July 26, 1881 Machias Union Date: 97-09-01 14:53:58 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 Boy Murder Willie Cain of Rockport, aged ten, reported missing July 12, 13, is found to have been murdered. He was taken out in a punt on Lillie Pond by Ralph B. Richards, aged fourteen and Edward F. Gross, aged eleven, who threatened to drown him if he did not give them twenty cents which they knew he possessed. The boys say he had given up ten cents and wanted to be set on shore when one of them, it is impossible to tell which, pushed him overboard. They say he came up twice and then sank. The body has not been recovered. The boys are hard cases and have previously been arrested for theft. The deputy Sheriff has them in charge. The Leighton Family Thomas Leighton came from Portland to Steuben probably in 1760, one of the pioneers, and settled on lot known as No. 1 on Town plan. He married Lydia Tracy who came from Dover, N.H. Their children were Jonathan, Mark, Charity, Alexander, Hatevil, Permelia, Israel, Daniel, Isaiah and Asad. Jonathan married Anna Dyer; children-- Jonathan Jr who married Lydia Strout; Lydia married 1st Nathan Godfrey; 2d Stephen Hill of Calais; Anna married Benjamin Godfrey; Charity married 1st Samuel Nash, 2d Wm N. Nash; Henry married Lovice Wass; Handy married 1st Rebecca Wass, 2d Eliza Ann Smith; Triphena married Wm B Nash; Thomas married Persis Dyer; Persis married Oliver Cleaves; Irene married Isaac Small; Betsey married Oliver Randall; Mary Theresa married John Coy; Almond married Sarah McAllister. Mark, son of Thomas, married Sally Cates; children-- Nabby married James Smith; Elisha married Betsey Parker; Warren married Joanna Dyer; Permelia married James Parker; Sawell married Barbary Green; Lydia married 1st John Stewart, 2d Jonah Dyer; 3d Patrick Kelley; Freeman not married; Naomi married James Clark; Amy married 1st James Kelly, 2d Joel Gay; Belinda married Alfred Smith. Charity, daughter of Thomas, married Daniel Godfrey, children--Lydia married Wm Small; Frederic married Joanna Haskell; Eliza died young; Lewis married Betsey Foster; Flora married Leonard Haskell; James married Elmira Yeaton; Olive married Leonard Smith; Permelia married Albert Hayford. Alexander, son of Thomas, married Polly Lawrence; children-- Direxa married Wm Smith; Jane married Robert A Smith; Nelson married Lovie Smith; Abagail married Ezra S Smith; Annah married Wm Stevens; Daniel married Mary J Lawrence; Caroline married Geo S Smith; Nancy married John Pierce. Hatevil Leighton married Polly Dunbar, children-- Zeniah married Nathan Perry; John P never married; Sophronia married Elijah Doane; Leonice married Samuel W Cleaves; Eleanor married Elisha Parker; Geo U married Lydia Moore; Wm P never married; Wealthy married Willard Hall. Permelia married John Patten, children-- Isaac, Amy, Sally, Lydia, Julia, Jane, William, John, Charity, Love, Mary; marriages not known. Israer married Amy Smith, children-- A vah, Eliza, Arthur, James; Israel married 2d Priscilla Strout, children-- Seaman, Nicholas, Phebe G, Kingsbury. Eliza married _____ Smith; Seaman married Eliza W Shaw; Nicholas married Elsie Haskell; no others of the family ever married. Daniel married Abaigail Nason, children-- John N married Hannah Nason; Israel married Hannah Drinkwater; Abagail married Henry Crane; Leonard married Abbie Yeaton. Isaiah married Mary Small, children--Elisha, Amos and Sherman. Asa married ?????????? Fickett [I can not make out the first name], children-- Cynthia, Eliza, Jason, Oliver, Mary, Hannah, Isabelin, Robert. Do not know who the children of Isaiah ans Asa married. Local and Miscellaneous Items Col. L. Baker Sawyer, of Steuben, was reported at Bar Harbor last week in his yacht Wave. A barn of Miles A Barns at Fort Fairfield was struck by lightning July 16 and burned. Loss $500. No insurance. The wind unroofed Albert Kennison's barn. Capt Bibber, of the yacht Tempest, was badly burned by the premature discharge of a small cannon at Somesville, Mt Dessert, Friday. Cigarettes are made from old stumps of cigars picked out of the gutters in the streets of New York by children who sell them to the manufacturers. The girls "love 'em" nevertheless. Isaiah, son of Stephen Bacon of Baileyville, was drowned on the Connecticut river, log driving, July 19, aged 23 years: unmarried. He had $285 in gold on his person of his own and several watches that belonged to his fellow workmen Lester Small, of Cherryfield, was one of five boys who escaped from the Reform School at Cape Elizabeth July 8, by throwing pepper in the eyes of the night watchman and maltreating him. Four of the five were recaptured next day; Lester being one, and now it looks as if the boys would be put in a stronger State Institution. Wm H. Young, Esq., of the St. Croix Exchange, Calais, left last week to visit Nebraska, where he has a cattle ranch. His son Albert is in Nebraska. OBITUARY Jason C. Leighton, Esq., of Columbia, died suddenly, morning of July 21 at the age of 62. He had been in his usual health, attending to trade and business with his usual care and activity. He was second son of late Moses Leighton. Levi L., Jason C, Asa and Otis M., Levi only now living. Mr Leighton leaves a widow daughter of Leonard Worster; three children, two sons and a daughter. Until about ten years since the Brothers, Levi and J.C. were in trade at Epping Corner; they dissolved, J.C. continuing in business at the Corner, where he had been for 22 years, and Levi with his son Horace M, started in trade at Columbia Falls, Firm L.Leighton & Son. Jason was a good citizen, square in his dealings, highly respected and will be greatly missed by the community; most mourned by those who are of his household, so suddenly bereaved. The last letter received from him was dated and received the day before his death in which he said "I am pleased to foward you the name of a good paying subscriber," showing his kindness toward and interest for others, a trait in his character during life appreciated by hundreds of persons but never so clearly recognized and acknowledged as since the heart that prompted and the hand that excuted are still in death. MARRIED In Machias, July 23, by Rev Daniel Greene, William W Hale and Miss Mary C Hanscom, both of Machias. In Machias, July 16, by Rev A Case, Gilbert B Reynolds and Miss Sarah L Reynolds, both of Machias. In Calais, July 10, by Rev A J Paddelford, Daniel L Southard, of Gouldsboro, and Miss Alice Brown of C. In Eastport, July 19, Frank L Sears and Miss Olive McDonald. In Charlotte, July 17, by P A Rich., Esq., A H Hersey and Mrs Melissa A Smith. DIED In Machias, July 22, Lester Roy, son of A G and Corris Ann Gilson, aged 3 years, 4 months. In Columbia, July 21, Jason C Leighton, Esq., aged 62 years. In Cutler, July 19, Parker Gilson, aged 61 yrs. June 7, on voyage from Savannah to Bath, Israel Thompson, of Calais, aged 56 years. In Eastport, July 15, Mrs Hannah Dyer, aged 87 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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