1884-1902 ME & NH Documents & Correspondence Re: Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) of Steep Falls, Maine, and the Saco Lumber Company

Nineteen 1884-1902 papers, including correspondence and documents, pertaining to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) of Steep Falls, Maine, and the Saco Lumber Company.

See a mill operated by the Saco Lumber Company at Biddeford, Maine, at Digital Commons@UMaine.

Most of the documents relate to lumber negotiations, but one item is an 1896 letter to Coolbroth from his brother Samuel Wilson Coolbroth (1826-1910) in Santa Rosa, California. Samuel's surname may have morphed to Colbroth.

People mentioned:

• J. B?, Agent - for, presumably, Mr. Emery, who was possibly Mark Peter Emery (1817-1898) of Saco Lumber Company
• Charles Adams - possibly of Carroll County, New Hampshire, or adjacent Maine
• Francisco Weston Barker (1846-1910) of Effingham, New Hampshire
• Mary Lucretia (Marston) Barker (1848-1919), wife of Francisco Weston Barker of Effingham, New Hampshire
• John Dana Bemis (1834-1917) of Conway, New Hampshire
• Amos Boulter (1811-1896) of Standish, Maine (deceased at time of document)
• Brazier - perhaps ran a boarding house or restaurant along the Saco River in Maine or New Hampshire
• John Merrill Browne (1839-1925); brother in law of Rev. Israel Paul Quimby, Jr. (1849-1925)
• R. S. Chick - perhaps Ralph S. Chick (1863-1922)
• Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) of Steep Falls, Maine
• Samuel Wilson Coolbroth or Colbroth (1826-1910)
• Hattie L. (Lewis) Coolbroth or Coolbroth (abt 1840-1905)
• Joseph G. Dearing - presumably Joseph Godfrey Deering or Dearing (1816-1892) of Saco, Maine
• Mr. Emery - possibly Mark Peter Emery (1817-1898) of Saco Lumber Company
• Mr. Foss - presumably of Carroll County, New Hampshire
• James & Ed - they may have been sons of the previously mentioned Mr. Foss of Carroll County, New Hampshire
• Hiram Gatchell (1829-1913), Surveyor, of Brownfield, Maine
• J. B. Gregory, Agent for Saco Lumber Company - perhaps John Brunswick Gregory (1850-1919)
• S. C. Hamilton - perhaps Samuel C. Hamilton (1821-1897)
• W. H. & L. G. Hanson - presumably William Henry Hanson (1818-1890) and his brother Levi Gowen Hanson (1822-1895)
• Harmon
• John Hastings 
• Joseph Hobson & Sons - perhaps Joseph Hobson (1816-1893) of Saco, Maine
• Holland lots - presumably in Carroll County, New Hampshire, or adjacent Maine
• Fred Holt - perhaps ran a boarding house near Fryeburg, Maine - perhaps this or a related Fred Holt - Frederick A. Holt (1857-1937)
• Kendal & Whitmer
• Stephen J. Keneson (1832-1909) of Freedom, New Hampshire
• Emory Lord (1832-1916)
• George Abraham Lord (1864-1954)
• Mareston lot in, presumably, Carroll County, New Hampshire, or nearby Maine - possibly Marston
• B. W. McKeen - presumably Benjamin Walker McKeen (1817-1894)
• Merrill farm in North Parsonsfield, Maine
• Mr. Morrill
• Parsons, Surveyor
• John S. Perkins (1835-1900) of Brownfield, Maine, or area
• John Perkins - perhaps ran a boarding house or restaurant
• C. D. Prince of S. D. Warren & Co. of Cumberland Mills, Maine - perhaps Carroll Davee Prince (1859-1920)
• I. P. Quimby - presumably Rev. Israel Paul Quimby, Jr. (1849-1925), brother-in-law of John Merrill Browne (1839-1925)
• ? G. Smith - presumably an employee or agent of Mark R. Coolbroth or Saco Lumber Company, working in West Buxton, Maine
• Temperance (Allen) Swan (1829-1902) of Livingston, California; native of Wells, Maine; widow of Joseph Greeley Swan
• Henry William Swasey (1842-1917), lawyer in Standish, Maine
• John W. Thoms (1833-1911) of Conway, New Hampshire, or area
• Edwin Towle - perhaps one of the Edwin Towles buried in Freedom, New Hampshire
• Gideon Marshall Tucker (1828-1929) of Steep Falls, Maine
• Walker House - presumably a boarding house or transportation stop along the Saco River in Maine or New Hampshire
• R. G. Watson, presumably Roscoe Gilbert Watson (abt 1860-1945) of Limington, Maine
• Mr. Wells, purveyor of boom sticks - presumably near West Buxton, Maine
• Kendal & Whitmer

The documents, from the earliest:

