deaths_norway_1853-1922

1853
Deaths: Jan. 31, Daniel Knight, a soldier in the Revolution, aged 93; Sept. 29, Franklin Manning, 45; Jonathan B. Smith, 53; Austin Buck, 72; Nov. 24, in Michigan, James Bickford, 84.

1854
Deaths: May 6, Mrs. Nancy Mixer, 72; July 4, Stephen Greenleaf, 75; Aug., Darius Holt, the last of the Rev. soldiers who settled in Norway, aged 89.

1855
Deaths: Feb. 23, Titus O. Brown, 90; Aug. 22, Eben Hobbs, 65.

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1856
The notable death this year was that of Dea. John Horr at nearly 90.

1857
Deaths of old people: Nov. 1, Daniel Town, 70; November 13, Amos Ordway, 83; Dec. 18, Solomon Millett, 88.

1858
Deaths: Jan. 5, Charlotte (Churchill) Barrows, 90; March 26, Esther Bartlett, 83; Oct., Phebe Pratt, 63; Dec. 28, Simon Noble, 61.

1859
Jonathan S. Millett, who was returning home from the gold diggings in California, died on the passage to New York, at the age of 31.

Deaths: Jan. 7, Henry Hayden, 72; Aug. 1, Mrs. Sarah D. (Penley) Crockett, 40; Sept., Lewis Crockett, 64; Dec. 6, Wm. Clark Whitney, 94.

1860
Deaths: Feb. 8, Mercy P. Jordan, 76; [no date given] James M. Buck, 76; March 23, James Flint, 82.

1861
John S. Henley, born in Norway, a grandson of John Henley the pioneer, died at the Relay House, Md., Dec. 8, at the age of 23. He was a soldier in the Norway Co. G, 10th Maine, from Otisfield.
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1862
Deaths: March 10, Simeon Noble, 71; March 19, George W. Verrill, 51.

1863
Deaths: March 9, Isaac Bolster, 66; April 22, John Bird, 88; June 3, Henry Rust, 80; July 15, William Pingree, 75; Dec. 4, Olive Stevens, 91; Dec. 31, James P. Shedd, born in Norway, Co. C, 5th Maine, on quota of Greenwood, 27.

1864
[No deaths listed.]

1865
[No deaths listed.]
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1866
Charles Thompson, who was a brother-in-law of and served in the Union Army with Gen. George L. Beal, died here Oct. 5, at the age of 29.

1867
[No deaths listed.]
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1868
Mrs. Lucinda Judkins died Nov. 28, aged 95.

1869
Deaths: Feb. 28, Maj. Henry W. Millett, postmaster, about 70; Aug. 13, Miss Joanna Pike, 81; Oct. 3, Dr. Willard C. George, 57; Oct. 31, Jeremiah Hobbs, son of Amos Hobbs, the pioneer, at 85.

1870
[No deaths listed.]

1871
Notable deaths this year were those of Horatio G. Cole, Aug. 29, at the age of 69, and Ezra F. Beal, Dec. 19, in his 75th year.

Other deaths were: May 14, Peter Kimball, 78; Aug. 26, John Needham of Bethel, 80; Sept. 27, Joshua Damon, 87.
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1872
George J. Ordway, a former Norway resident, died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 12, at 61. His remains were brought here for burial.

Other deaths: June 16, Solomon Millett, 79; Aug., Widow Lydia (Chase) Barton, in Minneapolis, Minn.; Dec. 1, John Witt, 80.

1873
[No deaths listed.]


1874
[No deaths listed.]


1875
[No deaths listed.]


1876
Wm. E. Goodenow died in Manhattan, Kan., July 19.

1877
An epidemic of diphtheria raged in North Norway in the winter, and there were several fatal cases among the children.

Henry Howe committed suicide in April and Otis Bosworth in May.

George C. Winslow died suddenly Oct. 9th, as did also, Oct. 29th, Mr. Wm. W. Berry, and old gentleman.

Geo. L. Farnum, a promising young attorney and a Civil War soldier, died June 19th.

1878
Mr. Sumner Burnham died from apoplexy, June 19th.

A. Oscar Noyes, one of the most popluar men in town, died Oct. 13th.

1879
Mr. Micah Upton died May 7th, in his 98th year, and Mrs. Sarah G. Hobbs, Nov. 16th, at nearly 90 years of age.
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1880
Wm. W. D. S. Millett, the popular stage driver, died Dec. 19th. He was born in 1812.

Mighill Mason died Nov. 5th, at 60.

1882
Alvah Black, born in December, 1817, who, with Mr. C. E. Holt was practicing law here, died at his home on Paris Hill in January, and Wm. Frost, 3rd President of the National Bank, in April, aged 70.
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1885
Deaths: Silas Shedd, May 2d, the oldest person in town (about 90)—four generations of his descendants attended the funeral; Rodolphus Young, July 16th, 55, Mrs. Aurelia Pierce, Aug. 11, at 68, Israel D. Millett, Aug. 23rd, 60, Mrs. Margery F. (Bray) Brooks, Aug. 31, at 67, Dorothy S. (Reed) Millett at Portland, 79, and on the same day, John S. Shedd at 87.

1887
A sad drowning accident occurred on Moose Pond, Otisfield, Oct. 6. Three Norway young men, John O. Hatch aged 18, Mark Lamrock aged 17, and Charles Judkins about the same age, were fishing for pickerel in a canvas boat; seeing a duck they all rose in the boat and fired at it. This overturned the boat and threw them into the water. Judkins managed to swim ashore, the other two were drowned. Young Hatch was a sergeant in the military company.

Ellison Gary committed suicide at Mrs. Alice Rolfe's, Nov. 2, aged about 40.
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Among the deaths were Thomas G. Brooks, Jan. 18, 74 yrs. 4 mos. and 11 days; in Durham, Jan. 19, Wm. B. Bennett, 76, and his wife, Mary G. Bennett, aged 62; Amos T. Holt, Jan. 2, from injuries received from fall in his barn near Norway Center, 27; William Knight, March 17, nearly 71 (born on Moses Parsons' place, May 9, 1816); Alice S. (Burnham) Fuller; Frank H. Hale, May 27, 52; he was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion; Hiram H. Hathaway, June 3, 64; Mary (Witt) Brown, May 31, 40; Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., the author, at Hyde Park, Mass., July 20, 64; Mrs. Henry Blake, who was living then at Mrs. Edwin A. Morse's near Crockett Ridge, died Oct. 1, at 88; Oct. 29, Ceylon Watson, 61 yrs. 5 mos.; Cyprian Hobbs, Nov. 8, 83; Lizzie Shackley, Nov. 21,
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38; Belle L. Reed, Nov. 28, 34; John Oxnard at Portland, Dec. 11, 92; Walter S. Abbott, Dec. 23, 43; Dr. Calvin E. Evans, Dec. 30, 48.

1888
Deaths: Rev. Dr. John March Mitchell died in Portland, April 18, 68. He was born in Norway, Oct. 2, 1820. In early youth he moved with his family to North Yarmouth, where they formerly lived. He graduated at Bowdoin in 1843, and went South to teach. Entering the ministry, he was ordained as rector of the Episcopal Church society in Montgomery, Ala., and Savannah, Ga. The degree D. D. was conferred upon him by William and Mary College of Virginia. After the war he traveled in Europe with his second wife, Mattie, daughter of Judge Christian of Virginia, and in 1867 settled in Portland. His first wife was Susan E. Cobb of Alabama, daughter of Bishop Cobb, whom he married in 1851. He had one son, Elliott C. Mitchell, by second wife.—Mrs. Lydia Young, mother of Rodolphus Young, died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Jan. 20, at 96.—Mrs. Dorothy S. Parsons at Geneseo, Ill., Jan. 18, 89. She was the widow of Gen. Wm. Parsons.—Melvin Elon Howe, Feb. 15,killed on B. & O. R. R. in West Va., 43; Robert Noyes, March 14, 77; Mrs. Susan Woodbridge, March 16, 97 nearly; she was the daughter of Nathaniel Stevens—the early settler. Her daughter, Rebecca C., died the same day in her 55th year.—The remains of Mrs. Lydia (Prince) Young, second wife of Daniel Young the first hatter in Norway Village, were brought to Norway from St. Johnsbury, Vt., and buried in Rustfield cemetery beside her husband. She had died at the great age of 95. He had died in 1846; Wm. Young, June 9, 93, the oldest man in town;
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Mrs. Marcellus Whitcomb, July 1, 51; Ella (Haskell) Cummings, July 9, 28; Anthony Bennett, Aug. 13, at Bath, 87; remains interred in Rustfield cemetery; Isaac Hicks, Aug. 19, "aged about 72;" Mrs. Elva Chase, Sept. 6, 76; David R. Holden, Sept. 25, nearly 79; Daniel Bennett, Nov. 10, 73; Mrs. Fanny O. G. Hobbs, Dec. 14, 84; Mrs. Anne L., wife of Morrill N. Packard, Esq., at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 3, "aged 29."

