August 23, 1881 Machias Union Date: 97-09-07 16:39:18 EDT From: ctyankee@bigfoot.com (Ken) (c) 1997 by Kenneth A. Dill please send corrections to: e-mail ctyankee@bigfoot.com or snail mail: Kenneth A. Dill 581 Crown St #27 Meriden, CT. 06450 Mrs Susan M. Bonaparte's Illness From the Baltimore Sun Mrs Susan May Bonaparte, widow of the late Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, is lying very ill at her residence, No 85 Park avenue, but was rather better last night. She is the daughter of Benjamin Williams, a prominent merchant of Baltimore and formerly of Roxbury, Mass. She was born in Baltimore, and in Nov. 1829, she married Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, who was the only son of Jerome Napoleon, brother of the Emperor Napoleon I., and Elizabeth Patterson whom the prince married in Baltimore. Of the two sons of Mrs Susan M Bonaparte, the eldest, Col Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, is a graduate of West Point, and was a Lieutenant in the U.S. army. He has also served with distinction in the French army in the Crimean war, in Algiers, and in the War of France with Austria. Mr C.J. Bonaparte, the younger son, is a member of the bar of Baltimore, of fine, legal learning and force in his profession. Mr C.J. was at Bar Harbor the last of July when his mother was taken sick. Why Is It Done? What interest is subserved, what ill prevented or good accomplished for weekly papers to spread all the details of a "horrible murder" a "sickening crime" a "base divorce" before its readers? The details of crime when related in full public and family journals can do no good whatever; they may cause a repetition of the crime in years to come: the hands impelled to it by the disorder contracted in childhood, a lingering recollection of the excitement and withal a fascinating desire to imitate or make real that which has been imagery of the mind for years. Machiasport There are some good farms in Larrabee's Cove District in Machiasport. Capt. M.J. Wright is one of the prosperous farmers. He followed the sea many years. The last six years he has given time to cultivating the soil. His house, large stable, hennery and farm denote thrift. Stephen Pettegrew cuts 30 to 40 tons hay; keeps stock to eat it including 45 sheep, is a successful farmer. Daniel Smith, Capt. Daniel S. Proctor, Alfred Larrabee, Capt. T.C. Clark and others at the Cove have good farms and are making gains by farm work. One of the early settlers at Larrabee's Cove was Daniel Smith; he came from New Hampshire and married Phebe Larrabb who was the daughter of one of Machias' first settlers. Daniel and Phebe's family were Daniel, Hannah, Eunice, Betsey, Nancy, Phebe. Daniel Jr. is now living and occupies the old homestead. Joseph Proctor was another of the early settlers at the Cove. He married Eunice daughter of Daniel Smith Sn.; children were Robert, Daniel, Almira, Emeline. Joseph Proctor was an industrious man and gathered quite a property. His son Daniel S. succeeds him on the old farm; father and son are esteemed by their neighbors for their good intentions and fair dealings. Moses and Joseph Larrabee built the house that Alfred Larrabee now lives in. The boards of the house were sawed in the first saw mill built at Larrabee's Cove by the Larrabee Bro's. The Talbot Family Peter Talbot of Stoughton, Mass., married Lucy Hammond of Brookline, Mass.; they came to Machias in 1770 and settled at East River. Their chilldren were Stephen, Apphia, Lucy, Peter, John Coffin, M. Jones, Sally. Stephen died young. Apphia married Abijah Foster; children-- Lucy, Apphia, Eliza, Frederic, Stephen. Lucy married Josiah Harris; children-- John F., Stephen T., George, Sarah, Lucy, Betsey, Peter T., Samuel. Peter married 1st Eliza Chaloner; children-- Wm. C., Frederic, Mary, Emily, Charles H. 2nd Rebecca O'Brien. John Coffin married Mary Foster; children-- Stephen, Wm. H., John C., Emma, Susan H., Geo. F., Mary, Thomas H. M. Jones married Betsey Rich; children-- Samuel H., Josiah H., Peter S. J., Betsey, James R., F. Loring, M. Jones, Henry L. Sally married Caleb Cary; children-- Chas, Lucy, Lewis. Local and Miscellaneous Items George Partridge, aged 84, died at Orland, Me., Aug 6. Mrs. Noah Woods, a lady highly respected, died at Bangor August 11. Francis H. son of John M. Hale, Ellsworth, died at Lowell Aug 6 aged 33yrs Scn Nulato, Capt. S.F. Small, sailed from Machias August 18; lumber for New York. Mr Chas H. Williams, his wife and his sister Nellie left for Minneapolis last week. He expects to obtain a situation in a store, being experienced and well adapted to Clerking. The first permanent settlement on Mount Desert was made in 1761, by Abraham Somes; at or near the head of Somes Sound. Daniel Blaisdell, at Orland, Me., 84 years old, cut his 20 acres of grass this season with little help, doing regular days work like other men. Mr Irving L. Bryant has gone to Boston to accept a position for one year or longer, sealer in Atwood & Co's canning house. MARRIED In Columbia Falls, Aug 19, by L. Leighton Esq., Wm F. White of Jonesport and Miss Rosa L. Drisko of C.F. In Kingman, Aug 13, by W.S. Smith, Esq., Charles H. McAlpine and Miss Mary M. Pomroy, both of Winn. In Princeton, Aug 6, by Rev G E Chapin, Albert Tosler and Miss Mary A Billings, both of P. DIED In Whiting, Aug 13, Mrs Mehitable, widow of the late John Crane, aged 77 years 12 days. In Millbridge, Aug 15, Lucindia A., daughter of Capt Nathaniel Mitchell, aged 11 years 1 month. In Robbinston, Aug 4, Adeula Bugbee, aged 22 years. In Vanceboro, Aug 1, Mrs Sally, relict of Eli Sprague late of Princeton, aged 78 years; Aug 2, James Farnham, aged 50 years. -- Kenneth A. Dill ctyankee@bigfoot.com ctyankee@home.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7229 (c) 1997 by Kenneth A. Dill please send corrections to: e-mail ctyankee@bigfoot.com or snail mail: Kenneth A. 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