Payments made by Robbinston, Maine, to Families of Soldiers and Sailors Serving in the Civil War

Many pages in a ledger listing the payments made by the Town of Robbinston, Maine, to the families of about 50 soldiers and sailors serving in the Civil War.  

Note: Some of the servicemen were born in Maritime Canada and may have returned to Canada after the War.  

The ledger, measuring about 13" by 8", contains 178 pages in all, about half full, not only listing the payments to families but also tracking other municipal business, including expenses for building the Phelps Bridge, bridges at Nash's and Low's, town officers' accounts, etc., in the 1860s up to 1872.

Most pages tracking payments to the families of men serving in the Civil War show one family individually, as you see above, in the case of the family of unmarried Frederick Stanhope (1846-1898).  These pages usually include the serviceman's unit as well as his family members' names and ages, and, in a few cases, information about service, battles and death.  

Alphabetized List - Click on a name to see a separate blog post on each, showing an image of his page in the ledger, along with further information on his life, family and service, with links to primary sources, when available.  If you have information on any of the men listed below, please leave a comment.

The number in parentheses after a name indicates a specific page in the ledger.

• Sumner Anderson (page 12), age 22; 6th Regiment, Company D - reportedly killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864
• Philip H. Andrews (page 45); 11th Regiment, Company B.  
• Benjamin S. Apt (1846-1906), (page 44); age 18; 31st Regiment, Company B.  
• George E. Bean (page 6); age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• John M. Bean (1832-1905), (page 15), age 32; 6th Regiment Company F.  
• Samuel Boyden (abt 1828-1891), (page 24), age 35; 6th Regiment; Company G.  
• Albert Gallatin Buck (1822-1901) (page 7); age 41; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D
• Daniel Bugbee (page 55) - perhaps not a serviceman but rather Daniel Bugbee (1810-1875, North Dakota ?)
• Philip Caffrey (page 9), age 20; on US Gunboat Ossipee.  Could he be the Navy veteran Philip Caffrey (-1887) buried in the Hampton National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia?
• Hugh H. Cameron (page 2), age 28; 9th Maine Regiment, Company E; mustered in October 1, 1864
• William H. Campbell (page 8); 11th Maine, Company G
• Thomas Chester (page 10), age 32; 30th Regiment; Company F
• William Embleton, age 41 (page 16); 15th Regiment; Company E.  Presumably the William Henry Embleton (1823-1873) who died in a fall to the rocks when building the bridge at Grand Falls, New Brunswick
• Henry H. Frost (page 27), a3-18ge 21; 1st Regular Heavy Artillery, Company D
• John T. Garnett (1843-1933), (page 6); age 21; 15th Regiment
• Rufus Gates (page 49); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a soldier and perhaps Legislator Rufus Gates (1816-1887)
• Allen T. Gow (1846-1893), (page 11); 31st Regiment, Company A.  
• Ebenezer D. Harlow (page 18), age 28; 18th Regiment, Company D.  Ebenezer D. Harlow (1836-1921), son of Jirah Harlow and Lydia (Johnson) Harlow
• Madison B. Hayman (1842-1923), (page 32), age 21; 6th Regiment, Company K. 
• John R. Hickey (page 3); age 39; U.S. Navy; transferred from 18th Regt
• Joseph Hinton, Jr. (page 25), age 22; 15th Regiment, Company K 
• Frank E. Johnson (1843-1909), (page 34), age 21; 6th Regiment; Company K.  Frank Ernest Johnson.
• George E. Johnson (page 17), age 27; 18th Regiment, Company D
• William H. Johnson (page 38), age 21; 15th Regiment, Company A
• William Johnson (page 22); 1st Artillery, Company M.  Possibly the William P. Johnson who is shown as having deserted in March 1865 - though there may be another explanation
• Thomas N. Kerr (page 31), age 29; 6th Regiment, Company K; discharged for disability April 18, 1864 with rank of corporal
• George L. Laskey (page 39); 7th Regiment.  George L. Laskey (1844-possibly 1867), was "transferred to the Invalid Corps Sept. 7, 1863". This record, from Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, gives a birth year of 1844 but no death year.
• Frank R. Leach (page 26), age 23; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D.  Franklin Rodney Leach (1840-1912)
• Frederick Leighton (page 30), age 20; 15th Regiment, Company K; re-enlisted March 1864
• Samuel Leighton (page 29), age 24; 11th Regiment, Company D.; enlisted in October 21, 1864 at Belfast, Maine
• Henry P. Low (page 33), age 22; 1st Maine Battery
• James E. Merry (page 13), age 46; 6th Regiment, Company F; discharged for disability 18 Dec 1864
• Benjamin C. Morrell (page 23), age 24; 1st Regiment Cavalry; Company D; discharged November 20, 1864.  Presumably Benjamin Charles Morrell (1840-1911)
• James Morrell (page 20), age 25; 18th Regiment or 1st Heavy Artillery, Company D. Did not survive the war; Ebenezer D. Harlow named guardian of his child.  Presumably the James "Morrill" buried in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
• John E. Morrell (page 40), age 21; 11th Regiment, Company F. "Enlisted Novr. 7 /64"
• Maine, State of (page 51); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston
• Simon O'Brien (page 48); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a serviceman
• George Phelps (1840-1923) (page 1); 1864, First Maine Battery, 24 years of age.  George Nelson Phelps
• Q?  Name partially erased - James Qu?
• Curtis Robbinson [sic] (page 36); 31st Regiment, Company A.  He was Curtis Robinson (1846-1865)
• Samuel Ross (page 28), age 29; 11th Regiment, Company D, Mustered in 21 October 1864 at Belfast, Maine.  Samuel L. Ross (abt 1832-1914)
• Samuel S. Seeley 2d (page 14)
• Frederick Stanhope (page 35); 18th Regiment, Company M.  Presumably Frederick Stanhope (abt 1844-1898)
• George A. Stanhope (1839-1919), (page 19), age 24; 18th Regiment or 1st heavy artillery
• Levi Pierce Stanhope (1840-1922), (page 4); age 26; 9th Maine Regiment, Company A
• Edwin Stanton (page 41); 1st Artillery. "Joseph Stanton died 21 Feb. 1864 at home. Edwin S. was killed in front of Petersburg June 18 /64"
• Charles E. Taylor (page 37), age 25; 6th Regiment, Company G. "Wounded 7th Nov. 1863 at Rappahannock & soon died". 
• John Taylor (page 21); 6th Regiment, Company G.  "Nurse in a regimental hospital", in the book Maine at Gettysburg, published Lakeside Press in 1898.  Possibly this John Taylor (abt 1835/6-1904) 
• Thomas Trimble (1846-1914), (page 43); age 19; 31st Regiment, Company A. "enlisted Feb 26/64
• James William Tucker (page 5), age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• Joseph E. Tucker (1846-1912), (page 42); 3rd Battery.  Joseph Edwin Tucker (1846-1912)  
• Elisha Vose (1841-1896), (page 9); age 22; Company E of First Maine Cavalry
• Lyman Vose (1839-1929), (page 9), age 24; Company E of First Maine Cavalry