1889
Arthur F. French died at Denver, Colorado, Oct. 11, at the age of 29. He went West about three years before, for his health. He tried Colorado Springs, Colorado, and California, but did not improve. He started for home with his brother, Eugene O., but got no farther than Denver, where he passed away. His remains were brought to Norway for burial. He was one of the finest young men ever born in Norway.

Deaths: Jan. 5, Abner B. Chase, 69; Jan. 15, Nellie May Devine, 16 years 6 mos.; Jan. 16, Mrs. Mary Noble, 86; Jan. 27, Ada V. (Haskell) Smith, 30 years 8 mos.; Jan. 29, Benj. Huntington, 68; Feb. 17, Pleamon Holt, 77; March 16, Miss Mattie F. Brooks, "42 years 4 mos.;" Apr. 3, Samuel L. Crockett, 35 years 5 mos.; Mar. 28, Jacob Herrick, 83; April 6, Seba Gammon, 82 years 2 mos.; same day, Enoch Merrill, 82; Mrs. Frances M., wife of B. C. A. Pingree, Sept. 8, 59; Sept. 13, Mrs. Alice Small, 80 years 3 mos.; Mrs. Lucy Frost, Oct. 3, 88; Adelphia Hawkins, Nov. 23, 76; Mrs. Elbridge G. Gammon, Dec. 2, 46; Mrs. Mary J. Frost, 63 [no date given]; April 4, Mrs. Alanson M. Dunham, 69 years 7 mos.; June 18, James Bennett, 84; June 16, Mrs. Christina Burnham; June 23, Mrs. Charlotte B. McKeen, 81 years 6 mos.; June 22, Mrs. Chloe Stevens, 80; June 21, Mrs. Nancy Frost; July 4, Charles E. Newhall, a soldier of the Civil War in Mass. Batt'y, 52; Rowena Andrews Pike, July 29, 38 years; July 30, Mrs. Sarah H. Lovering, 83 years 8 mos.; Aug. 5, Eugene L. Bennett, 42; Aug. 4, Marcellus Whitcomb, about 50.
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1890
Deaths: Zachariah Weston, Jan. 21, 84 years 9 mos.; Jan. 31, Widow Mary A. Buck, 66; Feb. 10, Mr. Edwin W. Howe, 65; he had been the longest in trade of any one in the village; Feb. 6, Mrs. Lois D. Small, 56 years 7 mos.; Lydia Swift in March, one of the oldest persons in town. In her younger days she had been a school teacher for 25 years. March 23, Dea. Nathan Millett, 89 years 6 mos.; May 26, David F. Flint, 56; June 18, in Boston, Aurelius C. Noble, formerly of Norway, 59; June 28, Mrs. Fanny Millner, about 90; July 10, Charles Walker, about 50; Warren Noyes, a native of Norway, died July 12 at Gorham, N. H., at 70; he had been in the employ of the Grand Trunk R. R. Co. many years; Stephen Seavey, an old time stage driver, died July 30, about 67; July 27, Henry H. Hobbs, a school teacher of former days, about 70; Mrs. Sarah Angell, mother of Rev. Caroline E. Angell, Aug. 3, 82; her remains were taken to Smithville, R. I., for internment; Aug. 8, Mrs. Hannah (Foster) Frost, 77 years 6 mos. (widow of Charles Frost); Sept. 5, Mrs.
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Sarah Bennett, 75; Sept. 30, Jacob F. Holt, 72; November 6 at Kent's Hill, W. D. Earle, formerly of Norway, 64 years 9 mos.; Dec. 5, Edwin A. Morse, one of the most substantial citizens of the town, 71 years; Dec. 16, Mrs. Lucretia Buck, 54; Dec. 20, Mrs. Angelia M. Clark, 51 years 5 mos.; Dec. 26, at New Haven, Conn., Mrs. Elliott Smith, 85; her remains were brought to Norway for burial.

1891
Deaths: Jan. 2, Mrs. Uriah H. Upton, 67; Henry D. Twombly, Jan. 1, 77 years 9 mos.; Jan. 15, Mrs. Mary K. Frost; Jan. 30, Merrill J. Rowe, 71 years 4 mos.; March 7, Mrs. L. B. Weeks, 59; March 9, Newall A. Trafton, 47; Hon. Charles P. Kimball, at New York, 66; March 27, Mr. Simon Stevens, 92 years 7 mos.; March 28, Lizzie N. Stevens, 65 years 7 mos.; April 7, Mrs. Bethany Hayes at Cambridgeport, Mass., 79; at Portland, Oregon, March 30, N. P. Hall; April 22, Jacob Parsons, 84; April 26, Mrs. Harriet Richards, 73 years 8 mos.;—April 28 at Manchester, N. H., Isaac W. Merrill, nearly 48; April 15, Nathan A. Foster, 57 years 6 mos.; May 7, Mrs. Chloe Lord, 68 years 3 mos.; June 1, Mrs. William Hall, 75 years; Aug. 11, Mrs. Edward H. Morse, about 69 years; Aug. 23, Wilson Hill, 80 years 5 mos.; Aug. 22, Mrs. James H. Merrill, 82 years 7 mos.; Sept. 7, Mrs. Samuel Hale (Mary B.), 79 years 6 mos.; Sept. 25, Benj. M. Royal, 62; Oct. 19, Mrs. Jerusha Rich, 84; Nov. 21, James H. Merrill, 83 years 87 mos.; Nov. 29, Simeon O. Tracy, 72 years 8 mos.; Dec. 3, Charles C. Sanborn, 59; Dec. 17, Mrs. Roxana B. Pingree, 56; Dec. 26, James C. Bennett, 71 years.

1892
March 2, while chopping wood with his brother, Herbert Rich, for C. B. Cummings & Sons, near the railroad on Alpine street, was fatally hurt by having a tree fall upon him. He lived but a few hours after the accident. He was about 35 years old, and left a wife and two young children.—George Sylvester, while sawing shingles for C. B. Cummings & Co., April 13, got caught in the shafting and was killed. He, too, was about 35 years old and left a wife, two children and a step-daughter.—From Jan. 1 to April 20, there were 27
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deaths in town: 15 males and 12 females; the oldest was 86, and the youngest 4; ten were upwards of 70; four died from old age and twelve from the effects of the grip.

Deaths: Jan. 11, Mrs. America Bisbee, 70; Jan. 19, Mrs. Thomas Austin, 87; same day, Charles Green, 68; Jan. 16, Mrs. Charles Green, aged about 60; Jan. 20, Littleton Holden, 70; Jan. 18, Moses Parsons, about 80; Jan. 19, L. B. Holden, aged 64; Mrs. Mary E. Kneeland, Feb. 2, 68 years 5 mos.; Feb. 4, Simon S. Billings, 55 years 5 mos.; Jan. 30, Lizzie C. Smith, wife of James Smith, 53 years 5 mos.; Feb. 7, Zebulon Rowe, 78; Feb. 25, William Hall, 78 years 7 mos.; Feb. 25, David P. Brooks, about 55; March 17, Mr. Samuel Favor, 76; March 22, widow of John F. Fitz; May 15, Mrs. Sophronia Merrill, 87; June 10 at Gorham, N. H., Enoch L. Knight, formerly of Norway, 77 years 8 mos.; July 21, Capt. Wm. M. Green, 73; Sept. 5, Henry Upton, about 80; Sept. 26, Mrs. Harriet (Rust) Millett, widow of Maj. Henry W. Millett, about 93; Oct. 1, David Frost, about 83 years; Oct. 6, John Hill, 79; Oct. 26, Mrs. Esther H. Reed, about 75; Oct. 27, Mrs. W. S. Pingree, 61; Oct. 24, Perley French, 77; Nov. 26, Mrs. Clarissa Knapp, about 80; Mrs. Mary Favor, Dec. 25, 73.

