Description: Singe page photocopy of partial article from "Sprague's Journal of Maine History", Vol. 14. Text describes the settlement of Mount Desert Island by Abraham Somes.
Description: Handwritten details of life of Mrs. Fannie M. Brown and a pasted on newspaper obituary of Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown was the oldest resident of Mount Desert Island at the time of her death in 1957 at age 99. She was holder of the gold-headed Boston Post Cane since 1954.
Genealogical Society of The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Inc.
Collection:
Somes Genealogy
Date:
1964
Description: Archive record documenting the marriage of Capt. John Somes of Gloucester, Mass. to Nabby Saunders. Also included are the names and birth dates of 10 children born to the couple.
Description: Portion of Maine Historical Society Prize Essay, 1976, pertaining to 1770 incident between crew member of a Royal Navy ship and a local Bunker young woman.
Description: Letter excerpt details descendants of Samuel Richardson and Betty Giles and Samuel's second wife Lousana Garland. Samuel lived in Bridgeton, ME, and Aurora, Me.
Description: Photocopied pages from book, The Babson Genealogy, 1637-1977, Descendants of Isabel Babson who arrived at Salem, Massachusetts in 1637. Eaton Press, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1978.
Description: Two typewritten pages by Irene Dow Purdie regarding her ancestors John Ware Dow and John Wesley Dow. Both Dows had a connection to Mount Desert Island.