1916 Commencement Program for Boynton High School at Eastport, Maine

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.

1916 Commencement Exercises for Boynton High School at Eastport, Maine, held at the Baptist Church at two o'clock.

The Boynton High School building was designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant in 1847.  In 1917, Boynton High School was closed and replaced by a new building, renamed Shead Memorial High School.  Since that time the Boynton High School building has been used by various businesses and organizations, including several decades as the home of Eastport City Hall.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

• Processional, Mrs. Nicholas
• Prayer, Rev. Albert E. Berrie (1875-1937)
• Music, "Somewhere"; "Gaily the Echoes Ring", Boynton High School Chorus
• Salutatory, "At Washington", Rena Blanche Turner
• History, "Notes from my Diary", Gladys Lewis Warnock
• Essay, "A Model City", Lucy Helen Colwell
• Prophecy, "In 1925", Avis Belle Loring
• Music, "Whispering Hope", "Barcarolle", Boynton High School Chorus
• Mathematical Demonstration, Clifford Merrill Bishop; John Henderson McCart
• Presentation of Gifts, John Clarence Muldoon
• Valedictory, "Colonial versus Modern Education", Mary Virginia Chevrier
• Presentation of the Holmes Scholarship and English Composition Medals, Mayor Fred T. Eldridge (1871-1927)
• Address, Samuel A. Elliott, D.D., L.L.D.
• Presentation of Diplomas, Mr. Herbert H. Kilby 
• Class Ode
• Benediction
• Recessional

Class of 1916

College Preparatory Course

• Lucie Kilby Atwood - Lucy Kilby Atwood (1898-1996), who married Ronald Bibber Wadsworth
• Amy Catherine Bogle - Amy Catherine Bogle (1898-1975), who married Marcus Theodore Rangas
• John Clarence Muldoon - John Clarence Muldoon (1896-1951)
• Alice Gordon Rome - Alice Gordon Rome (1898-1990), who married Cleveland H. Kennedy
• William Henry Smith - William Henry Smith (1897-), son of William T. Smith and Alice (Whelpley) Smith
• Rena Blanche Turner - Rena Blanche (Turner) Jewers (1896-1982), who married Karl Wilfrid Jewers
• Gladys Lewis Warnock - Gladys Lewis Warnock (1897-1975), who married Ralph S. Hayes