1893
George E. Blake, aged 14, who was visiting his grandfather, Capt. Jonathan Blake, while hunting with Willie Harriman was accidentally shot in the leg by his companion. He lived about two hours.

Deaths: Jan. 15, Hannah F. Brown of Portland, 81; Feb. 18, Mrs. Jemima Kimball, about 74; March 3, Asa D. True from apoplexy, about 36; Mar. 17, Mrs. Abby R. Bonney, 75; at Waterville College, Frances H., daughter of Henry W. Bearce, 18 years; Mar. 25, Mrs. Sarah Crockett, 75; April 11, Mrs. Eliza Ann Foss, aged about 63; April 13, Mrs. Julia A. Gammon, aged about 67; April 29, Mr. Charles
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Pike, about 66; May 9, Mr. Charles Henry Haskell, 66; May 16, Robert Bangs, 69; June 4, John R. Sanborn, 57 years 6 months, suicide; June 5, Emma C. Thurlow, 63; in Brockton, Mass., June 6, Thomas Poole, 83 years 3 months; July 1, Mrs. Thomas Poole, 77 years 10 months. They were born in Norway but had lived in Massachusetts for 40 years. Mr. Poole built the brick house below Steep Falls, afterwards the Jason F. Rowe place, in which he resided for a time.—July 16, Geo. W. Russell, 62; July, Mrs. Frank Gibson at Tulare, Cal.; Aug. 1, Mrs. Emily Flint, 80; Dr. E. H. Cook, Aug. 26, consumption, 33; Sept. 15, at Colorado Springs, Otis N. Jones, consumption, 20 yrs. 7 mos., a promising young man and a great favorite in Norway; Sept. 18, Richard Hannaford, about 90; Oct. 24, Mrs. Almira Marr, about 73; Oct. 30, Maj. Ansel Towne, 85 yrs. 5 mos.; Nov. 5, Job B. Crooker, about 74; Nov. 11, Mrs. Serena Shackley, about 80; Nov. 17, Sarah Parsons, about 84; Nov. 20, Mrs. Desire York, about 89; Nov. 23, Stephen H. Needham, about 76; Dec. 5, in Portland, Mrs. Eliza Merrill Whitcomb, about 85. Remains were brought to Norway for burial. Dec. 21, Mr. Charles Parsons, about 83; Dec. 24, Harriet W. Sylvester, about 76; same day, John Hobbs, 56.

1894
Deaths, Jan. 8th, Mr. Enoch N. Clement, 62; Jan. 17, Mrs. Arvilla P. French, wife of John A. French, about 80; Jan. 13, Capt. Albert Sanborn, 85 years 7 months; same day, Mrs. Olive Mills, 98 years; Jan. 20, Mary G. Hill, 79; Feb. 5, Helen M. Kilgore, about 60; Feb. 12, Mrs. Harriet P. Brown, widow of Titus O. Brown, about 79; Mar. 16, Benjamin Marston, 72; Mar. 31, James H. Andrews, 67; April 4, Jacob Merrill, 72 years 5 months; April 27, Mrs. Lucia A. Buck, about 72; May 4, Henry M. Bearce, 56; May 15, Mrs. Hannah Burnell, 77 years 5 months; June 6, Lydia G. Hall, 57; June 7, Francis H. Whitman, 70 years 5 months; June 5, Mrs. Olivia G. Hall, about 56; June 25, L. Ellen Frost, 47; July 3, W. H. Meserve, about 59; July 11, Mrs. Jane B. Lovejoy, 63; July 17, Mrs. Sarah E. True, 63 years 3 months; Aug. 21, Hiram Johnson, 65; Sept. 5, Thomas Shedd, 88 years 4
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months; Sept. 13, Mary A. Penley, about 61; Sept. 22, Mrs. Susan J. Brooks, 87 years 4 months; Oct. 15, Mr. Eben J. Pottle, 82.

1895
Oct. 23, Newhall Jackson died at 20. He was a student at college and a very promising and smart young man.

Deaths: Jan. 8, Mrs. Syrena E. Stearns, 56; Jan. 10, Timothy S. Stearns, 53; Jan. 11, Lorenzo D. Hobbs, 79; Jan. 23, Uriah H. Upton, about 82; Feb. 7, Mr. Simeon Drake, about 76; Feb. 8, Mrs. Lydia Noyes, about 81; Feb. 21, Mr. A. P. Burnell, about 77; Mar. 9, Benj. G. Barrows, about 77; Mar. 13, Col. Geo. W. Millett, a native of Norway and a former editor of the Oxford Democrat and Norway Advertiser, at Cambridgeport, Mass., about 82; April 14, Mrs. Eleanor Bennett, about 75; April 19, Daniel Holt, about 88; April 25, Mrs. Maria Libby, about 57; May 1, Stephen Pottle, about 56; June 12, Dorothy Bean, 81; June 28, Mrs. Polly Pike, widow of Seth Pike, about 75; Sept. 1, Iva T. Whitcomb, 53; Sept. 3, Samuel Whidden, about 79; Oct. 28, Mrs. Almeda Bryant, formerly of Biddeford, about 77; Nov. 12, Mrs. Margaret Morse, 71 years 7 months.
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1896
Deaths: Jan. at Winchester, Mass., Dea. Thomas G. Goodwin, formerly of Norway, 85 years 6 months. He was born in Londonderry, Ireland, July 9, 1810, and came to America in 1837, and three years later to Norway where he lived over 50 years in the undertaking and cabinet making business; Jan. 31, Joseph F. Herrick, 66 years 5 months; Feb. 25, Wm. W. Gary, 76; Feb. 28, Tristram Richards, 66; March 18, Jeremiah Hall, about 75; Mrs. Colman F. Lord, 61 years 6 mos. [no date given]; April 11, Lavinia Smith, about 93; same day, Mrs. Eliza Robbins, 84; April 9, Asa T. Dunham, 78; Mrs. Orpha Frost, April 27, at Prairie-du-Sac, Wis., formerly of Norway, 90 years and 5 months; May 6, Oliver Frank Bolster, in Roxbury, Mass., formerly of Norway, about 68; May 16, James P. Dunham, 61; May 18, Thos. H. Richardson, 75 years 5 months; June 19, Mrs. Roxana Ames, about 89; July 17, Mrs. Emily B. Hatch, 85; Aug. 28, in Cambridge, Mass., Charles E. Stevens, a native of Norway, about 89; Sept. 15, Daniel Green, 76; Oct. 7, Sally Pratt, 99 years 7 months; Sept. 24, Mr. Moses O. French, 72; Nov. 22, Daniel K. Hill, 78; Nov. 27, Mr. Luther F. Pike, 92; Gen. Geo. L. Beal, Dec. 11, about 72. He was buried with imposing ceremonies.
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1897
Clifford J. Lawrence, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P. Lawrence, a very bright young fellow, was so badly injured by falling under Justus I. Millett's ice cart, July 7, that he died within two hours after, at age of 9 yrs. 6 mos.

Deaths: Jan. 16, Dr. Geo. P. Jones, stroke of paralysis, 67, b. Westfield, Mass., Jan. 7, 1830; Jan. 22, Dr. O. N. Bradbury, 68 years 3 months; Feb. 5, Mrs. Mabel F. Bradbury, from injury received in a fall, about 38, a most lovable woman; Charles S. Cummings, in Cal. Mar. 1, 35, remains brought home for burial; William Cox, Mar. 12, 88, the oldest man in town; same day, Allen J. Crooker, 74; March 16, Henry N. Judkins, a soldier in the Civil War, about 58; Frank E. Thompson, b. Norway, Dec. 19, 1861, at Cumberland, Md., hospital, March 20; he was a graduate of Dartmouth and prominent in business in Davis, W. Va., his remains were brought to Norway for burial; they repose in a mausoleum in Pine Grove cemetery; March 18, Aaron C. Noble, about 70; March 25, Albert H. Stuart, 64; Mar. 22, America Bisbee, 85 years 5 months; May 31, at North Bennington, Vt., Georgia A., wife of Capt. Wright Bisbee, 52; June 4, Amos A. Grover, about 68; June 8, Mrs. Olive S. Hillier, 63; May 28, Mrs. Susan P. Beal, 92 years 6 months; June 17, Charles H. Hayden, 39; June 19, Mrs. Ephraim H. Brown, 75; July 6, wife of Isaac W. Abbott, about 64; July 30, Mrs. Mary E. Bartlett, about 60; in Poland, Aug. 18, Adna C. Denison, about 82; Oct. 4, Mrs. Esther (Hawkins) Dyer, nearly 70; Elias Sinclair Mason, formerly in the hardware business in Norway, died in Rankin, Ill., Nov. 20, 51, he was born in Bethel, Nov. 21 [no year given]; Mrs. Thomas L. Newcomb, 63 years 5 months; Dec. 1, Mrs. Rosanna (C. E.) Dunn, 59; same day in Otisfield, Geo. F. Andrews, about 65; Dec. 13, at Mechanic Falls, Hiram Lovejoy, 76.
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1898
Frank T. Bartlett, Captain of the Norway Co., died July 3d, after a four day illness at Chickamauga, Ga., about 30.

