Sumner High School - Spindrift Yearbook (East Sullivan, ME)

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THE HARBOR BEACON! separate church Elder McMaster resigned IH 1822 Having no settled pastjr they secured the partial services of Elder William Johnson for three Q33 or four C43 years In 1826 Elder Benjamln Buck became pastor and served for three or four years In this year the church united with others and erected a house of wor ship An extensive revival took place In 1831 under the ass stance of Elder Jededlah Darling Elder Richard Y Watson became pastor of the church In 1834 and remained IH charge until 1866 During his pastorate there was general prosperity and many revlvals There seems to have been no pastor from 1866 to 1873 but Elder Vtatson preached In Hancock and sup plied this church occasionally In 1873 J C Sawyer supplied In connection with his labors at Gouldsboro and preached also In 1874 In until 1882 This church furnished one of its members Rev John Johnson for the ministry and Oflgl nated by dlSII11SSlOI'1 In 1824 the churches at Hancock and at Franklin Rev J R Bowler organized a church of twelve members at West Sullivan In 1889 and preached there about two years Rev E E Morse of Franklin and others supplied until 1896 the church having at the time about forty five 1453 members The military history of this town during the Revolutionary War centers largely around Daniel Sullivan one of the founders of the town named for him who raised a company of militia during the early part of the War and had them stationed at VS aukeag Point where he lived for the defence of that section In 1779 Captain Sullivan was In command of his company at the siege of Bagaduce Cnow Castinej remaining until after the defeat there of the American forces under the command of Lovell and Salstonstall when he returned home He remained In command of his men acting under Capt John Allan of Machias until he was taken prisoner by the British Feb 24 1181 In Col Allan s report at Machias where he commanded a Revolutionarv force mention IS rrade of Captain Sulllvans coming from Frenchmans Bay Sept 13 1117 with drafted mllltla for service there and of his coming again Nov 13 1777 During the time Capt Sullivan was at Wau keag Point Know Sorrentob he kept his men In readiness for service and Infllcted several heat y blows on the Brltxsh The English and Tories made several at tempts to capture Capt Sullivan attempts which the vigilance of the patriots rendered ineffectual Thomas C Armory In his Life of Gen John Sullivan speaks as follows of the capture of Daniel Sullivan Feb 24 1781 One stormy night In February 1781 a British War vessel the Alegiance commanded by anchored below the town and l nded a large force of sailors and marlnes The house was silently lHV9St8d and Capt Sullivan aroused from his slumbers to find his bed surrounded by armed men He was hurried to the boat and his dwelling fired so suddenly that the children were with difficulty rescued by their mother and a hired man who hved In the family Taken to Castlne his liberty and further protection from harm was tendered him on condition he took the oath of allegiance to the king Re Jectlng these proposals he was carried prisoner to Halifax and thence sent to New York where he was put on board that vessel of Infamous memory the Jersey hulk where he remained SIX months Exchanged he took passage for home but died on the Sound not wlthout sus pxclon of having been poisoned though probab ly like many others he was the victim of the barbarlties of the British Provost who either of his own accord or by Instruction subJected his prisoner to unparalleled privations WEST SULLIVAN IN PIONEER DAYS When we think of what heroes our fore 12 . . . . . , . , . , . . . , . ' Y ' F ' . , U 1 . , . , ,., 1 . .. . , v , 0 , . I . , l n a Q it n , n n ' . . - . ,, . . . l u . . . 7 I , I . . . . . ,. . . . . ! I 7 ' I 7 1876 Rev. John Johnson supplied, remaining Mowatt, who burnt Falmouth, now Portland, ' . a . . . , . . . ' I ' 2 ' . , 1 . . . , . . . 1 7 I . . , . . . . . ,, ,, . ! Y ' r . , . . ,. . - 7 ! 7 7 u , - I ! 7 I 7 I , . Y 4 , -

