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I am looking for photos and information about the people mentioned in the Robert Fulton diaries. Please contact me if you would like to share: neeantworth@gmail.com

Family names:

Bartley
Blanchard
Cox
Fulton
Giberson
Hawksley
Jones
Kierstead
Lawrence
Mahan

Louisa Webster Fulton, age 16. Copy made in Minnesota from original?

Louisa Webster, daughter of James W H Webster and Mary Clark, was born on 4 April 1850 or 1851 in St. Stephens New Brunswick.

By 1858, she and her family moved to Mars Hill Maine.

On 18 Mar 1868, she married Ephriam J Fulton, eldest son of Robert M Fulton and Martha Jones.

She and Ephraim had 6 children: Benjamin Franklin, Mabel, Erman, Ethel, Edith, Annie. All were born in Mars Hill except for Annie who was born in Minnesota.

Louisa and Ephraim later divorced and she lived with various daughters.

Louisa Webster Fulton died on 24 Mar 1925.

Photo: Beeby Bunge Collection

April 1886: McGaw, George Whittaker
June 1886: George Whitcome; ;  unknown “a peddler selling specs”
Aug 1886: James More
Sept 1886: Thomas H More; Watten
Nov 1886: T H More
Dec 1886: David Hartley
Feb 1889: Two Rag peddlers
May 1889: Mr. Oliver, a map peddler
Aug 1889: Meat Peddler
Sept: 1889: George Jollimore, Beef Peddler; Nehemiah Stairs, Apple Peddler
Dec 1889: a book peddler;  Leslie W. Herd – a clock fixer and peddler
Nov. 1891: McNinch, the peddler
Oct 1892: woman peddler (with John Jamison)
Dec 1892: German woman peddler
June 1893: Watten, the wool peddler
Sept 1893: peddler from Fort Fairfield
Dec 1893: Joe Charles, an Arabian peddler
Jan 1895: two peddlers here today, ” A man and a woman from Fort Fairfield”; peddler here today from Bridgewater by the name of Night (Knight)
Oct 1895: Two Arabian peddlers, stayed around for three days
Oct 1896: three peddlers, RM purchased a shirt
Mar 1897: Fish peddler
April 1897: Peddler, Siberian (Syrian?)

It appears a number of Lebanese- Syrian – Arabian- families came to the United States via Ellis Island and were given goods to sell in Northern Maine. Many were listed in the 1900 census in Fort Fairfield. To learn more, click on this link to hear a portion of a 1972 Oral History interview with Louis / Lewis Ayoob on the Turner Memorial Library website: http://resources.presqueisle.lib.me.us/omeka/exhibits/show/fort-fairfield/other-stories/lewis-ayoob

In census years, the immigrants listed their birthplace as Turkey, Syria.

Havelock Bartley and Mabel Kennedy

Havelock Bartley and Mabel Kennedy

Henry Havelock was born 23 Feb 1871 in Greenfield, New Brunswick, the son of John Bartley and Abigail Fulton.  On 24 Oct 1894, he married Mabel Ethel Kennedy in Easton, Maine.

In 1904, he moved to Westfield Maine.

Children: Henry Earl, Ashton Ray, Ralph Willis, Harold Hale and Leversa Gertrude, Clifford,  Raymond Allison, Norvil Elwood, Curtis Albert, Vernon Havelock, Ruth Alice.

Havelock died on 09 Jan 1932 and Mabel died on 28 Aug 1962 in Westfield Maine.

Photo source: T Porter Fahey

Addendum (Rod Fulton)

“Havelock Bartley was born Feb. 23, 1871. The son of John and Abigail (Fulton) Bartley. He was 6’6″ tall and called a mountain’ of a man. So much so that he had to have his axe special made to accommodate his size and strength. Hav, as most called him, married Ethel Kennedy October 24, 1894 in Easton, Maine. Ethel’s parents were Thomas and Jane Kennedy. E.W. Sprague of Easton, Justice of Peace, performed the ceremony.

Hav was the first of the Thomas Bartley family to emigrate to the United States. This was done in 1904 when they moved to the Shorey Road in Westfield. In 1907 he bought property and built a farm lying North of Westfield four corners on the West side of route #1.”

Lydia Cookson Blackden

Lydia Cookson was born on 18 Mar 1835 on Greenfield, Penobscot, Maine, the daughter of Abram Cookson and Sybil Witheum.

On 06 Oct 1851 she married Napoleon Bonapart Blackden. Together they had 7 children:

Rachel M Blackden
Arvilla Frances Blackden
Owen Erastis Blackden
Lillian Rosilla?laversa Blackden
George “Frank” Blackden
Fred Allen Blackden
Irene “Rena” Kelly Blackden

The family lived for many years in Etna Maine. By 1880, they had moved to Mars Hill, Maine.

Lydia died on 01 Aug 1920.

Link to grave on Findagrave.com

Maude Sylvester and BF Pierce (Sylvan)

B F Pierce and Maude Sylvester Benjamin Franklin Pierce b. May 1856- d. 26 Aug 1945.

1900: Mars Hill. Occupation: Dealer of General Merchandise.

Married to Nellie Jewell

Children: Elmer Pierce Lula Pierce (wife of Rue Thomas Snow and 2nd wife of Oliver Own Blackden)

B F Pierce married Maude Sylvester, daughter of Egar Sylvester and Lydia Haskell about 1891.