Deaths: Jan. 2, Mr. Samuel Partridge, 88; he was born in Poland, Oct. 25, 1809; Jan. 3, George Crooker, 76; he was a pensioner of the U. S. for service in the Mexican War, at $72 a month on account of blindness; Elbridge G. Allen, born in Poland, Sept. 5, 1819, who settled in Norway in 1846, died at his home, Jan. 16, past the age of 78; Jan. 12, at Harrison, Mrs. Francis H. Whitman; Feb. 9, Mrs. Nancy J., wife of Rollin Towne, about 68; Feb. 5, at South Paris, Mr. James Deering, 99 years 3 months 3 days; Feb. 25, Mrs. Belinda Thompson Beal, 71; Mar. 22, Mrs. Cora E., widow of Walter S. Abbott, at So. Boston, about 40; March 27, Hattie A., wife of Col. E. F. Smith, 26; April 5, Mrs. Minnie Grace Hurd, about 29; April 3, Mrs. Rosanna Bennett, 56 years 5 months; April 1, Harrison Buck, a Civil War soldier, about 61; Lewis O'Brion, April 9, at Auburn, 67; he was born in Quebec, May 5, 1831; lived in Norway for many years; remains interred in Pine Grove cemetery; April 19, Edward G. Rounds, a Civil War soldier, 66; April 21, Mrs. Emma Bartlett Gurney, 58 years 6 months; April 23, Mrs. Mary A. Frost, 80 years 4 months; April 28, at South Framingham, Mass., Mrs. Emma Denison Collins, 41 years 4 months; at Lewiston, May 7, Mrs. Mary J. Needham, nearly 97; May 28, Joel S. Frost, 82; June 5, Mrs. Sophia Dunham of Hebron, 84; June 8, John B. Carter, 62; June 16, Mrs. Dorcas Partridge, about 79; June 24, Mrs. Sarah S. Hobbs, 75; July 23, William Foss, 66; Aug. 19, Rosanna A. Crockett, about 82; at Church Hill, Md., Aug. 11, Mrs. Lucinda Scott, about 72; Aug. 25, Mrs. Abigail H. Bolster, about 77 years 6 months; Sept. 22, Mrs. Daniel Holt, about 74; in Worcester, Mass., Hannibal H. Houghten, about 72 [no date given]; in Groveton, N. H., Sept. 17, Mrs. Ellen Tabor Danforth, about 58; in Andover, Mass., Sept. 26, Geo. F. Holt, 60; Oct. 16, Moses H. Harriman, about 57; Nov. 5, Mrs. Lizzie Young, 58; Nov. 13, Wm. E. Austin, 28; Nov. 12, Mrs. Cynthia J. Crockett, about 74; Nov. 25, Mr. Robert J. Frost, about 76; at Council Bluffs, Dec. 16, Mr. Josiah Danforth, 71; Dec. 18, Mrs. Chas. H. Adams, about 54; Dec. 19, Elden Brown, about 64; Dec. 30, Geo. P. Rowe, about 61.
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1899
Deaths: Jan. 2, Mercy E. Noble, 53; Jan. 5, Wm. A. Marston, about 79; Jan. 13, Mrs. Ezekiel C. Jackson, 75 years 6 mos.; Jan. 26, Mr. Charles B. Cummings, 64; in Portland, Jan. 18, Mrs. Carrie (Farrar) Ames, 34; Feb. 3, Francis Marion Noble, a Civil War soldier, about 54; same day, Gertrude A. Millett, 19 years 5 mos.; in Bangor, Feb. 18, Mr. D. Webster Beal, aged about 65; same day, Arthur M. Swett, about 42; 18th, Oscar D. Wilbur, about 57; in Boston, Feb. 24, Horatio G. Cole, Jr., 65; in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 25, Napoleon Gray; in Oxford, Feb. 23, Nath'l G. Frost, a Civil War soldier, about 69; March 17, Azel W. Faunce, 67 years 4 mos.; March 28, Mrs. Adaline A. (Webb) Merrill, 68; April 7, Truman Crosby, 79; April 20, Mrs. Adelaide Stone, 83; April 19, J. F. Lovering, about 81; in Boston, April 17, Mrs. Lydia F. (Gurney) Knowles, 73; remains brought to Norway for burial; same day, Mr. Colman F. Lord, 73, born in 1826, on Frost Hill; same day, Frank P. Libby, 46; April 24, John Woodman, aged 84 years 8 mos.; in Rockport, May 5, Mrs. Henry H. Hobbs, about 72; Mr. Ralph S. Freeman, May 14, 81 years 5 mos.; May 16, Mrs. Martha Jane Sanborn, about 64; May 20, Mrs. Henrietta Lamrock, about 69; Mrs. Ivory M. Smith, June 9, about 71; in Lake City, Iowa, June 8, Capt. I. Frank Hobbs, a Civil War veteran, about 58; June 27, Mrs. Isaac H. Lord; Aug. 18, Daniel Holt, 2d, 76 years 4 mos.; Aug. 9, Judge Seward S. Stearns, 43; Sept. 7, Mrs. Joel S. Frost; Sept. 22, Mrs. Izah B. P. Tenney, 80; in Framingham, Mass., Sept. 25, Eshburn Towne, 73; Oct. 11, David Burney, about 76; Cyrus S. Tucker, Oct. 31, 58; Nov. 20, Mrs. Sarah Delphina (Parsons) Hawkins, 73; in Spring Grove, Ind., Charles C. Crockett, Dec. 18, about 63; Dec. 21, Mrs. Nellie A. Jewett, about 47; at Mechanic Falls, Dec. 24, Adna S. Needham, 48.
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1900
Deaths: Jan. 5, Mrs. Eliza A. Starbird, about 75; Jan. 8, Mrs. Matilda (Buck) Watson, about 70; Jan. 9, in Waterville, Levi T. Boothby, 82; Jan. 17, Henry H. Crockett, 46; in Portland, Jan. 24, Judge Charles W. Walton, 80; Jan. 23, Samuel Mains, 87; Feb. 27 in Colebrook, N. H., Miss Emerline P. Lord, about 79; Feb. in Boston, Chas. G. Holt, aged 74; March 3, on town farm, Mina Bodwell, aged 68; she had lived there longer than any other inmate—63 years; March 7, in Malden, Mass., Hiram W. Deering, nearly 87; Mar. 18, Mrs. Eliz. S. (Millett) Cox, 80 years 6 mos.; Mar. 23, Dea. Nathan W. Millett, 65; in Fairfield, March 19, Mrs. Harriet A. Lovejoy, 80; March 23, in Limington, Mrs. Louise (Richardson) Robertson, aged 60; March 25, in Milford, Mass., Mrs. Rosilla C. (Tucker) Morgan, about 72; April 4, Joseph H. Long, a Civil War soldier, 68; in Otisfield, Joseph Holden, "the astronomer," March 30, about 84; March 28, Mrs. Cyprian G. Hobbs, about 80; April 13, Edward H. Morse, about 82; April 21, John L. Horne, 75
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years 4 mos.; April 20, Mrs. John N. Baker, 66; July 7, Edward E. Millett, about 38; in West Paris, July 8, Benjamin Bacon, about 95; July 16, in Lebanon, Mrs. Alpheus E. Durgin, 69; July 19, Mrs. Cyrus Woodsum, about 75; in Hyde Park, Mass., July 12, Mrs. Mary J., widow of Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., 77; in Portland, Aug. 8, Rev. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, former resident for many years of Constantinople, Turkey, about 90; in Aurora, Ill., Aug. 1, Jonathan M. Holt, about 74; in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 4, Wm. Tucker, 64.

