1870s-1913 Autograph Album of Jennie P. Bamford of Fayette, Maine, with some Inscriptions to her Mother Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford

Autograph album started in February 1876 by Jennie P. Bamford of Fayette, Maine.

Three or more of the later autographs in the album, from the early 1900s, were inscribed to "Grammy", who was Jennie's mother Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford.  Could Jennie have died or move away by this time and the album passed along to her mother?

The album measures approximately 7" by 4-1/4" and contains the sentiments of 47 of Jennie's relatives, friends and schoolmates.  An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.

From brief online research, hopefully correct:  [corrections, clarifications and additions requested]

Jennie P. Bamford was born about 1860, presumably at Fayette, Maine, the daughter of Charles H. Bamford and Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford.  Jennie was a student at the Maine Wesleyan and Seminary and Female College at Kents Hill at Readfield, Maine, at least in 1876.  She was out of her parents' household by the time of the 1880 Census.  Whether she was off teaching or was married or had died, I don't know.

Relatives who inscribed pages in the album had surnames of:  [and there were likely more]

• Bamford,
• Bean
• Coburn
• Currier
• Robinson

I found a web page that has information on a family Bible that belonged, initially at least, to Jennie's grandparents John and Mary (Quimby) Bean.

If you have corrections, clarifications or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Surnames in the Album

Alden	Danforth	Judkins	Robinson [2]
Atwood	Elliott	Konkelman	Seavy
Bamford [6]	Fillebrown	Lowell	Shea
Bean	Gilman	McLench [2]	Sturtevant [3]
Brown	Gilson	Nickles	Watson
Chase [2]	Hobbs	Nugent [3]	Whittemore
Coburn [3]	Hodgdon	Pierce	Woodsum
Currier [2]	Hutchinson	Pike	Wright
		Pratt

Inscribers in the Album - given names within a surname not necessarily in alphabetical order

A

• Flora Alden, inscribed on December 17, 1876 "Sister spirit"
• Myra Atwood, inscribed on September 17, 1870

B

• Jennie P. Bamford of Fayette, Maine, album owner, who started the autograph album in February 1876
• J. H. Bamford of Fayette, Maine; presumably Jennie's brother John H. Bamford
• Nancy Q. Bamford of Fayette, Maine, inscribed on June 2, 1878; Jennie's mother Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford
• L. W. Bamford, inscribed at Fayette, Maine, on December 16, 1877.  Jennie's grandmother.  She may have been Relief (Whittier) Bamford, then widow of John Bamford.  She was John's second wife.  John and his first wife Phoebe (Sherburne) Bamford were the parents of Jennie's father Charles H. Bamford.  Perhaps Relief went by "Leaf", accounting for her initials.
• Inscribed to "Grammy", who presumably was album owner Jennie's mother, Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford.  The inscriber was Jennie's namesake niece, Jennie P. Bamford of Fayette Corner, Maine, inscribed on July 21, 1906.  The younger Jennie was born October 1, 1895 at Fayette, Maine.
• Inscribed to "Grammy", who presumably was album owner Jenni's mother Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford.  The inscriber was young John Henry Bamford of Fayette Corner, Maine, on July 21, 1906, son of album owner Jennie P. Bamford's brother, inscriber John Henry Bamford and brother of inscriber young Jennie P. Bamford.  Young John was born September 20, 1892.
• Carrie I. Bean, inscribed at Fayette, Maine, on February 16, 1878.  Carrie was the daughter of Amy Jane (Frost) Bean and Samuel Quimby Bean, who was a brother to Jennie's mother Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford.
• David S. Brown of Mount Vernon, Maine, inscribed on February 9, 1876

C

• Mary A. Chase of Fayette Corner, Maine, inscribed on April 13, 1877.  The W. B. Chase who inscribed a page may have been her brother Ward B. Chase.
• W. B. Chase, inscribed at Fayette Corner, Maine, on May 9, 1877.  Presumably Ward B. Chase, brother of inscriber Mary A. Chase.
• Mary B. Coburn of Lowell, Massachusetts; Jennie's aunt Mary (Bamford) Coburn.  The G. W. Coburn who inscribed a page was presumably Mary's husband George Washington Coburn.
• George W. Coburn; presumably George Washington Coburn, husband of inscriber Mary (Bamford) Coburn of Lowell, Massachusetts, Jennie's aunt.
• Frank Coburn, inscribed at Lowell, Massachusetts on August 23, 1883 at Fayette, Maine; Jennie's cousin.  His parents were George Washington Coburn and Mary (Bamford) Coburn, who was Jennie's aunt.
• Frederick Mortimer Currier of Mankato, Minnesota, inscribed to Aunt Nancy on August 4, 1898; inscribed to Aunt Nancy, presumably Jennie's mother Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford.  His wife, Ellen L. (Todd) Currier, "Nellie", inscribed the right facing page.  Frederick inscribed another page in 1876, when he was living at Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
• Nellie L. Currier of Mankato, Minnesota, inscribed on August 4, 1898.  She was Ellen L. (Todd) Currier, whose husband, Frederick Mortimer Currier, inscribed the left facing page.

D

• Carrie L. Danforth, inscribed on August 19, 1877.  Her message dealt with how Jennie would live her life for the next 20 years, and she added the year 1897.  "Will you look back at this in twenty years and feel that your work has been well and faithfully done?"

