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

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THE HARBOR BEACON roof and a SDHCIOUS hall runmng through from front to rear was sltuated at Sull1van Harbor The Thorn famlly were early settlers ln thls village Joseph I Thorn the first of the family ln Sulhvan was born ln Standlsh Malne He marrled Martha M Stevens of Macadavy N S and came to Sulhvan about 1830 settllng on what IS now the J R White place The chxl dren of Joseph and Martha Thorn were Abljah llved near Sulhvan Falls Hannah marrled Moon of Hancock lived on road be tween Waukeag and Mount Desert Ferry Martha marrled Cl rk reslded ln Franklm Elmlra m rrled Lancaster llved at Sulhvan Harbor Susan marrxed Whlte llV9d at East Sulhvan Thursa marrled Merchant llved ln Hancock Marla married Leighton llved ln Mllbrldge Sarah marrled Merchant llved at East Sulhvan Mary marrled Whlte reslded at Bar Harbor Lucy marrled Whlte reslded East Sullivan CThe C1Vll War Soldlers who so nobly repre sented our village and ln fact thls whole sec tlon of our country J C1861J 13th Infantry James C Chllcott Augustus E Perry Edward Preble Wllllam H Sprmger Corp Joseph Storer Newton C Whlte H8625 11th Infantry James R Ash Peter D Hagan Jos1ahF Stover Freder1ckT Mason 18th Infantry Moses N H Baker Daniel S Bunker Franc1s G Caln Dan1elW1lk1nson 26th Infantry M6IT1ll M Bean Clxfford E Bragdon James E Conners 2nd Lleut Co E James N Demey Joslah A Hanna Alford L Heagan E G Ingalls Capt Co E Abnerl Pettee Nathan W Pettee Glpson Robmson Joseph Robmson George F Slmpson Edward H Smlth George H Sperry Ransom Sperry Stephen Trxpp Watson C E Whlte Glpson H Robertson Co E 28th Infantry J B Johnson Capt Co C H8635 B F Cousms Augustus D Hoyt Otis B Patterson Les1M Read James Yeaton C1864J 6th Battery Clxfford E Braffdon James N Derney Nathamel Mltchell Augustus E Perry John L Perry George H Sperry George G Stover Coast Guards Otls Downlng Sherman DOWHIHQ John B Preble Stephen B Preble Davld A Sperry Stephen Trlpp Watson C E Whlte Glpson H Robertson Co E 13th Infantry Edward Preble 31st Infantry James E Conners Navy Owen F Bumpus George Haven JamesP Loring Phllllp Lynch Joseph Fenton Alexander Seymour 118657 14th Infantry Frank G Ingalls Havey Sldney T Preble Hen1'y J Slmpson Marcus M Urann Navy Joseph Manuel Henry MCGIHIHS W1ll Slple James Ash was wounded at Straw berry Plams July 26 64 R H Blaxsdell enl Franklm Andrew Doran enl Portland Co D 18th Infantry E H Young enl Gouldsboro Co I 2nd Infantry In closlng I w1ll say that I hope thls hlstory of our vlllage Wlll be found lnterestlng to all who may read It It no doubt appears to be an easy matter to get together materlal for a sketch of thls klnd but I assure you lt has taken no llttle effort on my part to be able to present to you thls lnformatlon gathered from many fragmentary but authentlc sources the most complete ever complled Those who wlsh COpl9S of the The Harbor Beacon contalnmg the hlstory of Sulhvan should make apphcatlon at once ln order to secure them I 17 , . . 7 . ' ' . 1 n , n , . n 7. . . , I 7 . . . , ! ! ' . ' '-' 1 C, , J. 'o ' I ' '! . . ' ' 2 7 - . u 0 . 0 . - , . l . , , ' ' 5 , . - ' ' Y ' , I ' r ' 1 Q . '. ' ' ' ' , . a , . . . 5 , , , , , I a' 7 . S y , ' ' J 7 I . ' - . 7 1 , . . . . . , , , , Y 7 Y I I Y 7 I I Y 1 I 1 r 1 ' ' atWest Sullxvang Joseph J ., farmer, resided at Unassxgned Infantry-Amaslah Havey, Ray ' ! ' 7 ' 7 . , . , . - - , . . , . U. , 7 9 ' - , ' , - . , - s , v- - f . , . ., 5 . . ' I I ' I , ' , . , - , . '! I ' ' . . . . - , , . . . . ' 7 7 , . , - . ' . , . , . - . i , . 0 , I ' I ' ' 'S 7 . , . , . . , . . , . . .3 . 7 ' ! 7 , . , . . ' i ' Y I . . Q n Y . . , . u n o , . . W a 0 , I n 0 Q