In Newton Highlands, Mass., Aug. 31, Prof. Geo. F. Leonard, former principal of the Norway Liberal Institute, 68; Sept. 10, Charles Tubbs, 88; Sept. 20, Mrs. Josiah Dutton; Sept. 14, in Falmouth, Mrs. Narcissa Bennett, 84; Sept. 22, Mrs. Eben Pottle, 82; at Rumford, Sept. 28, Maj. W. K. Bickford, a Civil War soldier, 64; at Ridlonville, Sept. 23, Amos K. Towne, 56; Oct. 15, David C. Jordan, 23; Oct. 6, at Caton, Mich., Rev. Osgood E. Fuller, 65, born in Norway; Oct. 21, Thos. D. Knightly, about 71; Oct. 19, at Mechanic Falls, Mrs. Martha J. Gilkey, 71; Nov. 4, in San Francisco, Cal., Mrs. Geo. E. Gibson, aged about 66; Nov. 2, in Arlington, Mass., Jacob F. Hobbs, 78 years 2 mos.; Dec. 6, in Boston, Joel T. Crooker, about 66; Nov. 30, in Colebrook, N. H., Mrs. Elsie Merrow, about 83; Dec. 28, in Somerville, Mass., Mrs. Ruth (Damon), widow of Dr. Willard C. George, 86; Dec. 31, Simon Stevens, 2d, about 83; Dec. 21, in Church Hill, Md., Charles A. Scott, about 80.

    1901
    Deaths: Feb. 1, David S. Andrews 65; Feb. 21, Mrs. James C. Bennett 85; Mar. 1, James Packard about 80; Mar. 7, Mrs. Enoch Morrill about 87; Feb., in Colorado, Mrs. Benj. Tee about 70; Jan. 20, Eliza Ann Parsons 73; Jan. 28, Wm. S. Pingree 70, and Thomas J. Hobbs 71; Mar. 18, in San Francisco, Cal., Mr. George E. Gibson 73; Mar. 9, Mrs. Edmund Frost 74; April 1, Albert Coffin 68; Apr. 2, George Austin 65; Apr. 5, in New York, Luther P. Tucker 69; Apr. 27, Ai J. Rowe, former postmaster, 48; May 3, David Sanborn 84; May 5, Mrs. Hannah Judkins 85, and Mrs. Elmira Merrill 68; May 17, Mr. Wm. H. Warren 71; May 29, Mrs. Hannah Tubbs 91; June 2, Mrs. Olivia Jones 72; June 5, Mrs. Ann C. Dudley about 83; June 4, John C. Saunders 59; June 13, Wm. C. Jordan 82; June 18, Mrs. Sarah (Crockett) Freeman 80; June 25, Mrs. Hannah (Richardson) Harris 69; July 16, Sam'l P. Frost 86; Sept. 4, in Rochester, N.H., Charles W. Howe about 50; Oct. 10, Dimon Hamilton about 59; Oct. 14, J. Frank Bradbury 63; Oct. 13, Mrs. Sam'l J. Frost about 70; Nov. 2, in Boston, Rev. J. C. Snow 68; Nov. 19, Azel Bumpus 81; Nov. 24, Oliver Shackley 64; Nov. 26, Mrs. Lottie E. Austin about 65; Dec. 2, Mrs. Martha A. Long about 69.
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    1902
    Deaths: Jan. 5, in Augusta, Susan E. Gilkey 68; Jan. 6, Mrs. E. Augusta (Noyes) Millett 58; Jan. 18, John Henry Millett 76; Jan. 20, at Church Hill, Md., B. Frank Morse, a native of Norway 72; Jan. 26, Sarah E. (Brown) Hazen 56; Jan. 30, Emeline A. Millett 70; Feb. 7, in Newton Falls, Mass., Wm. D. Merrill of the 17th Me., 76; Feb. 14 in Genesseo, Ill., Martha A. Parsons 79; Mar. 24, James H. Jordan 74; Mar. 29, Myra P. (Hall) Noble 52; April 10, Edmund Ames 78; Apr. 15, Silas H. Wetherbee 65; Apr. 28, Joseph A. Snow 79; May 26 in Turner, Mrs. Rufus A. Prince 70; May 25, Belle Dutton 38; June 3 in Otisfield, John A. Bolster 79; June 25, Mrs. Harriet Frost 74; July 4, Mrs. Winthrop Stevens 82; July 7 in Concord, Mass., Mrs. Eben C. Andrews 81; July 18 in Essex, Vt., Henrietta C. Barton 70; July 28, John H. Witt 73; Aug. 6, Isaac F. Whitcomb 62; Aug. 23, Capt. Jonathan Blake 85; Oct. 5, Dea. Wm. S. Pratt 70; Oct. 1 in Alexandria, Va., Willard Buck 73; Oct. 16, Mrs. Jennette (Thomes) Gardner, a most estimable lady, 68; Dec. 3, John N. Baker 75.

    1903
    Deaths: Jan. 7, Mrs. Lucinda E. Foss 75, and Henry A. M. Bradbury 72; Jan. 25 in Dorchester, Mass., Francis S. Parsons 66; Jan. 17 at Soldiers' Home, Togus, Isaiah V. Penley 76; Jan. 29 in Haverhill, Mass., Mrs. Lizzie S. Warren 58, and in Allston, Mass., Cyrus Cobb 69; Feb. 11, Annette (Stetson) Crockett 60; Feb. 10, Ezekiel C. Jackson about 82; Mar. 9, in Westerville, Neb., Horace A. Burnham 50; Mar. 11, in Idaho Falls, Ia., A. J. Buck 67; Apr. 11 in Stoneham, James L. Parker 72; Apr. 18, Joseph H. Kimball 80; Apr. 19, John A. French about 86; Apr. 20, Chas. G. Mason 45; May 4, Sarah Lord 88; May 9, Mary F. Davis 66; May 30, Mary F. (Haskell) Danforth; June 8, Mary Francis Jordan 67; June 11, Ephraim H. Brown about 85; July 16, Viana (Perham) Churchill 71; Aug. 16, Lewis B. Swett 72; Aug. 28, Albert F. Andrews 67; Sept. 14, Mary
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    A. Briggs 66; Jane (Frost) Gammon 86; Sept. 27, Sarah H. Morse 51; Sept. 30, Mary P. Cullinan, native of Ireland, 64; Oct. 10, James Smith 66; Oct. 10 in Creighton, Neb., Benj. G. Holt about 77; Nov. 4 in Newtonville, Mass., Mary (Tucker) Howe 86; Nov. 7 in Medford, Mass., wid. Willard H. Woodbury 69; Dec. 6, Ira Moulton 70; Dec. 11, Martha A. Owen about 69; Dec. 12, Lewiston, Mrs. Hannah Long 69; Dec. 22, Ansel Dinsmore 88.

    1904
    L. Edwin Judkins was drowned near the Crockett bridge, July 28, under circumstances which might indicate foul play, but the coroner's inquest reported it to have been accidental drowning.

    Deaths: Jan. 12, Brunswick, Jed. Woodbury 64; 28, Portland, Fitzroy Bennett 58; Feb. 5, John King 83; 10, Frank E. Williams 55; 13, Sarah A. Marston about 78; 18, John Needham 76; Mar. 2, Capt. Amos F. Noyes 91; 22, Franklin, Mass., Dr. Jeff C. Gallison 62; 28, Mr. Osgood N. Perry 77; 27, Newton, Mass., Geo. F. Evans 61; Mar. 8, Abigail Rowe 85; 12, John G. Stone 55; 22, Lewiston, Miss Bessie Horne, a most popular and lovable young lady, 21; Apr. 8, Mrs. Frances E. Cummings 68; May 30, Mrs. Charlotte Grant 66; June 19, Lewiston hospital, Mrs. Petronelle Lafairere 44, and at Conway, N.H., Frank Crockett about 75; July 20, Whitney Buck 63; Owatana, Minn., Hon. Mark H. Dunnell about 80; Sept. 3, Samuel Foster 95 yrs. 7 mos., the oldest person in town; 22, Abba D. (Hill) Howe 82; Oct. 15, Bradbury C. A. Pingree 86; 30, Hannah P. Noble 71; Nov. 7, Cyrus M. Buck about 80; Peaks Island, Sam'l H. Howe 55; Prof. Wm. E. Frost, Westford, Mass., 64; Dec. 19, Newtonville, Chas. J. Snow 33; 29, Mrs. Hannah Stuart 66.