Commercial Course

• Jeanette Morrison Boyd - Jeannete Morrison Boyd (1897-1989), who married Albert H. Winchell
• Lucy Helen Colwell - Lucy Helen Colwell (1898-1965), who married 1) Frank A. Marchant
• Arthur Stanley Gregory - Arthur Stanley Gregory (1897-1978)
• Avis Belle Loring - Avis Bell Loring (1897-1976), who married John Archibald MacMillan
• Vera Leland - Vera Leland (1897-1958), who married 1) Arthur Leroy Sadler and 2) William Franklin Davidson
• Ashton Morton Mabee - Ashton Morton Mabee (1897-1972)
• Donald Whitney Silver - Donald Whitney Silver (1896-), who married Alice Loring Wilson

English Course

• Clifford Merrill Bishop - Clifford Merrill Bishop (1897-1964) or Merrill Clifford Bishop (1897-1964)
• Mary Virginia Chevrier - Mary Virginia Chevrier (1897-1988), who married Francis L. Gallen
• Genevieve Winifred Healy - Genevieve Winifred Healy (1896-1972)
• Ralph Alexander Harrington - Ralph Alexander Harrington (1896-1986)
• Gerald Cushing Harrington - Gerald Cushing Harrington (1898-1970)
• Arthur Cameron Hilyard - Arthur Cameron Hilyard (1897-1971)
• John Henderson McCart - John Henderson McCart (1897-1949)

Class Officers
President, John Clarence Muldoon
Vice-President, Lucie Kilby Atwood - Lucy Kilby Atwood (1898-1996), who married Ronald Bibber Wadsworth
Secretary, Arthur Cameron Hilyard
Treasurer, Gladys Lewis Warnock - Gladys Lewis Warnock (1897-1975), who married Ralph S. Hayes

Faculty
Jennie A. Grindle, Principal
Helen N. Hanson
Arthur A. St. Onge
Harley H. Sawyer

1914 Photograph of Students at Boynton High School at Eastport, Maine

Duplicate 1914 photographs of students at Boynton High School in Eastport, Maine, by the Greenlaw studio. 

One photograph has identifications written on the reverse by student  Rena Blanche (Turner) Jewers (1896-1982).  The other photograph, shown at the end of this post, has identifications written over the people themselves.

Please leave a comment if you have information on anyone mentioned below.

The reverse mentions:

• Junior Class of 1914 with 26 members; teachers:
• Mr. Patton, Principal
• Miss Grindle - Jennie A. Grindle
• Miss Mitchell
• Miss Moholland

• Senior Class with 22 members; teachers:
• Miss Grindle, Principal - Jennie A. Grindle
• Mr. St. Onge - Submaster - Arthur A. St. Onge
• Miss Hanson, English teacher - Helen N. Hanson
• Mr. Sawyer, Commercial teacher - Harley H. Sawyer

Students identified

• Girls, First Row
• Mary Ferris - Mary E. Ferris (1898-1985) who married George C. Loring
• Arline Fallon - Arline C. Fallon (1898-1974), who married, I believe, James Logan and Mr. Vaughn 
• Lucy Colwell - Lucy Helen Colwell (1898-1965), who married 1) Frank A. Marchant
• Gladys Warnock - Gladys Lewis Warnock (1897-1975), who married Ralph S. Hayes
• Freda Rice - Freda May Rice (1898-1952), who married 1) Harold Eustis Bent; 2) Lawrence Drake Chellis
• Avis Loring - Avis Bell Loring (1897-1976), who married John Archibald MacMillan
• Mary Cheverier - Mary Virginia Chevrier (1897-1988), who married Francis L. Gallen
• Genevieve Healey - Genevieve Winifred Healy (1896-1972)
• Vera Leland -  Vera Leland (1897-1958), who married 1) Arthur Leroy Sadler and 2) William Franklin Davidson
• ? Pottle
• Jeannette Boyd -  Jeannete Morrison Boyd (1897-1989), who married Albert H. Winchell
• Girls, Second Row
• ?
• Alice Rome -  Alice Gordon Rome (1898-1990), who married Cleveland H. Kennedy
• Rena Turner - Rena Blanche Turner (1896-1982), who married Karl Wilfrid Jewers
• Lucy Atwood - Lucy Kilby Atwood (1898-1996), who married Ronald Bibber Wadsworth
• Amy Bogle - Amy Catherine Bogle (1898-1975), who married Marcus Theodore Rangas
• Boys
• 1. _______
• 2. Arthur Gregory - Arthur Stanley Gregory (1897-1978)
• 3. John McCart - John Henderson McCart (1897-1949)
• 4. William Smith - William Henry Smith (1897-), son of William T. Smith and Alice (Whelpley) Smith
• 5. Clifford Bishop - Clifford Merrill Bishop (1897-1964) or Merrill Clifford Bishop (1897-1964)
• 6. Arthur Hilyard -  Arthur Cameron Hilyard (1897-1971)
• 7. Don Silver - Donald Whitney Silver (1896-), who married Alice Loring Wilson
• 8. Ashton Mabee -  Ashton Morton Mabee (1897-1972)
• 9. Gerald Harrington - Gerald Cushing Harrington (1898-1970)
• 10. Ralph Harrington - Ralph Alexander Harrington (1896-1986)