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THE HARBOR BEACON modlfied 1ts grant to Bowdoln and W1ll13.mS Colleges Before the Revolutlon there were forty famllles w1th1n the llmlts of the town of Sulllvan At the close of the Revolutxonary war the number of famllxes wlthln its l1m1ts had been reduced to twenty Besldes belng represented IH the wars of the R6V0lUt10H the vlllage of Sulllvan was also strongly represented ln the C1Vll War No sectlon of Mame responded more qulckly or loyally to Presldent Llncoln s calls for volun teers than dld many of the cltlzens of thls vlllage Many cltlzens of thls town rendered valiant S8I'V1C9 to the Unlon cause In the army and navy and there has been recorded many acts of herolsm on the southern battlefields durmg the entlre four years of confhct The natlon w1ll never forget the soldlers of Malne and the part they played ln the great struggle Late 1n the s1xt1es mmlsters and students from Massachusetts found thelr way to our town for thelr vacatxon Among the first were Rev Henry Foote Charles F Dole and Rev Francis Pe body who held SBTVICQS ln the hall and open an' servlces for the workmen at the quarrles These meetmgs were well attended In 1876 when the Waukeag House was open for summer vlsltors ltS spaclous parlors were open for rehglous S6I'VlC9 and many speakers of note have spoken there lncludlng Samuel Long fellow Rev Charles C Everett and Francls Peabody In 1889 Rev Frederlck Glll oran lzed the Llberal Chrlstlan soclety and untll the present tlme S9I'VlC9S were held each summer and lay SSFVICCS throughout the year Slnce 1889 these servlces have been held at the church of Our Father Among those who have spoken and worked well wlth us xn ald of the soclety speclal mentlon should be made of Rev Frederlck Glll Rev H H Saunderson and Rev Roger S Forbes The M6thOd1StS untll 1884 carrled on thelr work at Sulllvan 1n connectlon wlth Franklm and Gouldsboro The followmg IS a partlal l1st of the Metlsodlst preachers who have labored at Sulln an John Batchelder 1833 B F H1lIfOD 1843 Hlram Chase 18456 IsaacW Moore 1847 8 Harry VI Latham 1849 50 Jesse Hamman 1852 Lev1C Dunn 1853 Oran Strout 1854 Soloman S Gloss 18:19 Wllllam B Fenlason 1860 Benjamln C Blackwood 18612 B F Stlnson 1864 Wllllam Reed 18656 J A Plumer 1867 8 James A Morelen 1869 70 Otls R Vhlson 1872 Wllllam B Fenlason 1873 J B B an 1874 Selden Wentworth 18757 R M W1lklHS 1878 P J Robmson 1879 James Alexander 1880 1 J H Bennet 1882 3311 est Sulllvan Wlmfred Baldwin 1881 2 East Sulllvan C L Banghart 1884 5 C A Maln 1886 P D Nolan 1887 C C Phelan 1896 8 Frank H Osgood 1899 B W Russell 1900-2 O G Barnard 19035 N R Pear son 19067 C A Purdy 19089 Cllnton E Bromley 1910 Clinton Cook 1911 E F Wood 1912 Frank Prestldge 1913 Rxchard H Moyle 1914 17 BAPTIST CHUPCH HISTORY As early as 1799 Elder Isaac Case mlsslonary for the Massachusetts Baptlst soclety after wards of 11131119 Mlsslonary soclety v1s1ted Sulhvan and preached at Salt Water Falls He found there a few establlshed Chrlstlans In 1810 Elder Case agaln vlslted Sulllvan and found the communlty ln a state of revlval under Elder Job Cushman Elder Case had the prlvllege of baptlzlng the converts and on March 21st 1810 organlzed a Baptlst church with twelve members Elder Damel McMaster recelved a call to become pastor of the church and was ordalned May 16 1810 For slx years the church pros pered under h1s leadershxp In 1816 about twenty souls were added as the fI'l1ltS of a revlval At this tlme owmg to a mlsunderstandmg a dlvlslon was caused whlch resulted ln the orgamzlng of a mlnorlty 1nto a L. II 11 . . . ,. . . ' A . ' 'f 2 1 1 ' ' 1 I I I P' 0 l - 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . . . . . . f - . . - 1 1 1 - I - 1 1 1 I u I J I P' u . 7 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' , ' ' l .. . , ' . . ' . . ' , 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' l U ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 . . , ' r' . ' ' - - 1 1 ' 1 . . . . . Q . 1 ' ' N' 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' . . , . . , ' ' ' ' l i 1 ' 1 - - 1 , ' 1 7 1 1 ' 1 ' . . , ' . . n n u . . . , 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1888-90g J. A. Weed, 1891-53 J. T. Moore, . , ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 n u n 1 n ' Q . - , . . , , . . 1 ,, . . . ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' . 71 1 1 1 ' ' . 4 , 4- . 1 1 1 ' . a , . . , - l . . V 1 I ' ' l a 1 u l n u Y - s u 1 I , - u 11 ,. . - a 1 n . , , . . . . . , . . . . . . Y , . . . . . 1 ' I ' I , I . . . . . . . . . . l . . , . ' ' 7 7 I a I C I Q l ' ' ' . n , 1 Q u I l .

