Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"At the age of 18, Gordon joined the U.S. Army as a member of the First Special Forces Operation Detachment. He was also the leader of the sniper team."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… Bodwell was a drummer boy in the army at the age of 12 years old in the War of 1812. The drum was in the family until it was stolen."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"This strong profile image of an aged leader is reminiscent of daguerreotypes of Andrew Jackson taken shortly before his death."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… on a farm in Palermo and enlisted in 1861 at the age of eighteen as a private in the Third Maine. This young soldier from Central Maine fought in…"

McArthur Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… boys would willingly sign up for the army at the age of 14. Most aren’t ever brave enough to sign up for the army in their lifetime. While Thomas G."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"When he died at the age of seventy-eight, in the fifty-third year of his professorship, the college estimated that he had taught more than two…"

Davistown Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… entered the military on August 21, 1862, at the age of 25. Mr. Edwards was the composer of numerous songs and one called "The Flag of ’62." This…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… larger freight ships and bridges in this day and age. But steamboats are still used for crossing rivers and lakes, or taking commercial tours of…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia lost both her parents at a young age and was later adopted by a Penobscot woman from Greenbush."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… a living in Lincoln? He came to Lincoln at the age of 44 and when he was here he sold properties and raised sheep at his house for wool."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"The building is in good shape for it’s age. It is 171 years old. Works Cited Bailey, May E. The History of Methodism in Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"was born on August 21, 1832. At the age of 29, he settled by Cold Stream in Enfield, Maine. His father, Jonathan Clay, was a veteran of the War of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Jacob was an orphan at age 12 after his parents died from unknown events. He then lived with his uncle, and moved to Lincoln in 1826 where he started…"

United Society of Shakers

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"A ceramics industry met with initial success, and the boot and shoe industry continued to be viable for many more years."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"1960-1970 The 1960s tend to be recalled as the age of the mini skirt, which it was. It was also the era of the "baby boom" generation, and the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Kids began at age six or seven, and it was common for someone to finish in his or her early 20s, since school was interrupted by work, including…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… captains of the era, went to sea at 18 years of age and worked his way up to commanding clipper ships carrying gold prospectors from New York to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"She operated that until her death at the age of 55 on July 14, 1960. Melissa Shaefer “Compare and contrast your topic in the past and in the present”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"The Paleoindians, ice age hunters of mammoth and caribou, camped around Munsungan Lake and quarried high quality red, green, and gray chert (flint)…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Few kids were left and the middle-age population was very scarce. The few that were there didn’t want to leave Stockholm because they thought it…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… home for Mame until the early 1990s when her old age necessitated moving out of the Old Ell and down the road into her niece Marcia Savage’s home."