• May 27, 1884.  To owners of logs now in drives coming down Saco river & owners of booms on said river above Saco.  To owners of logs now in drives coming down Saco river & owners of booms on said river above Saco; signed: Joseph Hobson; Joseph G. Dearing; S. C. Hamilton; C. & L. G. Hanson
• January 25, 1885 letter to Mark R. Coolbroth(1827-1903) from John W. Thoms (1833-1911); Saco River in Brownfield, Maine
• April 21, 1885 survey and receipt: Emory Lord (1832-1916) and son George Abraham Lord (1864-1954); Joseph Hobson & Sons, presumably Joseph Hobson (1816-1893) of Saco, Maine; Hiram Gatchell, Surveyor - Hiram Gatchell (1829-1913) of Brownfield, Maine.  Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903)
• April 21, 1885 survey receipt of payment by Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) to B. W. McKeen, presumably Benjamin Walker McKeen (1817-1894); surveyor: Hiram Gatchell (1829-1913) of Brownfield, Maine; also mentions Joseph Hobson & Sons; lumber on Ballard Brook in Fryeburg, Maine
• April 24, 1885 - survey and receipt of payment by Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) to B. W. McKeen, presumably Benjamin Walker Mckeen (1817-1894); for Joseph Hobson & Sons, presumably of Saco, Maine; surveyor Hiram Gatchell (1829-1913) of Brownfield, Maine
• August 25, 1888; agreement between Francisco Weston Walker (1846-1910), "Frank", of Effingham, New Hampshire and Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) of Steep Falls, Maine; mention's Frank's wife Mary Lucretia (Marston) Barker; Edwin Towle and surveyor Parsons
• August 10, 1889 letter to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) at Steep Falls, Maine, from J. B?, agent for Mr. Emery, presumably Mark Peter Emery (1817-1898); mentions Coolbroth & Keneson; Keneson was, presumably Stephen J. Keneson (1832-1909) of Freedom, New Hampshire
• August 19, 1892 letter from Stephen J. Keneson (1832-1909) at Freedom, New Hampshire, to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) at Steep Falls, Maine; also mentions Mr. Foss, presumably in Carroll County, New Hampshire; the James and Ed mentioned were presumably the sons of Mr. Foss; the Holland lots, presumably in Carroll County, New Hampshire; Charles Adams
• 1893 list of fares, meals, telegraphs, etc., paid; mentions Steep Falls, Brownfield, Hiram; Towle bridge (or perhaps Toll Bridge); Walker house for meals; meals provided by John Perkins and Brazier; Chandlers; Cornish; Lovell; hauling logs on Hiram Flats; John Hastings; Kendal & Whitmer
• December 12, 1894 letter from John D. Bemis of Conway, New Hampshire, presumably John Dana Bemis (1834-1917), to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903), touting the ministrations and medicine of a certain doctor when other doctors had written Bemis off
• May 4, 1894 bill submitted to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) of Steep Falls, Maine by R. G. Watson, presumably Roscoe Gilbert Watson (abt 1860-1945), of "Rapids, Maine", presumably along the Saco River, perhaps near Limington, Maine 
• March 1896 to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) of Steep Falls, Maine, from his brother Samuel Wilson Coolbroth/Colbroth (1826-1910) of Santa Rosa, California; mentions Samuel's wife Hattie L. (Lewis) Colbroth (abt 1840-1905) 
• March 25, 1896 letter from surveyor Hiram Gatchell (1829-1913) at East Brownfield, Maine, to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) at Steep Falls, Maine; mentions Steep Landing; Harmon; Gray, presumably a surveyor; Hiram, Maine
• June 4 1898 agreement to for Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903) to purchase land in Standish, Maine, from heirs of Amos Boulter (1811-1896), faciliated by lawyer Henry W. Swasey (1842-1917)
• 9-12-1899 letter from I. P. Quimby (presumably Rev. Israel Paul Quimby, Jr. ( 1849-1925)) in Boston, Massachusetts, to J. B. Gregory, (presumably John Brunswick Gregory (1850-1919)), Agent for the Saco Lumber Company; mentions the Swift (presumably a River on Freedom Road; great Ossipee; old Merrill farm in North Parsonsfield, Maine; J. M. Browne (presumably Quimby's brother in law John Merrill Browne (1839-1925)
• May 31, 1900 letter to Mark G. Coolbroth (1827-1903) from ? G. Smith in West Buxton, Maine; mentions that Mr. Wells had not received payment for his boom sticks
• September 13, 1900 letter to Mark G. Coolbroth (1827-1903) at Steep Falls, Maine, from Temperance Swan in Livingston, California. Temperance (Allen) Swan (1829-1902), widow of Joseph Greeley Swan; does not want to sell her land in Maine at present time
• July 1901 bill for cutting hay; from R. S. Chick, perhaps Ralph S. Chick (1863-1922); to Mark R. Coolbroth (1827-1903)
• June 20, 1902 letter from C. D. Prince, perhaps Carroll Davee Prince (1859-1920), for S. D. Warren Company in Cumberland Mills, Maine, to Mark D. Coolbroth (1827-1903) in Steep Falls, Maine; regarding delivery of boards

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