Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"The 1950s brought change as veterans returned home, married, built houses and became involved in the community."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Ellsworth 1890 Maine Census Index of Civil War Veterans African-American Civil War Monument, Washington, D.C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"These cemeteries honor many war veterans and some of our founding ancestors. Although Science Hill and Eddy Cemeteries require a four-wheeler ATV to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"There were other veterans of the War living in Hampden, but it is believed that they most likely settled in the area after the War."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"While some veterans used government-backed grants to claim land elsewhere in the state, others remained and pushed outward to North Scarborough."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Civil War Veterans, West Surry School, Surry, ca. 1890Surry Historical Society Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… included Acadians, forced to flee Nova Scotia, veterans of the American Revolution, and those like Colonel John Allan and Louis Delesdernier who…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… Scottish ancestry and many were Revolutionary War veterans. There were 450 people living in Skowhegan by the year 1790."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Veterans returned home, and civilian life resumed. Dow Field was deactivated. Soon a new war in Korea broke out and a new term coined: "The Cold…"