radio set.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Miss Mina Wallace of New York City is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Robert W. Smith (Vermont Standard (Woodstock, VT), March 26, 1931).

In Society. Wallace-Martin. The marriage of Miss Wilhelmina Elizabeth Wallace, daughter of Wilhelmina H. Wallace and the late Dr. John Wallace of Boston and Northport, Me., to Dr. Samuel Forrest Martin, son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Vilas Martin of Maryville, took place June 18 at Providence. R.I. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Harold L. Wilson in the First Presbyterian church there in the presence of Miss Marian Higgs of Boston, classmate of Mrs. Martin at Radcliffe College, and Dr. Charles Voss Ferguson, classmate of Dr. Martin at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. Mrs. Martin is a graduate of Radcliffe College, having received both her Bachelor of Arts and Masters degrees from that institution. Dr. Martin attended Choate school, Wallingford, Conn., and is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. Dr. and Mrs. Martin will make their home in Providence where Dr. Martin is an interne in the Rh0de Island hospital (Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, MI), June 23, 1934).

Wilhelmina M.P. Wallace sold Lot 2102 in Quincy, MA, to Sidney W. Grossman, in 1937 (Boston Globe, February 13, 1937).

Wilhelmina M.P. Wallace, of 134 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA, appeared in a list of escheats – unclaimed money – published by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She or her estate was owed $15 (Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), July 15, 1952).

References:

Wikipedia. (2021, January 7). RMS Etruria. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Etruria