Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Arthur’s son, John, continued to carry out this process, even after the others closed, right up to 1990 when his “stand,” too, ceased operation."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… in North Lubec on November 3, 1899, Myron was son of Haliburton and Myra Bither Avery. Grammar school, North Lubec, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Lambard and C .W King, the son of William King, the first governor of Maine. Before 1852 , King's home was at the site of the Customs House."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Patent in Waldoboro)” and “I will to my oldest son, sixty-seven thousand pounds to spend at gaming and carousing.” It took several years of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"McCann and Sons, a company that built fire trucks. The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"… Institute In 1858, one of Cumberland’s native sons left the sum of $27,500 to the town for the establishment of a school for young people aged 12…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Bridgton Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Jonathan Holman was felt throughout the town. His sons settled in that part called the Common, and its location approximated the center of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Charles Stanley Sons Market, Mexico, ca. 1900Mexico Historical Society Dr. Walker was the earliest educated physician, whose residence occupied the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… housed the grocery business of Daniel Fox and his son Daniel Fox, Jr. At the time of this photograph, the Foxes leased ground floor space to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"In addition, daughters as well as sons inherited from their fathers, and widows inherited from their husbands both via their dower rights and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… since each was assisted (and followed) by a son in similar official capacities. Other key figures with prominent surviving papers in the collection…"

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"His son, William Chandler (1857-1922) took over the band, with Daniel continuing to play trumpet. Associated with Bowdoin College in Brunswick since…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Betsey, her young son and the baby rode in the sled. Another boy traveled with them and drove their three cows."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Leverett and Addie Morgan's son did not want to join the war effort, so they made a deal with another man that if he would fight in their son's…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… you're not gettin’ ready for the harvest?” “Well son, Mr. Gordon came by earlier today and said we're not harvesting enough fox furs and the way…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"Building on the model that his son created when he founded The Trustees of Reservations in Massachusetts, Charles William Eliot worked with George…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Arthur Moore Jr, the son of the last operator, recounted the trials and tribulations of the business."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"Their son James composed the following inscription on the stone marking the spot where they now lie: They’ve run the race and won the crown They, the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… A.D. 1867," and Dedicated to, "THE MEMORY OF HER SONS, Who Died, That the Nation Might Live.” There is also a quotation at the bottom: “The world…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"My son must be supplied with teams for his fire wood and necessary teaming. The sheep and poultry you will take especial care that they are well fed…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Roses and buckshot. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. (A) Folsom, George. History of Saco and Biddeford, with notices of other early settlements…"