Contributed by Pejepscot History Center
Description
Isaiah Elder (1854-1933) of Brunswick was the son of and Deborah D. Pennell and Isaiah Elder, a ship master.
His first wife, Abbie E. Curtis, whom he married in 1893, died in 1912. He married Clara M. Parmenter of Portland in 1926.
He worked for Maine Central Railroad in Bangor and then at Brunswick's freight office. He was Brunswick's Postmaster from 1913 to 1921.
Isaiah was well known throughout the state for his activities in the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows.
About This Item
- Title: Isaiah Elder, Brunswick, ca. 1900
- Creator: Webber, Brunswick, ME
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 23 cm x 15 cm
- Local Code: OH.1726.38.a
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Postmasters--Maine--Brunswick
- Elder, Isaiah--Portrait photographs
- Maine Central Railroad Company--People
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--People
People
- Curtis, Abbie E.
- Elder, Abbie C.
- Elder, Clara P.
- Elder, Deborah P.
- Elder, Isaiah
- Parmenter , Clara M .
- Pennell, Deborah D.
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Pejepscot History Center159 Park Row, Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 729-6606
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