Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Native Scotsman, author, merchant, politician, Son of Liberty, Revolutionary War figure, and all-around interesting character, Swan followed the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Throughout the years, Curtis & Son was doing really well because it was one of the only chewing gum companies."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Fortunately, my son was home from college and his car didn’t go in the garage so we were able to have some transportation until we removed the trees…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Web. 11 Apr 2013. Young, Susan. "Hailing a native son Bangor to rename middle school after Cohen." Bangor Daily News. 9 Dec 1997. Web."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"The tunnel was found because the son of the family that later bought the house fell through the ground while mowing the lawn into an abandoned tunnel."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… returned to New Gloucester, leaving his three sons, approximate ages 13, 12, and 11, to look after the property and tend the cow."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… administrators that “Twenty-seven years ago my son was born…[and] I did not have the money to pay the bill,” and enclosed a check for the $70 bill…"

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

"Stevens “ “ “ J.P. Churchell & Son Merchant A. Colman “ Smith & Bunker “ B.F. Kimball Trader Josiah Jenkins Carrabassett House J.B. & B.F."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Oldest Roosevelt son James actually cut the ribbon. However she observed the ceremony from a car. Mrs."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"They now live happily in New York City with their sons Hayden, Will, and Eli. Apart from being a very well-known writer, Mrs."

Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Jacob’s son, Jacob Abbott (yes, the father's last name has one "t" and the son's has two), educated at Hallowell Academy in preparation for his later…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… 1780 with his, wife Betsey, her brother, a small son and a newborn baby, whose birth had delayed their departure."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Arthur and Mary Frances Gould had two sons, Arthur and Louis, and two daughters, Mildred and Marie. Sources: Graves, Richard A. III."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… had no children of his own - except for a foster son - he was very interested in the education of the youth of Blue Hill."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Pendleton (1811-1888) and continuing through his son Fields Coombs Pendleton (1842-1915) and grandsons Fields Seely Pendleton (1870-1923) and Edwin…"

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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