Duplicate photograph, with nothing on reverse, but many identifications on the front.

If you have corrections and/or information to share, please leave a comment.

c1910 Photograph of Students at Eastport, Maine

c1910 photograph of students at Eastport, Maine.  Partially identified.

• Grace Bibber - perhaps Grace Holton Bibber (1897-1992), who married 1)Harry Miller Murphy and 2) Augustus Sanborn Carter 
• Jeannette Boyd - Jeannete Morrison Boyd (1897-1989), who married Albert H. Winchell
• Clara Cammick - perhaps Clara May Camick (1896-1980), who married Curtis Percy Willis
• Eva Hall - perhaps Eva May Hall (1896-) who married Otis P. McCaslin
• B? Harris
• Genevieve Healey - presumably Genevieve Winifred Healy (1896-1972)
• Arthur Hilyard - perhaps Arthur Cameron Hilyard (1897-1971)
• Vera Leland - presumably Vera Leland (1897-1958), who married 1) Arthur Leroy Sadler and 2) William Franklin Davidson
• Ashton Mabee - Ashton Morton Mabee (1897-1972)
• John McC? - possibly John Henderson McCart (1897-1949)
• Eudora M - perhaps Eudora Morrison (1897-1981), who married Harlan Varnum Pickard
• Alice Rome - presumably Alice Gordon Rome (1898-1990), who married Cleveland H. Kennedy
• Mae ?

If you have alternate identifications or information on any of the students, please leave a comment.

c1920 Photograph of Students at the Out Island School in Eastport, Maine - Partially Identified

c1920 photograph of students at the Out Island School in Eastport, Maine. It was located on Route 190 opposite what is now the Drummond Road.

Students named: with possible identifications following each

• Melvin Barrett - Melvin Barrett (1910-1985) 
• Ruth Ellingwood - was the identification perhaps done much later on, and Ruth identified with her married name?  Perhaps Ruth Elizabeth (Barrett) Ellingwood (1907-1960), wife of Herbert Vincent Ellingwood
• ? Emery
• Vint Lodge - Vincent Herbert Lodge, Sr. (1910-1985)
• Daphne Newcomb - Daphne Ruth Newcomb (abt 1914-2000); married James Floyd Hern
• Margaret Newcomb - Margaret L. Newcomb (1912-2005)
• Jim Peters - perhaps James B. Peters (1908-1993)
• Lena Peters - Lena Peters (abt 1909-1997), who married Byron F. Lodge, son of James Rodney Malloch and Hattie (Ritchie) Malloch, who died young; Byron was adopted by his aunt and uncle Carrie (Ritchie) Lodge and Frederick Lodge.
• ? Taylor

If you have corrections to the identities above or have information to share, please leave a comment.

Not So Humorous Tim Sample Postcard about Eastport, Maine

1977 postcard by Maine humorist Tim Sample.

Hopefully these tourists braved on undeterred, despite faulty and self-serving information, as, otherwise, they would have missed the many things that make Eastport "Eastport!" and not just a "trinket land".

c1920s Photograph of the Baseball Team at, presumably, Shead Memorial High School of Eastport, Maine

Photograph of the Baseball team at Shead Memorial High School, presumably in the 1920s. 

Shead Memorial High School started in 1918, when it took the place of the former Boynton High School.

If you recognize a team member or the coach(es), please leave a comment.  Some faces look intriguingly familiar.

Photograph of Shead Memorial HS of Eastport, Maine, Basketball Squad of 1921/1922

 

If you recognize a team member or the coach/manager of the Shead Memorial High School basketball team of the 1921/1922 season, please leave a comment.

Shead Memorial High School started in 1918, when it took the place of the former Boynton High School.

Some faces look intriguingly familiar.