Children: Bessie Pierce Nettie Pierce Zella Pierce C Hume Pierce (1902-1963) Photo credit: Sylvan Collection

Alden and Rachel Blackden Sylvester

Rachel M Blackden and Alden Sylvester

Rachel Blackden Sylvester was the eldest child of Napoleon Bonapart Blackden and Lydia Cookson.  She was born 13 Mar 1854 in Etna Maine. She married Alden Sylvester, son of Ansel Sylvester and Louisa Torrey,  on 07 Apr 1872 .

Children:

Florence Sylvester
Herbert Sylvester
Fred Alton Sylvester
Arthur Clayton Sylvester
Alice L Sylvester
Lena Sylvester
Don Carroll Sylvester
Pearl Sylvester
Ivda Sylvester
Lillian Sylvester

(photo credit: Sylvan Collection)

1897 Redwork Quilt- Ladies Aid Society

A 1897 Redwork Friendship quilt was recently found in Arizona at a local Goodwill store that had its origins in Mars Hill and Blaine Maine. The finder contacted me, shared photos and was willing to sell it to me since it has connections to Aroostook County- the home of many of my ancestors.  Some of the same family names on the quilt are also mentioned in the Robert Fulton’s Diaries.

I will post photos and information about each person who signed the quilt. Please contact me if you have new information or photos about any of the 61 quilters.

Update: The quilt has returned to its original home and is now owned by the Central Aroostook Historical Society.

Row *1

Mrs. B A Jones, Houlton, Maine

Mrs. Ella Safford, Leadville, Colo.

AMBER

Amy Banks, Leadville, Colo.

Mollie L Shaw, Lowell Mass.

Annie R Jones, Houlton, Maine

Melissa B Rhodes, Mars Hill, Me.

*2

Sarah S McCrea, Blaine Me.

Nellie Shaw, Lowell, Mass. Loring St.

Helen Kennedy, Presque Isle, Me.

Maggie York B, Mars Hill, Maine Ladies Aid, Feb 23, 1897

Mabel E Lewin, Benton Car. Co. N.B.

Mrs. Jane York, Mars Hill Maine, Mar 2 1897

Mrs. Jennie Dilling, Mars Hill, Maine

*3

Mrs. James Gilman, Mars Hill, Me. LAS

 Mrs. Lizzie York, Mars Hill, Maine, Ladies Aid  

Ethel Banks, Mars Hill, Maine, LAS, Feb 23, 1897

Ida E Cogswell, Centreville, N.B. March 19, 1897 WCTU

Mary E Ross, Bridgewater, Maine, Mar 19, 1897

Anna Luce, Mars Hill, 74 years, Maine

Laura Blanchard, Mars Hill, Maine

*4

Cora L Rhodes, LAS, Mars Hill, Maine

Edith E Riley, Mars Hill Maine, Mar 17, 1987, Ladies Aid Society

Jessie Smart, Oakfield, Me.

Mrs. E S Fulton, Blaine Maine

Isabella L Bricknell, West Glassville, Carleton co. N.B. LAS

Mrs. Mary Banks, Mars Hill, Mar. 10, 1897

Mrs. J H Shaw, Mars Hill, Maine

*5

Ethel L Beckwith, #1 Rockdale Ave , Lowell, Mass.

Mrs. Ada  Davies, Leadville , Colo

Olivia A Snow, Mars Hill, Maine

Mrs. C C Sanford, Bridgewater, Maine

Mrs. C H Cox, Blaine, Me.

Mrs John L Bricknell , Mars Hill Maine, Aroostook County, LAS

Susie Blanchard, Mars Hill, Maine

*6

Mrs. E H Tarr, Mars Hill Maine

Mrs. R W Lowell Blaine, Me.

Tina M Blanchard. Mars Hill, Maine

Maud Blanchard Mars Hill, Maine

Annie Small Mars Hill, Maine

Mrs. Robert Hunter Mars Hill, Me. Mar 16, 1897, WCTU, YBS

Sarah E. Hurd

*7

Mrs. F E Clough Mars Hill, Maine

Mrs. Mame Lowell Blaine, Maine

Alice Reidiker Mars Hill Maine Mar 17 97, WCTU, YBS

Miss Effie L Shaw Mars Hill, Maine

S E  Safford Mars Hill, Maine

Alwilda R Langley Mars Hill, Maine

Augusta L Dudley Easton, Me.

*8

Lucy  Tompkins Blaine

Hattie Bridges, Mars Hill, Maine

Mrs. J A Finnemore Mars Hill, Maine

Mrs. Albert White, Mars Hill, Maine

Dora Bridges, Mars Hill, Maine

Winnie E Luce, Mars Hill, Maine

H J Bridges, Mars Hill, Maine

*9

Blank

Blank

M A Gilman

Maggie A York, Mars Hill, Maine

Mrs. Barbara Collins, Mars Hill, Me.

Miss Rose L Shaw, Mars Hill, Maine

Ruby Bridges, Mars Hill, Maine

Information about Signature Quilts: http://www.quiltindex.org/signaturequiltproject.php

Rose Lenora Shaw was born 1878, daughter of James Shaw and Sarah Dustin.

Rose Shaw married Jesse Franklin Shaw on 8 Nov. 1899. ( b. 18 Dec 1876, son of Elisha Shaw and Eunice Robinson)

Mother of Amy Marion Randall Shaw b. 17 Nov 1900 in Easton, Volney Shaw b. 30 May 1902, Percy b, 20 Sep 1904

1900 Census: Easton Maine
1910 Census:  Westfield, Maine
1920 Census: Easton, Maine
1930 Census: Easton, Maine.

Rose Shaw Shaw died on 17 Jan 1938. Jesse remarried to Lillian Adams (widow of John Bean)  and was living in Presque Isle in 1940.

1897 Rose L Shaw