Deaths in Islesboro, 1781-1879 Source: The Bangor Historical Magazine, vol. 4 (Bangor, Me.: J.W. Porter, 1889) COPIED FROM INSCRIPTIONS ON GRAVE STONES, FAMILY BIBLES, TOWN RECORDS, ETC. Thomas Ames, First Minister died on the Main Land. His first wife Rebecca, died June 28, 1807, aged 66. Joseph Boardman, d. Oct. (29), 1831, aged 81. Wife Mary Pendleton, d. July (26), 1847, aged 89. Thomas Boardman, d. Oct. 5, 1845, aged 70. Wife Lydia Pendleton, d. Oct., 1843, aged 67. William Boardman, d. Aug., 1865, aged 86. Wife Jane Ames, d. Dec. 30, 1869, aged 80. Joseph Boardman, d. Feb. 18, 1879, aged 75. Wife Niobe Sprague, d. Jan. 14, 1879. Fields Coombs, d. May 20, 1848, aged 62 years 4 mos. Wife Betsey Ames, d. Aug. 15, 1865, aged 79 years 5 mos. Betsey, wife of Hosea Coombs, d. July 16, 1806, aged 38. Lucy Thomas, wife of Robert Coombs, d. June 20, 1835, aged about 55. Jesse Coombs, died Sept. 5, 1823, aged over 50. Wife Hannah Richards, d. Nov. 16, 1859, aged over 80. Isaac Coombs, d. Jan. 27, 1840, aged 49 years 11 mos. Wife Betsey Boardman, d. May 4, 1835, aged 35. Rev. Ephraim Coombs, d. Dec. 19, 1871, aged 71 years 2 mos. 8 days. Noah Dodge, from Block Island, d. July 23, 1816, aged 54. Rathburn Dodge, d. Sept. 18, 1846, aged 79. Joshua Dodge, d. Mar. 24, 1858, aged 76 years 2 mos. Wife Elisabeth Stewart, d. Nov. 4, 1865, aged 72. Israel Dodge, drowned Feb. 17, 1807, aged 35. Wife Prudence Trim, d. Dec. 5, 1854, aged 76 years 8 mos. Robert Sherman, d. April 29, 1835, aged about 65. Isaac Sherman, d. April 22, 1844, aged 42. Robert Sherman, Jr., d. ______. Wife Catherine Ames, d. ______. James Sherman, d. ______. Wife Sibyl Gilkey, d. ______. Simon Sprague, d. ______. Wife Lydia Dodge, d. Sept. 1, 1848, aged 63. Lucretia Nichols, wife of Solomon Sprague, d. Jan. 13, 1833. James Trim, d. Dec. 6, 1828, aged over 80. Wife Mary Thomas, d. Aug. 3, 1860. Robert Trim, d. May 22, 1854. Wife Lucy Coombs, d. Mar. 6, 1863. Samuel Warren, d. May 3, 1859, aged about 80. Wife Ruth Sherman, d. Aug. 30, 1835. Isaac Warren, d. Mar. 18, 1858. Jeremiah Warren, d. ______. [p. 206] Jonathan Sprague, d. in New Shoreham, R.I., Aug. 2, 1803, aged 43. Wife Lydia Dodge, d. June 4, 1848, aged 86. Both natives of New Shoreham. George Warren, aged over 60. Wife Lydia Hatch. Benjamin Warren. Wife Abigail, d. Mar. 25, 1847. Josiah Farrow, Revolutionary Soldier, d. Aug. 14, 1819, aged 66. Wife Ruth, d. May 7, 1834, aged 70. Samuel Farrow, d. Jan. 3, 1826. John Farrow, d. June 26, 1841, aged about 60. Wife Rebecca Ames, d. Sept. 26, 1842. Dea. John Farrow, d. Mar. 13, 1879, aged 84. Wife Eunice N., d. Oct. 19, 1873, aged 76. John Gilkey, Esquire, d. Sept. 4, 1818, aged 74. Wife Sylvina Thomas (of Marshfield, Mass.), d. April 20, 1832, aged (74). Benjamin Thomas Gilkey, born June 17, 1769, (did not use his first name) d. Oct. 10, 1847. Wife Mercy Ames, born Aug. 12, 1772, d. ______. Jeremiah Hatch, d. Jan. 20, 1839, aged 85, from Marshfield. Wife Lydia Porter, d. Dec. 28, 1834, aged 76. Isaac Hatch, d. July 9, 1826, aged 41. Gravestone. Wife Betsey Warren, d. Dec. 7, 1831. Gravestone. Dea. James Hatch, d. Mar. 13, 1878. Job Pendleton, d. Jan. 25, 1794, aged 47. Wife Sally, d. Aug. 16, 1786, aged 34. Judith, daughter of Johathan and Jane Pendleton d. April 23, 1781,—the oldest gravestone on the Island. Daniel Ladd, d. Jan. 20, 1853, aged 65 years 11 mos. Elisha Nash, from Weymouth, Mass., d. Feb. 26, 1852, aged 87. Wife Sally Hatch, d. Dec. 3, 1842, aged 56. Jonathan Pendleton, d. Sept. 25, 1841, aged over 90. First wife Jane, d. Feb. 25, 1802, aged 47. Second wife Lucinda, d. June 17, 1850? Capt. William Pendleton, born Feb. 26, 1774, died Aug. 26, 1837, aged 67 [sic]. Wife Peggy, d. Aug. 16, 1841. Mrs. Peggy, wife of John Pendleton, d. Feb. 21, 1784, aged 3-. Joseph Pendleton, d. Aug. 21, 1848, aged 89. Wife Wealthy Thomas, d. Aug. 21, 1843, aged 67. Joshua Pendleton, d. Dec. 12, 1859, aged about 80. Mark Pendleton, d. Dec. 25, 1867, aged 83. Wife Lydia Ball, d. June, 1866, aged 83. Samuel Pendleton, (father of above), d. ______. Wife Bathseba Dodge, d. ______. Dea. Samuel Pendleton, Jr., d. Sept. 21, 1844, aged 53 years 4 mos. Wife Lucy Sprague, d. May 29, 1877. [p. 207] Jonathan Parker, from Groton, Mass., April 6, 1841-68. Wife Hannah Holbrook, d. ______. Mighill Parker, Esquire, d. Feb. 17, 1826 (27), aged 62. Joseph Philbrook, d. June 13, 1841, aged about 80. Henry Rose, born New Shoreham, R.I., b. Aug. 9, 1784, d. July 10, 1864. Wife Hannah Dodge, b. Isleboro, May 27, 1786, d. June 9, 1866, aged 80.