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THE HA RBOR BEACON Dw1ght Braman There are many summer resldents ev ery season at Sulllvan Harbor how ex er and m other parts of the town There are few spots more beautiful than the Harbor Indeed the entlre shore front of Sulllw an affords cottage sltes CADDITIONAL FACTS OF EARLY SETTLERSJ Lawrence Doyle was one of the early resl derts of Sulllvan He was born m Ireland IH 1798 and came to Mame when a young man He marrled Lormda Abbott of Franklin and took up a clalm ID No 7 settllng rear Tunk Pond F1ve chlldren were born to Mr and Mrs Doyle Mary marrled Asa W hlte of Sulllvan James marrled Mary Welch settled ln Sulllvan but spent many years lr Cahforma John married Carollne Thompson of West Sulllvan went to Cahforma John H marrled marrled Arvllla Wllbur of Franklln went to Callforma as teacher and settled there Law renee Doyle dled m 1838 The Ash famlly were early settlers here The Ash famllles of Sullxvan were connected w1th those of that name ln Gouldsboro Thomas and Robert Ash settled at East Sullivan The latter was a shoemaker Thomas had three sons Joslah Ash trader and harness maker marrled Clarlssa Pettee Ellzabeth Ash mar rled Glbson Howe of Cherryfleld Her slster Charlotte marrled Joseph Wllkmson of Sull1 van and lived for some tlme at Gouldsboro later she was marrled to Ellsha Sargent George Washmgton Ash was born at Sulhvan and spent hls early years ln Rockland He marrled Sarah Roblnson of Appleton returned to Sullxx an and went lnto the meat buslness He had a general store IH East Sulllvan for twenty QZOJ years He dled m 1899 Olne Ash marrled Barney Bunker and lned ln East Sullivan Thomas Ash went to New York 1n hls youth and resxded there actmg as warden m Smg Slng prlson Among the early Hlll famlhes of Sulllwan were Samuel Hlll who marrled MITIHIH dauvh ter of Jabez Snnpson Thelr chlldren were Rebecca S Carolme and Samuel Jr Eroeh Hill marrled Olne daughter of J bez Simpson Thomas Marlam chlldren had one son Enoch H111 Johnson a sea captaln He dled ln Austraha Col Paul Dudley Sargent was a son of Col Epes Sargent of Gloucester Mass hls mother was a daughter of John Wlnthrop F R S her mother was Ann Dudley granddaughter of Gov Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts John Wmthrop F R S was a son of V alt Stlll Vkmthrop of Connectlcut and great grandson of Gov Vhnthrop of Massachusetts Bay the first Governor of the Colonles Col Paul IH 1806 'lhelr chlldren were L res ded ln Sullnan no chlluren rrarrled Capt lsalah VN ooster no OllN6 marrled Joshua Johnson They daughter of Thomas Saunders of Salem a patrlotlc and dlstmguxshed member of the Councll of Massachusetts durmg the dispute wlth the mother country Col Sargent had command of one of the n1neteen reglments whlch constltuted C en Vtashlngton s camp at Cambrldge ln July 17 r5 and at tli'I19S shared wlth the young Marquls de Lafayette the honor of ald de cazrp to the General RPQIHIGIILS IH those days were not up to the regul t on num ber and Col Sargent s Cnot the leastj numbered 192 men to these he supplled shoes and other garments at hls own expense and after serv mg honorably for more than three years retlred from the army having sacrlficed nearly all of hls pm ate fortune IH the cause of the Young Repubhc He was largely lnterested ln shlp pxng IH the East Indxa trade some of whlch were taken by Engllsh prlvateers when nearly ln port whlch so exhausted his resources that he was mduced at the age of forty four to make for hlmself and famlly a home at Sulllvan Whele he lned to the age of 61 fhtx three The old homestead a Luge square house wlth a flat 16 ' 1 -Y . I . Y . . . y O - v y , - ' Y 7 ' 'Y F 7 ' g . A . A . . 7 , 3 , , . , . , . . : ' : . . Y . 1 . ' 'r 1 ' 9 y . A . . , 7 ' I u 3 ' , . . 1 I 1 - , , ' . I I , . . L A . i 1 1 s A 7 'Y l V . , L , Y' 1 1 Y ' ' 'I . . z Y u. ,U Y . , , A I 1 1 1 . ' S r . 1. V . ' ' 'I . .Y 'T ' - ' I 3 7. . 1 1 , . 7 a 1 1 ' I Y , 7 J 'r ' . I Held? Abbott' Sealed m Frankllm Stephen' Dudley Sargent's wife was Lucy Saunders, Y 1 1 Y . 1 ' L' Y ' Y . 1 . ' . . . , . 7 7 . - , , 1 - -I A . v I 1 . . ' . ' 21 i - . , r 1 1 1 1 7 ' 3 I ' 0 3 s 1 I Y 7 . , , - . A . v . 1 l l . . 7 . , . i . . . - ' . 1 . ' . . . ,. . 1 1 F . . . I. 1 . ' . T Q 1 . 7- V . D . .A . . . 7 l , . . . . . . J 2, . 4. - . 1 1 1 1 V ,N I Y I ' I