    1905
    Deaths: Jan. 3, Daniel Mackay 67; 4, Samuel Fessenden Stearns 73; 18, Louisa D. (Sawyer) Sanborn 91 nearly; 27, Cheri L. Paragard about 66; 31, Leroy L. Merriam 56; Feb. 12, Alfred Shattuck 83; 27, Hon. Joseph F. Stearns 63; Mar. 14, Mrs. Azel K. Bumpus 80; 12, Hezekiah Pingree 76; Apr. 9, Capt. Jonathan Whitehouse 92; Mar. 16, Utica, N. Y., Rev. W. W. Hooper 52; May 1, Lyman Durrell 77; 21, Mrs. Stephen L. Etheridge 62; 29, at Brunswick, Ernest W. Drake 35; Aug. 16 at Seattle, Washington, Mrs. Sabrina E. (Bradbury) Shedd 83; Sept. 2, John Wyman 67; 3, Wm. W. Fiske 95, the oldest person in town, and at
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    Togus, John W. Foley 71; Aug. 23, in Dedham, Mass., Chas. C. Sanderson; Oct. 12, David W. Frost 80; Nov., Nancy Marshall 83; 19, Jane E. Kimball 78; Dec. 7, Woodstock, Chas. O. Goodwin; Dec. 18, Fred H. Holmes 70.

    1906
    Deaths: Jan. 9, Mrs. Lydia Winslow about 79; 11, Casco, Joseph W. Parker 86 nearly; 29, Rev. Jabez E. Budden 73, a native of England; Sanford H. Walcott 67; Feb. 1, Auburn, Hosea H. Huntress 82; 10, Hanover, Mass., Mrs. Kate (Hobbs) Millett 37, interment in Norway; 22, Yarmouth, Abby L. (Ham) Horne; 28, Calais, Gen. Benj. B. Murray 78; Mar. 9, Lynn, Mass., John A. Keene 83; 17, Lynn, Ivers L. Witherell 85; 26, Miranda T. Sawyer 79; Apr. 5, Cornish, Norman Buck 41; 19, Mrs. Sarah E. Morse 70; 25, Lavinia Robbins 81; May 5, Mark Lucas 84; 6, Lucy E. Hall 77; 17, Henry Russell 83; June 9, Frank F. Stevens 76, and Sarah A. Holt 90; July 11, Geo. W. Stone 86; 16, Austin, Minn., Hannah B. (Crockett) Noble 87; Sarah G. Brown 84; Aug. 9, Clinton Mills 63; 4, Leominster, Mass., David F. Noyes 89; Sept. 19, Dr. Servilla A. Bennett 77; 19, Bethel, David Gorham 75; 25, Portland, Mrs. E. Ellen Clark 71; Nov. 14, Rollin Towne 76; 28, Lawrence, Mass., Victoria A. Whitmarsh 69.
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    1907
    Deaths: Jan. 10, Chas. S. Carter 50; 17, Orin Tubbs 85; 29, Joe Holt 69; Feb. 7, Eveline Bartlett 82; Mar. 3, Jere D. Cragin 65; 13, in Phila., Pa., Wm. H. Whitcomb 67; 27, Boston, John A. Ordway 81; Apr. 1, Malden, John F. Devine 61; 16, John M. Cummings 66; 12, Brooklyn, N.Y., Donald B. Seitz, an only son, 8; May 3, Mary Ann (Irish) Rice 83; 5, Clara O. Foster 62; 15, Mrs. Alvin Brown 52; 18, Arthur L. Hutchins 26, drowned; 23, Josiah Stone 75; June 10, wife of Chas. S. Penley 64; 12, Keziah (Hill) Noble 94; B. Chaffin 78; July 10, Buckfield, Hosea Bonney 70; 11, Red Creek, N.Y., Philo S. Cherry 77; 25, Calvin Richardson 82; Aug., Jamaica Plain, Mass., Addie E. (French) Pierson 55; 24, Mrs. Sarah Crosby 79; 26, Mrs. Abigail Stone 75; Sept. 2, Providence, R.I., Angie F. (Shackley) Carpenter 56; Mrs. Joshua C. Yeaton 75; Oct. 2, Benj. Bacon 73; Nov. 3, Portland, Caleb C. Buck 74, Edwin Thompson 65, and Leonard A. Carter 76; Nov. 1, Rebecca Whidden 82; 11, in Lincoln, Neb., Daniel H. Young 74; Nov. 7, Swampscott, Mass., Geo. T. Crockett 40; 16, Arthur W. Frost 57; Dec. 2, Minneapolis, Minn., Ada A. Noble 60; 13, Rachel (Porter) Witt 83; 18, Kennebunk, Chas. C. Tebbetts 56; 22, Mrs. Calvin Shedd 80.

    1908
    Deaths: Jan. 25, 1908, Dr. Augustus N. French 63; Feb. 2, Sebastian S. Smith 89; 13, Martin Lovejoy 79; Dorcas C. Barrows 77; 3, Wm. H. Hillier 75; 8, Theodore L. Webb 49, Mrs. Calista Richardson 74; 13, George E. Horr 68; Mar. 3, Geneseo, Ill., Octavia J. Parsons 77; 5, Harriet (Millett) Jackson 77; 6, Harriet Swett 78; 14, Mrs. Mary A. Gary 88; 25, Mark Pride 39; Apr. 11, Lucy J. Carter 78; Sophia M. Jones 88; 17, Miss Carrie Fiske 77; April 27, John F. Rice 83; 24, Albinus Bicknell 75; May 7, Elizabeth S. (Crockett) Blake 87, oldest woman in town; Apr. 29, at Baltimore, Md., Amos Packard abt. 80; May 2, Mrs. Eunice A. French abt. 70; 11, Wm. C. Cole 61; 8, Ethelyn A. (Cummings) Herrick 28, 8 mos. 6 ds.; 10, Betsey (Faunce) Greenleaf 81 yrs. 5 mos.; 18, Orin Kimball abt. 80; May 20, Stewartstown, N.H., Horace P. Churchill 71; June 28, Dorchester, Mass., Mrs. Cynthia H. (Crooker) Richmond
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    76, interred in Pine Grove Cem.; Portland, Mrs. Cynthia Burnham, wid. Sumner Burnham 98 yrs. 4 mos., buried in Pine Grove; July 14, Elva A. (Caldwell) Cummings; Sept. 21, Sarah (Partridge) Cummings 69; 24, Mary A. (Merrill) Frost 68; Oct. 16, Caroline Davis 80; 26, Lewiston, Frank E. Tower 46, Amanda (Frost) Hobbs 77; Nov. 9, Chas. D. Noble 66; 18, Fred L. Young 80; 27, Mark Wetzler 75; Nov. 15, Otisfield, David L. Holden 65; Dec. 20, Ellen (Churchill) Gerry 70 nearly.