E

• Arrie M. Elliott of Lawrence, Massachusetts, inscribed on October 12, 1876

F

• Ida Fillebrown of Fayette Corner, Maine.  She was Ida L. (Judkins) Fillebrown, wife of Charles T. Fillebrown.  They married in 1872 but divorced in 1876.  Ida kept the Fillebrown surname until her marriage to widower Harrison B. Wardwell in 1880.  He had previously been married to Rachel Naomi (Washburn) Wardwell, who had died in 1879.  He died in 1890.

G

• Mrs. Laura Gilman of Mount Vernon, Maine, inscribed on October 6, 1903; middle initial possibly H
• Herbert S. Gilson of Mount Vernon, Maine, inscribed on February 13, 1876.

H

• Eugenia Hobbs of Falmouth, Maine, inscribed on January 10, 1876
• Alice M. Hodgdon of Gardiner,Maine, inscribed at Fayette Corner, Maine, on October 12, 1903
• I. P. Hutchinson, inscribed at Fayette, Maine, on October 15, 1876.  Presumably Isaac P. Hutchinson.

J

• J. S. Judkins of Fayette Corner, Maine, inscribed on May 3, 1877 or 1879.  Presumably the father of brother of inscriber Ida L. (Judkins) Fillebrown.  Either Ida's father James Judkins or, more likely, her  brother John S. Judkins.

K

• Fannie J. Konkelman, inscribed on October 5, 1903.  Mentions two towns, Fayette, Maine, and Randolph, Maine

L

• Allie M. Lowell of Wayne, Maine, inscribed on May 9, 1877

M

• B. F. McLench, Oregon; presumably Benjamin Franklin McLench, born March 6, 1825 at Fayette, Maine; died in 1892 in Oregon, buried in Zena Cemetery in Polk County, Oregon.  His wife Mary A. (Grey or Gray) McLench inscribed the right facing page.
• Mary A. McLench of Lincoln, Oregon, in Polk County, wife of Benjamin Franklin McLench, who inscribed the left facing page.  She was Mary A. (Grey or Gray) McLench, born at Townshend, Vermont, on September 16, 1825; died at Salem, Oregon on December 4, 1907.  Buried in Zena Cemetery in Polk County, Oregon.

N

• Mrs. H. A. R. Nickles of Fayette Corner, Maine, inscribed on April 20, 1876.  She was Hester Ann R. (Young) Nickles, wife of Timothy Nickles
• H. E. Nugent of Fayette Corner, Maine, inscribed on Mar 25, 1877.  Presumably Harriet E. Nugent, daughter of inscriber Rev. Edmund Nugent and his first wife Sarah Griggs (Ricker) Nugent, and stepdaughter of inscriber Jane (Hart) Estabrooks Nugent.
• Jane H. Nugent, inscribed at Fayette, Maine, on March 17, 1877, presumably Jane (Hart) Estabrooks Nugent, wife of inscriber Rev. Edmund Nugent, who inscribed the right facing page, and stepmother of inscriber Harriet E. Nugent.
• E. Nugent, inscribed at Fayette, Maine, on March 20, 1877.  Rev. Edmund Nugent, a Lubec, Maine native, whose second wife Jane (Hart) Estabrooks Nugent inscribed the left facing page, and whose daughter Harriet E. Nugent, from his first marriage to Sarah Griggs (Ricker) Nugent, also inscribed a page.

P

• Ella F. Pierce of North Fayette, Maine
• Flora J. Pike of Fayette, Maine, inscribed on October 12, 1876, "Centennial"; Jennie's friend and schoolmate
• Emma C. Pratt of Fairfield, Maine, inscribed on October 23, 1876; mentions "Spelling - school"

R

• Lydia Q. Robinson of, or inscribed at, Mount Vernon, Maine, on September 15, 1913.  "Aged 89 years".  Lydia Quimby (Bean) Robinson, sister of Jennie's mother Nancy Quimby (Bean) Bamford.
• Eda G. Robinson of Mount Vernon, Maine, inscribed on February 13, 1876

S

• Georgia A. Seavy of Fayette Corner, Maine, inscribed on April 20, 1876
• Lizzie A. Shea of Fayette Ridge, Maine, inscribed on October 20, 1876 "Centennial
• May Belle Sturtevant of Fayette Corner, Maine, inscribed on April 24, 1876.  The H. E. Sturtevant who inscribed a page was presumably May Belle's mother Helen Elizabeth (Ormsby) Sturtevant, wife of Josiah Houghton Sturtevant; they inscribed facing pages in the album.
• H. E. Sturtevant; presumably Helen Elizabeth (Ormsby) Sturtevant, wife of Josiah Houghton Sturtevant and mother of inscriber May Belle Sturtevant, who inscribed the right facing page.
• J. H. Sturtevant, inscribed at Fayette Corner, Maine, on January 10, 1877.  Presumably Josiah Houghton Sturtevant, whose wife Helen Elizabeth (Ormsby) Sturtevant inscribed the left facing page.  Their daughter May Belle Sturtevant also inscribed a page.

W

• Fred A. Watson, inscribed at South Fayette, Maine, on May 12, 1877
• Luella Whittemore of South Chesterville, Maine, inscribed on October 20, 1876
• A. G. Woodsum of Fayette, Maine, inscribed on May 14, 1877; presumably Albert G. Woodsum
• Arthur G. Wright of Readfield, Maine, inscribed at Fayette Corner, Maine, on January 30, 1901