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THE HARBOR BEACON snaoaacmoscxsaac anocsaacacsneaac aoeaaecs-caaaoacaaneczcsc HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GOULDSBORO BDD5G35D gDDDRH bBQDDBEQQMx ByPSK 17 THE ACT OF INCORPORATION 1789 Commonwealth of Massachusetts In the year of our Lord one thousand sew en hundred and elghty nme an act for Incorporat Ing the Plantatlon of No 3 Gouldsborough so called In the county of Llncoln Into a town by name of Gouldsboro Be It enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentatIves In General Court assembled and by the authorIty of the same that the Plantatlon of Gouldsborough Included w1thIn the boundarIes hereafter de scrlbed begmnmg at Frenchmans Bay at the bound mark between Gouldsborough and Townshlp No 2 and No 7 to Gouldsborough harbor the easterly southerly and westerly by the bay to the bounds begun at Includmg Stave Island Jordan s Island Iron Bound Island Porcupme Islands so called I-Iern Island Wlth the InhabItants thereof be and hereby are Incorporated Into a town by the name of Gouldsboro and the saId IS hereby vested wlth all the powers and pr1vIleges and ImmunItIes Whlch other towns In th1s commonwealth by law do or may en joy and be It further enacted that Alexander Campbell Esq be and he IS hereby empowered to Issue hls warrant dlrected to some prlnclpal Inhabltant of the saId town of Gouldsboro requlrmg hlm to notlfy the Inhabl tants thereof to meet at such tIme and place as he shall thereln appolnt to choose all such oihcers as towns are by law requIred to choose at thelr meetlngs In the month of March or Aprxl annually In the House of Representatlves February 16 1789 ThIs bIll havmg had three sex eral readlngs passed to be enacted WILLIAM HEATH Speaker P T In Senate February 16 1789 Thls b1ll haxmg had two several readmgs passed to be enacted SAMUEL PHILLIPS Presldent Approx ed John Hancock A true Copy John Avery Secretary Attest On February 16 1789 the General Court of saId Commonwealth of Mas achusetts formally orgamzed Townshlp 3 or plantatIon of Goulds boro as a town In the County of Lmcoln fthe county not bearmg General Hancocks name unt1l June 25 17895 whIch took effect May 1 1790 MaIne not becomxng a state unt1l March 15 1820 1789 LINCOLN Ss To MR THOMAS HILL OF GOULDSBOROUGH IN SAID COUNTY YEOMAIN GREETILG In pursuance and agreeable to the foregolng act you are hereby authorlzed and requzred In the name of the Commonwealth of Massa chusetts to notlfy and warn all the freeholders and other Inhabxtants Wlthlh saId Town of Gouldsborouvh quallfied to vote In town affaIrs as the law dIrects that they assemble and meet together at the house of Capt Samuel LIbby In saId town on Thursday the 23rd day Inst Apr1l at 10 o clock In the forenoon then and there to vote and act on the followmg partIculars namely lst To choose a ModeIator to regulate Silld meetmg 2nd To choose a Clerk 3rd To choose a Treasurer 4th To choose all other town officers as the law dIrects 18 ,I E 7 . , I . ' ' 7 . , . . . . , 7 - 1 q - J ' 7 7 : I . D Y I ' .s 1 I Q 1 I ' ' 2 9 z - - - I I 7 ! . . , I 7 7 ' I - 9 I I ' I 7 I I ' Preble Island and Schoodick Island, together , . . . , ,, Y I . Y 3 . 7 ' . ' I 'r ic' . I - , , 9 . . . V A t , c i v - v . . , s , . . I .