    1909
    Deaths: Jan. 4, Dea. Osgood Perry 83; 13, Phebe E. (Green) Russell 80 nearly; Feb. 4, Albany, Elvira (Judkins) Cummings 66; Mar. 5, Fishkill, N.Y., Edward J. Flood 61; Mar. 11, Isaac Newell Small 79; 19, Sarah H. Witt 55; 19, Lewis Lovejoy 85 nearly; 26, Wm. P. French 83 nearly; May 20, Brackett W. Marston 69; July 15, Mrs. Mehitable H. Damon 80; 24, Jamaica, N.Y., wid. Merrill J. Rowe 88; Aug. 20, at East Hebron, Josiah Jordan Fuller, 84, suicide; Sept. 6, Hannah E. (Gammon) Hill 55; Sept. 22, George E. Tubbs, treas. Savings Bank, 58; Sept. 20, in Saco, Dr. Clifford L. Pike 50; 9, So. Framingham, Mass., Orlando C. Houghton 78; 24, Mrs. Selden C. Foster 40; Oct. 7, Mrs. Priscilla Foster 74; 8, Mrs. Charlotte Frost 91; Nov. 28, Bolster's Mills, J. Colby Frost 75; 26, Mrs. Marcia B. Charles 87; 27, at Gardiner, Mrs. James L. Partridge abt. 89; Dec. 20, at Topsham, Frank C. Whitehouse 64; 17, Thomas A. Sawin 74; 26, Boston, Susan D. Crockett 67; 25, Columbus Richardson 75.
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    1910
    Deaths: Jan. in Brookline, Mass., Claudius A. Noyes 90; 2, Bryant Pond, Andrew Hill 80; 17, Portland, Mrs. Thos. Smiley 53; Feb. 3, Frank R. Taylor 67; 5, Rev. Bates S. Rideout 56; Jan. 31, Mrs. Winfield S. Cordwell 71; Feb., So. Paris, Edwin Morgan 67; 10, Wallace D. Cole 70; Feb. 13, Hon. Herrick C. Davis in his 85th year; Feb. 9, Lucy M. (Felt) Davis 80; 18, Portland, Dr. Marcus F. Brooks 63; 18, Sarah M. Cole 61; 27, Geo. W. Locke 71; Mar. 8, Lewiston, Tim Smith 76 yrs. 4 mos. For many years hostler and all round man at the Elm House.—20, Chas. F. Greenleaf; Apr. 17, Maria Pottle 72; May 19, Cambridge, Mass., Arthur E. Denison 62; June 5, Abby (Cox) Bosworth 68; 10, Harriet (Upton) Stevens 91; 15, Susan E. Libby 81; 22, Harlan S. Flint 66; 28, Alonzo B. Brickett 60; 28, in Buckfield, James B. Chaffin 66; July 2, Lavinia (Dunn) French 69; July, Swansea, N.H., Langdon W. Moore, Norway Savings Bank robber; he had quietly lived there about four years; 8, No. Stratford, N.H., Drusilla (Wiley) Danforth 77; she survived her husband 20 years; Aug., Orville W. Collins at So. Framingham, Mass., 55; left widow and two daughters by first marriage; Sept. 9, Allston, Mass., Chas. E. Freeman 52; 16, Soldier's Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., Gardner B. Boynton of Lynn; Sept. 23, Albert C. McCrellis 65; 28, Mrs. Angelia (Tucker) Favor 71; 24, at Los Gatos, Cal., Benj. H. Noble 77; Oct. 20, at Maine General Hospital, Amasa B. Robbins 68; Oct. 7, at Cliftondale, Mass., Gertrude (Hathaway) Briggs 50; Nov. 1, Lavinia B. (Ames) Holt 69; 26, Stephen H. Cummings 78; Dec. 9, Stephen Merrill 86; 17, Mrs. Walter E. Foss 48; Dec. 13, at Togus, Darius F. Pike.

    1911
    Deaths: Jan. 27, George Merrill 78; 27, Hudson, Mass., Barbara E. Buswell 85, interment in Norway; Feb. 19, Joseph A. Bradley 81; 22, Farmington, Albert H. Williamson 56; 18, Chas. F. Whitney 63; 25, Mrs. Harriet Damon 86; 25, Asenath (Hutchinson) O'Brien 78, interment in Pine Grove; Mar. 5, Ansel H. Cushman 81; 4, Mary T. Needham 85; 9, Chas. E. Holt 76; 18, Elizabeth B. Tubbs 73; 19, Cyrus Woodsum 85; 9, in Los Gatos, Cal., Caroline (Shedd) Noble 77; 21, Mary (Marston) Hall 85; 25, in Brookline, Mass., Rowena (Cox) Noyes 86; Apr. 6, Hezekiah P. Stetson 74; in Poland, Chas. S. Everett 80, the last of 11 brothers, all born in Norway; his brother David died 11 days before; 20, on the town farm, David Holt 60; 24, Weston Frost 75; Apr. 9, Emily (Parsons) Sprinz
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    69; Apr., in Hyde Park, Mass., Ella Waite Cobb 59; 28, in Lincoln, Neb., Henry Robie 73; May 1, Mrs. Callie (Burnham) Robie 72; 8, Auburn, Mrs. Florence Andrews 47; May, at Center Meredith, N.H., Mrs. Dorcas A. (Brown) Sanborn 85; May 23, Mrs. Christine Stephens 64; 16, Bethel, Mary (Kimball) Gorham 80; 30 in Oshkosh, Wis., Joseph H. Porter 89; June 2, Peter B. Buck, holder of Boston Post cane; June 1, Arthur E. Norseworthy 49; 10, Leon Merle Watson, drowned, 17; 8, Mrs. Mary A. Whitney 88; 15, Marlboro, Mass., Jonathan S. Herrick 66; 25, Clara (Tuttle) Downing 53; 21, Nancy C. Gary 86; July 8, Milton H. Merriam 71; Aug. 14, New York, Rev. Wm. C. Stiles 60; Aug. 10, Frank M. Ross 68; 11, Diantha L. (Frost) Haskell 81; Sept. 3, Sarah P. Newhall 72; Oct. 5, Waterville, Sewell W. Pratt 79; 18, Lydia T. Fogg 83; Nov. 16, Fannie E. (Clark) Leavitt 52; Dec. 9, Clara H. (Dunham) Hathaway 73; 11, Horace Pike 63; 12, Roscoe Bradbury 68; 23, Susan A. Bonney 78.

    1912
    Deaths: Jan. 9, Dr. Annette Bennett 53; 24, Mrs. Rebecca W. Knight 67; 29, in Lincoln, Neb., Sumner W. Burnham 67; he was 2nd Lieut. in Co. C 17th Me. from Norway; he had served in both house and senate in the Nebraska legislature; Mar. 9, Freeland Howe 78, result of falling on the ice and breaking hip bones. He had been in the insurance business (coming here from Sumner) for 59 years; 9, Adam Kinsley 76; 10, Cordelia (Watson) Grover 83; 28, Fernald Y. Sawyer 71; 22, Medford, Mass., Chas. E. Dunn 74; 19, Mrs. Otto Schnuer 63; Apr. 19, James K. French 67; 28, Sarah (Shackley) Bartlett 69; May 8, Geo. A. Cole 69; 29, Portland, Eben Marston 86; June 12, Ella A. (Bennett) Noyes 56; 8, Portland, Dr. Warren R. Evans 76; 16, Orin Brown 65; July 3, Chas. W. Dinsmore, a Civil War soldier, 73; 2, Somerville, Mass., wid. Geo. W. Millett 78; 7, Isannah J. Judkins 72; 9, Sylvia M. Bennett, following a surgical operation; 16, wid. Emeline (Stevens) French 79; 27, Abijah A. Reed 86, suicide; Aug. 8, wid. J. E. Budden 85; Sept. 20, Salem, Mass. Hospital, Wm. W. Twombly 67; Nov. 20, Lilla Maud (Meserve) Favor 42; Dec. 19, W. Scott Partridge 65; 21, Gerald Thompson 22, drowned while skating on the lake; Dec. 25, in Portland, Frank E. Bell 54; 20, Jonathan Starbird 76.
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    1913
    Deaths: Jan. 2, Mrs. Sarah J. Stiles 69; 12, Miriam (Bisbee) Libby 81; do, Aaron Page 72; 17, in Augusta, Henry C. Bradford 80; Jan. 19, Mrs. Hannah H. Jordan 71; 29, Louisa (Dudley) Allen 88; Feb. 25, Auburn, Lee M. Watson 40, suicide; 22, So. Portland, Rev. C. A. Brooks 58; 28, Adelaide (Wilson) Sanborn 62; 27, Wid. Hannah E. Stearns 76; 24, E. Otisfield, Thos. J. Everett 72; Mar. 11, Ellen (Scribner) Bradbury 81 nearly; 13, Warren E. Bartlett 50; Apr. 6, Oxford, Henry Freeman 51; 17, Enoch P. Bartlett 88; 19, Salome (Durgin) Walker 90; 27, in Boston, Mrs. Kate (Frost) Jones 69; May 10, Catharine (Foster) Andrews 71; 17, Clara E. Hamlin 74; 24, Eugene W. Bartlett 52; June 10, Sophia H. Davis 83; June 24, in Lynn, Mass., Lewis P. Bartlett 62;28, Wid. Addie M. Rowe 59; 30, Chas. C. Hill 80; July 28, Wid. Mary L. Howe 77; Aug. 12, Jerusha M. Abbott 81; Aug. 5, Martha A. Cordwell 80; 20, Morrill M. Fuller 71; 22, in Augusta, Anna V. Bennett 61; 19, in Montreal, John W. Swan 54; Sept. 4, in Taunton, Mass., Alonzo Palmer 77; 12, Auburn, Chas. F. Bartlett 40; 22, in Lynn, Mass., Allen F. Bartlett abt. 56; Sept. 19, Cent. Me. Hospital, Sampson Scribner 69; Oct., Me. Gen'l Hospital, Charles E. Brown 65; Nov. 1, Cent. Me. Hospital, Herbert F. Richardson 62; Dec. 20, do., Merritt Frost 56; Dec. 4, Frank S. Gammon 76; Dec. 15, Haverhill, Mass., Abner B. Chase 84; Dec. 25, Ellen (Hobbs) Crockett 76; 27, in Boston, Mary Emeline Reed 78; Dec. 29, Mrs. Melissa Libby 94.