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THE HA RBOR BEACON fathers were the followmg sketch of this history of the town will be especially lnterestxng to Old as well as young There were four people who came here of different names and settled on the sunny slde of this beautiful river soon after the Mayfiower came over in 1620 Some landed on Cape Cod others at York while George Gordon Rufas G Jonfs William Blaisdell and Paul Simpson located in this town Years later John Gordon came and built a house near where the K of P hall now IS thls location then was known as Capt Paul Gor don s field He was the grandfather of Mrs Lucretia Adams Next was Miller s house situated near Moose hill cove in what is now William Goodwln s lower field the old cellar can now be seen there Next was the Abner Blais dell house situated in the field above the present stone wh rves Old apple trees cellar and grave stones can now be seen there Later years P ul Simpson built a house near Havey now stands He married Miss Hannah Sullivan a daughter of Daniel Sullivan John Gordon Csecondj married Betsey Urann of Franklm In 1800 he built a stone house where Capt Gardiner D Blake s now stands This land above the rlvcr was covered with a dense forest where these four pioneers settled here For years no roads were known all convey ance being by water in small home made boats to Sorrento Hancock Barren Island and Franklm at Thomas brann s point James Miller built a house where Orville Gordon s now stands and his widowed sister the mother of Ambrose Simpson kept house for him Moose deer bears foxes beavers otters and many native wild animals shared the habitation of these woods and waters Abner Blalsdell always lived in his first house and brought up a large family they ln turn becommg the ancestors of all the present day Blalsdells ln Sulhvan and Franklm Abners son Paul Blaisdell mamed Margaret Miller sister of Capt VN llllam and James Miller Paul Blaisdell built a house where the late Hopewell quarry boardlng house was Revenue from the Hopewell quarry turned in to him a lot of money He afterward built near where the Franklm town line is now near the home stead of Arno Wooster OUR GRANITE INDUSTRY The first granite quarried to be shipped from this town was for a contract taken by William G Mosely to build a Jail at St Andrews N B about the gear 1830 The stone was quarrled from a tract of land known as the College land a quarry owned and operated by Dunbar Bros It was a new start out for Mr Mosley and he never worked any more at the business The next venture was about 1831 when Edward Rouse of Augusta bought the Paul Blalsdell farm and built the first wharf used to contract for hiartucket and cut and furnished stone for buildings in Bangor This property was organized as a stock company as the Hopewell Granite Co and owned by Charles Porter a wealthy New Yorker who let it for short Jobs A New York man named Spies got large columns and stone for the Tombs The Mosley Job was shipped from the cove above the Falls Isaac Allard of Belfast noticed a stone there and later bought the 7 300 acre College lot for S2800 He sold off stump age and small lots one to John S Ayes who opened a store in 1833 and got stone for a monument in Belfast harbor In 1835 a Bangor party bonded the College lot for S16 500 and sold the lot to Boston parties for S40 000 In 1896 little was done Later three local stone cutters Paul Simpson Nelson Abbott and Smith Warren took the Job for the stone buildings in Ellsworth now opposite the Union Trust Company About 1837 a Mr Sanborn and Russell . . 13 . A . . , . , . . y , . y , . . . . y - , . , . . y . n u u . . . . , . ., . . , V . . , . 7 . . . , n , . , . . . . a . , a . . . . the place where the residence of Hon. B. B. ship granite from. He took a bank building ' L . . . I 7 1 I . , L . . I . . . . . ' x . ., . , . . . . . , , , ' . y - 1 r 1 ' ' . , , . I . . , . , , . . . . 7 7 ' 7 . u , 7 7 7 7 7 7 ' . . . . . U ' ' 7 7 7 D Y . . . . ,