Description: Roscoe Salisbury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
Description: Roscoe Salisbury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
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: Grace Tracy Reed, 109, died July 19, 2000. In 1914 she taught in the one-room school house in Somes Sound that eventually became part of the MDI Historical Society.
Description: Grace Tracy Reed, 109, died July 19, 2000. In 1914 she taught in the one-room school house in Somes Sound that eventually became part of the MDI Historical Society.
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: A lengthy obituary by Nan Lincoln about Harold Walls, 87. One of the last of the Otter Creek fishermen who could recall hand-lining cod and seining herring by torchlight.
Description: Lawrence Hadley age 76 died of an aneurysm. A descendant of some of the original settlers of Mt. Desert. His career was in the National Park System. He retired to Mt. Desert where he was active in community and park affairs.
Description: Genealogy of Galley, Richardson, Gott, Hadlock and Norton families, with sources and supporting materials and information on Crockett's Point Cemetery and Relationships. RESTRICTED MATERIAL - DO NOT COPY OR USE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
Description: Five typed pages of vital statistic records on Abraham and Hannah Somes and their children. These records, drawn from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File, include some birth, death and marriage dates.
Description: 1. Pages 6-15 of address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt on July 14, 1940 in Somesville; memoranda and notes to same. 2. Names of 23 people who met on July 2, 1840 to form Congregational Church. 3. Names of people who desired a Union Meeting House and who bought pews for $5.00 each [1852]. 4. Lists of signers of Supply Fund, 1906, 1907, 5. Invitation to attend ecclesiastical council on June 11, 1908 to examine Mr. Elias Ambrose Jenkins to be pastor of the Somerville [sic] Congregational Church. 6. List of people taken into membership Oct. 17, 1909. 7. Typewritten notes from records of Congregational Church, Somesville, Jan. 6 1885, noting gift of communion service from Mr. Nehemiah Kittredge of Bangor. 8. Typewritten notes on history and legends of Congregational Church, Southwest Harbor, Maine, taken from Nell Thornton's "Traditions and Dates of Southwest Harbor." 9. Booklet with photos about Congregational Church in SW Harbor, n.d. 10. A Record of the Congregational Parish or Religious Society in Mount Desert organized July 2nd, 1840 [original booklet, Somesville] [show more]
Description: Joseph Test, age 90. Well known restaurateur in Bar Harbor. The article describes his early life and how he came to Bar Harbor as well as current details.