    1914
    Deaths: Jan. 3, Mrs. Chas. E. Gilbert, a French native of Canada 69; 8, in Portland, L. M. Longley, sen., 87; 22, Mrs. Margaret
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    A. Libby, 78, many years president of the ladies' Browning Club; 24, in P.Q., Canada, Anthony Lafariere 70, interment in Rustfield; Feb. 16, Mrs. Sarah E. Packard 79; 19, Agnes J. Kelly 61; 20, Solomon H. Millett 69; 27, Jackson Clark 81; Mar. 5, Geo. I. Cummings 45, fatal accident; 15, Daniel S. Davis at town farm, 83; Apr. 18, Levi Thompson 74; May 2, Chas. L. Hathaway 74; 7, Mrs. J. L. Partridge 71; 24, at Fryeburg, Anna (Chase) Noyes 72; 26, Wid. Vesta (Briggs) Frost 80; 31, Cambridge, Mass., Wid. Sarah E. Hill 86; July 9, Wid. Betsey Jane (Chandler) Bacon 76; 25, Benj. McAllister 20, drowned; 25, Alma (Greenleaf) Bailey 59; Aug. 5, Lydia A. Fuller 77; Sept. 5, Mrs. Maria M. Ryerson 72; 25, Mrs. Harriet M. Hosmer 79; Oct. 3, Wrentham, Mass., Laura J. Reed 77; 13, Horace C. Oxnard 74; 9, Cynthia A. (Perham) Lapham 75; Nov. 8, Woodfords, Maj. Henry R. Millett 79, interment in Pine Grove; Nov., St. Albans, S. H. Goodwin 65; 24, Brookline, Mass., David W. Noyes 67; 14, in Charlotte, N.Y., Rev. Samuel G. Davis 68; Dec. 9, Clara (Bacon) Hosmer 52; Dec. 10, Dr. Frank N. Barker 60.

    1915
    Deaths: Jan. 5, Yarmouth, Mrs. Helen H. Austin 49; 22, Amos Barker 85; 25, Portland, Ellen T. Wetzler 73; 21, Sam'l H. Legrow 75; 19, Viola E. Swan 78; 27, Capt. Wm. C. Brooks 88; 24, Wid. Lydia A. (Parsons) Titcomb 65; 29, Esther R. Whitehouse 70; Jan., Marietta, Ga., Warren E. Crockett, a "Rough Rider" b. in Norway, 58; Mar. 2, Cassie Smith 67; 13, Lynn, Mass., David Young 80; 10, Silas W. Rowe 74; 20, Agnes (Tucker) Brown 40; 18, in Bath, Geo. W. Hunt 70; Apr. 4, Caroline A. Wetherbee 77; 12, Hon. Alfred S. Kimball 72; Apr. 17, James L. Partridge 77, and Diana (Briggs) Starbird 79; 24, in Brewster, Mass., Rev. Edward S. Cotton 60; May 4, Mrs. Ava Y. Bradbury 53; Apr. 30, Susan (Pike) Kelley 82; May 10, Seba H. Gammon 74; 27, Miss Mary F. Hooper 24 yrs. 7 mos.; June 4, Chester W. Horne 65; July 16, Wm. J. Lewis 70, suicide; 20, Geo. W. Wood 53, suicide; 16, Merritt F. Damon 85; 20, in Waltham, Ella (Sanderson) Chase 64; Aug. 5, Albion Buck 91; Aug., in Manitou Springs, Colo., Wm. B. Tee 86; 18, Rochester, N.Y., Chas. F. Partridge 57; Sept. 1, Ephraim F. Wood 85; 26, at Mechanic Falls, Laurestine L. Denison 90, interment in Pine Grove; 25, Sewell Austin 73; Oct. 4, Wilbur W. Pride 75; 9, Susan R. (Marston) Ryerson 80;
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    Jason F. Rowe 74; 13, Persis R. Bradbury 80; 21, Henry Hodgdon 75; 23, Worcester, Mass., Ralph I. Trask 44; Nov. 11, G. Frank Monroe 73; Dec. 19, Cora (Whitman) Greenleaf 52; Dec. 24, Wid. Harriet (Grover) Foster 70.

    1916
    Frank Young and wife of Auburn and Minnie Chamberlain of Lakeport, N.H., were drowned in the lake near Gibson's Grove, Aug. 23.

    Deaths: Jan., at Amesbury, Mass., Arthur H. Swan 44, interment at Pine Grove; 15, at Stoneham, Hon. Jonathan Bartlett 78; Mar. 2, Silas D. Andrews 78; 14 at New Haven, Conn., Eugenia P., wife of Prof. Sidney I. Smith; Apr. 3, Stephen L. Ethridge 76; June 12, at Boston, Chandler Garland, former jailer at Paris Court House, 65; June 18 at Paris Hill, Mrs. Columbia (Rawson) Parris 102 yrs. 3 mos. 21 ds.; July 20, Wid. Alice N. (Shedd) Frost 87; 28, at Minneapolis, Minn., Elliott C. Allen 73; Aug. 24, Almira (Smith) Foster 78; 29, Dr. Prudent Bedard 63; Aug. 25, Clara Perkins 81; Oct. 3, James Danforth 77; 14, Francis (Barrows)
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    Partridge 65; Oct. 24, Sarah M. (Whitehouse) Pike 74; Geo. H. Russell Bennett 53; 27, Darius S. Sanborn 74; Nov. 2, Irene G. (Plummer) Locke 75; 12, Mary E. Kneeland 74; Dec. 9, Leonard Flint 76; Dec. 15, Capt. Wright Bisbee 83; Dec. 24, Minnie (French) Stone 55.

    1917
    Rev. Caroline E. Angell passed to the higher life at Portland, Mar. 28, at the age of 75.

    Prof. Herbert L. Russell, principal of the Academy at Owego, N.Y., died Apr. 11, aged 52.

    Levi Shedd, a native of Norway, Civil War soldier, sheriff and Co. Com. of Coos Co., N.H., passed away May 8, at his home at West Paris, "aged 84."

    1918
    John B. Hazen, a Civil War soldier in the First Me. Cav., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Richard Dietrich in Auburn, May 12, aged abt. 82.
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    1919
    Early in this year, Lt. Stuart M. Terrier, son of Mrs. Judge Morrill N. Packard of Baltimore, Md., by her first husband, in the aviation service of the U.S., lost his life off the Virginia coast by his airship becoming unmanageable. He was a young man of splendid ability and many noble and manly qualities.

    Frank Q. Elliott died at his home on Crescent St., Nov. 6, aged 76.

    1920
    Hon. John A. Roberts, Commissioner of Agriculture, died at Augusta in March.—Geo. A. Brooks passed away at his home on Water St. after several weeks sickness, Apr. 11.

    1921
    William W. Whitmarsh, a Captain in the Civil War, town clerk, county commissioner and popu-
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    lar landlord of the Elm House, died Mar. 29, aged nearly 86.—Dr. Albert Thompson, lumber dealer, mine owner and able business man died at his home in Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 24.

    The body of Wm. H. Stone was brought from France and interred with military honors, in July, and the remains of Ralph O. Millett, in Sept.

    Mrs. Clara M. Elliott died in October.

    1922
    The 93rd birthday of Mrs. Clara A. Hayden on Jan. 25 was observed as usual by her surviving children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren at her home on Pleasant St. She passed to the higher life April 29, following, retaining her faculties almost to the last. She was an exemplary lady, respected and loved by all.—Frank T. True passed away at his home in Council Bluffs, Ia., where he had lived since leaving Norway, from a stroke of apoplexy, Mar. 20, at 61, and Prof. Richard E. Clement at the same age at a hospital in Elizabeth, N.J., following a surgical operation May 6.

    Rev. J. A. Seitz, former pastor of the Universalist Society of Norway, passed to the higher life, at his home at Cos Cob, Conn., Sept. 30, at the age of 85.