Description: Photocopy of Bar Harbor Times article describing aspects of Somesville history and biography of Chauncey Somes. Contains photograph of Chauncey Somes, early Somesville buildings including the wool carding mill and the library.
Description: Two photocopies of excerpt from document or book, possibly "History of MDI" by George Street. Lists the children of Abraham and Hannah Somes.
Description: Photocopy of text, possibly from "Maine Families in 1970" in the Maine Genealogical Society. Content is information on Abraham Somes, settler of Somesville, ME.
Description: Duplicate record of 002-16-20-2410. Letter from Daniel Somes Jr. (1803-1883) to President Franklin Pierce recommending Thomas Jones for office of Collector of the Customs for the District of Frenchman Bay.
Description: Five typed pages of vital statistic records on Abraham and Hannah Somes and their children. These records, drawn from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File, include some birth, death and marriage dates.
Description: Four typewritten pages of vital statistics on the families of George and Bethiah Stanley and the family of their son, Sans Stanley and grandson Sans Stanley.
Description: Photocopies of typed genealogical records of descendants of Peter Stanley who died at Northeast Harbor, Maine. Included in this set are pages 1-73 (with subpages) and pages 282-341.
Description: Single photocopies sheet with handwritten details giving the birth and death dates of the children of Isaac Collier Higgins and his wife, Mary Esther Murphy Higgins. Also included on reverse is brief biographical sketch of their son Ernest Myron Higgins/
Description: Letter written by DeLorraine Higgins to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins. Letter written from Baton Rouge, LA, refers to picket duty and food rations.
Description: Letter from DeLorraine Higgins from Newport News, VA, to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins. Letter refers to other local men who were serving in the Civil War. He also refers to the ship, Alabama, being in Frenchmans Bay.
Description: Letter from DeLorraine Higgins, Civil War soldier, to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins, describes weather, his illness and the status of other local soldiers.
Description: Letter from DeLorraine Higgins to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins. This letter, written from Baton Rouge, LA, discussed health issues and new marching orders.
Description: This letter from Joseph Currier, written from Fort Alexander, MD, to a Mr. Higgins is asking for state aid for his impoverished family in Maine. Currier mention that the soldiers have not been paid in six months.
Description: Letter from DeLorraine Higgins to his uncle, Benjamin Higgins. This Civil War soldier discusses the poor conditions under which the soldiers are living, the combat and weapons.
Other, Beach [Beech?] Hill Methodist Episcopal Church
Other, Genealogy
Creator:
Dean R Purdie
Collection:
Dow Genealogy
Date:
2001
Description: Letter from Dean Purdie to the MDI Historical Society discussing the Dow family genealogy and connection with Mount Desert Island. Purdie also sent materials detailing Dow family members.
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.