Description: Anna Flagg Johnston Wellington died on Feb. 29,2000 at her home in Southwest Harbor. She was active in sports, tennis and golf and served on the board of the SPCA shelter in Southwest Harbor.
Description: Anna Scott Kennedy, schoolteacher and MDI summer resident, died April 28, 2000. Lived at Lilac Hill in NE Harbor with her husband Morehead Kennedy. Article goes into detail about her life.
Description: Ardia Tarbell, 94 was the first secretary for Acadia National park.She came to the island at 25 and never left. She was highly respected by the administration and became administrative assistant before she retired in 1970.
Description: Arthur Foote, 88 , retired Unitarian minister died in December of 1999 at his home in SW Harbor. He was the gandson of Henry Wilder Foote, minister of Kings Chapel in Boston for much of the 19th century. He was married to Rebecca Carroll Clark. Article goes into detail regarding his life. Bar Harbor Times
Description: Charles E. Rice, 95 died May 5,99. He was a longtime resident of Cranberry Isles and as well as being a boatbuilder and captain owned and ran the Cranberry Cove Restaurant. Details of his life are given the the article.
Description: Charlton Yarnall, age 68, resident of Bryn Mawr, Pa. and Northeast Harbor died Oct. 9, 2000. An investment banker and graduate of Philps Exeter academy and Wharton School.
Description: Daniel Somes Smith died Jan. 26, 2000. He was born the son of Hollis and Georgia Somes Smith. In addtion to the obituary there is a copy of the memorial card. Bar Harbor Times
Description: Death notice of Daniel Somes, 1803-1882, copied from the Mount Desert Herald of January 18, 1883. Includes biographical information on Somes.
Description: Two photocopies of genealogical chart showing descendants of Daniel Somes, son of Abraham Somes who settled in Somesville on Mount Desert Island. Also included are photocopies of death notices of Andrew Somes andCaroline T.H. Somes and photo and biographical information on Colonel Carol V. Cadwell.
Description: Two photocopies of genealogical chart showing descendants of John Somes, son of Abraham Somes who settled Somesville on Mount Desert Island. Also included are death notices of Emily Somes and Sarah Somes.
Description: Dr. Thomas Maren, 81, a research scientist who did work at the MDI Biological Lab as well as Florida died on Aug. 5, 1999 in his home in Salisbury Cove. The article goes into depth about his life and career.
Description: Dr. Thomas Maren, 81, a research scientist who did work at the MDI Biological Lab as well as Florida died on Aug. 5, 1999 in his home in Salisbury Cove. The article goes into depth about his life and career.
Description: Tributes to Dr. Edward Kellogg Dunham, summer resident of Seal Harbor, written by Henry Osborn Taylor and read before the Tavern Club of Boston and published in the New York Evening Post, by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. read in person before the Village Improvement Society of Seal Harbor, Maine; and by Simon Flexner. Includes reprint from The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. LII, May 1923 by H.D. Dakin. Includes "An Ode composed by Edward K. Dunham, Jr. on the occasion of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hoe, January 15, 1923." [show more]
Description: Photocopy of handwritten genealogical chart showing descendants of Abraham Somes, Jr., who was the son of Abraham Somes, settler of Somesville on Mount Desert Island. Also includes copy of obituary of Lyman H. Somes.
Description: Duard Garver, age 72 died March 1, 2000. he spent most of his life painting water tanks. He also worked as a varnisher, deckhand and rigger. He and his wife lived in Manset and during retirement he worked at the Somesville One Stop.