Description: Invitation to wedding (1917) for M/M Fred Smith for the marriage of Harry E. Fitzhenry's daughter N. Irene to Mark Whiting Somes on July 10th in Lubec, Maine.
Description: Two-page typewritten ms. about interview with Mrs. Hysom re "Look Out," Pretty Marsh Inn, Bay View House, West Point Inn, church, and more.
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: Harry Spurling , watercolorist, life long resident of Little Cranberry, died Oct. 1, 2000 at 97. He became the chief curator of the Little Cranberry museum.
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: 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: 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: Jack Harkins, 71 was a mason who helped build the stone bridges of Acadia national park. The article includes stories of his very full 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: A sketch of the End of North Vista, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, DC , Sheet 2 of 4, colored pencil embellished copy of a blueprint
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: One page handwritten letter, photocopy of handwritten note and transcription of both. These all pertain to the Lunt family history in Mt. Desert.
Other, Beach [Beech?] Hill Methodist Episcopal Church
Other, Genealogy
Creator:
Dean R Purdie
Collection:
Dow Genealogy
Date:
2001
Description: Letter from Dean Purdie to the MDI Historical Society discussing the Dow family genealogy and connection with Mount Desert Island. Purdie also sent materials detailing Dow family members.
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.