1870s/1880s Autograph Album of Georgiana, possibly Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes (1860-1944) of Canton, Maine

1870s/1880s autograph album that belonged to a Georgianna, also known as Georgia and "Georgie", who presumably lived in the area of Canton, Maine, and North Livermore, Maine, where many of the inscribers lived.

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The album measures approximately 5+" by 4" and contains the sentiments of 78 well wishers.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.  

The only inscriber who called herself a relative was cousin Annie Elizabeth Richardson (1852-unk), who would marry Marshall Lee Gray.

Surnames in the Album

?	? [3]	G	Goding [3]	P	Paine
A	Adkins		Gray		Payne
	Alden	H	Hamblen		Pitts
	Atkins		Hanscom	R	Richardson [3]
	Austin [2]		Harlow		Rose
B	Bartow		Herrick	S	Seavey [3]
	Bean		Hersey		Spaulding
	Berry		Hunter		Staples
	Bisbee [2]		Hutchinson		Stinchfield
	Bryant		Hyde [2]		Stubbs
C	Chase [3]	J	Jewell	T	Thompson
	Chenery [2]		Johnson [3]		Trufant
	Clifford		Jones	V	Virgin
	Coolidge [4]	L	Lothrop [4 or 5]	W	Wait
E	Eaton [2]		Lyons		Willis
	Ellis	M	Moulton		Willoughby
F	Folsome		Moulton		Wyman
	Francis		Moulton [2[
	Fuller	N	Noyes

The owner may have been Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes (1860-1944), raised in the Canton, Maine, household of  Benjamin Lothrop and Abigail (Whitney) Lothrop, variously described as her parents or her grandparents, but more likely the latter. 

If, after reading the alphabetical list of inscribers at the end of this post, you feel that someone other than Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes (1860-1944) was the album owner, please leave a comment so that this post can be amended.

A well-sourced, online biography of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes points to the strong possibility that the Lothrops' daughter, Dianthia Simmons Lothrop (1840-1935), or one of her sisters, was Georgiana's mother.

In her inscription below, Dianthia spells Georgiana's name as Georgianna, which may have been the correct spelling.

Dianthia Simmons Lothrop (1840-1935), possible mother of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes (1860-1944), possible album owner

Left: Abbie Marie Johnson (1856-1955)

Right: Susan Cleaves (Lothrop) Johnson (1836-1918); mother of Abbie Marie Johnson (1856-1955) and possible mother of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes (1860-1844), possible album owner

Cynthia West Lothrop (1837-1917), possible mother of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones  Scholes (1860-1944), possible album owner

Sarah Whitney (Lothrop) Atkins (1843-1915), possible mother of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes (1860-1944), possible album owner

Georgiana married Caleb Osaman Jones (1852-1931) about 1878. Theirs proved to be a rocky marriage, and by 1884 they were divorced. Georgiana moved to Waltham, Massachusetts and, a few months later in 1884, married William I. Scholes (1859-1938).  The couple lived in Massachusetts, but eventually moved to Manchester, New Hampshire. William died in 1938 and Georgia, of cerebral thrombosis, in 1944.

Interestingly, Dianthia Simmons Lothrop (1840-1935) lived with them in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and was a close figure throughout Georgiana's life.

If you information to share on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Alphabetical List of Inscribers

• Georgianna or Georgie, album owner; presumably of the Canton or North Livermore, Maine, area
• Lizzie
• Columbia ?  Surname perhaps Jones or Parris
• H. C. Adkins of Canton, Maine
• Dora Alden, inscribed in 1877, They met as schoolmates, then Dora became Georgianna's teacher; and then became neighbors. Perhaps Dora A. (Staples) Alden (1853-1925), wife of Dr. Isaiah Leavitt Alden
• Sarah W. Atkins of West Peru, Maine. Perhaps Sarah W. (Lathrop) Atkins (1843-1915) wife of Marcellus Staples Atkins
• Albert S. Austin of Mexico, Maine; inscribed on February 2, 1878. Presumably Albert S. Austin (abt 1845-unk), whose wife Ella J. (Austin) Austin also inscribed a page.
• Ella J. Austin of Mexico, Maine. Presumably Ella J. (Austin) Austin (1847-1915), whose husband Albert S. Austin also inscribed a page.
• Nellie Bartow; inscribed on November 21, 1877; "Hoosier schoolmaster" ?
• Emily A. Bean; inscribed on Feburary 22, 1880
• George H. Berry of North Livermore, Maine; painted a floral design in color and sketched a bird design; moved to Iowa; bird lover
• Dennis H. Bisbee of North Livermore, Maine; not sure of middle initial. Dennis Bisbee (1857-1915), husband of Lucie Ann (Beal) Bisbee (1863-1922), who inscribed the right facing page.
• Lucie A. Bisbee of North Livermore, Maine.  Lucie Ann (Beal) Bisbee (1863-1922), wife of Dennis Bisbee (1857-1915), who inscribed the left facing page.
• Zelia E. Bryant of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on November 22, 1877. Zelia Emma Bryant (1851-1910), who would marry Thomas S. Perkins and John Henry True
• Bessie E. Chase of North Livermore, Maine; inscribed on September 18, 1880. Bessie E. Chase (abt 1865-1896), who would marry Rutellus Andrew Ryerson
• J. E. Chase of Livermore, Maine; inscribed on July 6, 1880
• Lottie Chase. Perhaps Charlotte (Owen) Chase Knapp (abt 1835-after 1910), who married Ebenezer Chase and Benjamin W. Knapp
• Hattie A Chenery of North Livermore, Maine; inscribed on January 2, 1881. Hattie Anna Chenery (1861-1943), whose sister Minnie May Chenery (1864-1920) inscribed another page. Hattie Anna Chenery (1861-1943), who married Albert Walkley and William W. Jones
• Minnie May Chenery of North Livermore, Maine; inscribed on January 2, 1881. Minnie May Chenery (1864-1920), whose sister Hattie Anna Chenery (1861-1843) inscribed another page. Minnie May Chenery (1864-1920), who married Jewett Pratt
• N. C. Clifford and Mrs. L. A. Clifford; inscribed at Monmouth, Maine, on February 25, 1878.  Rev. Nathaniel Churchill Clifford (1822-1894) and wife Lucy Almeda (Dunn) Clifford (1825-1905)
• R. Stella Coolidge
• Hattie Coolidge of North Livermore, Maine. Presumably Hattie Lizzie (Knapp) Coolidge (1858-1950), whose husband John Fremont Coolidge (1856-1883) inscribed the right facing page.
• J. F. Coolidge of Livermore Corner, Maine. Presumably John Fremont Coolidge (1856-1883), whose wife Hattie Lizzie (Knapp) Coolidge (1858-1950) inscribed the left facing page.
• Julia E. Coolidge; inscribed at North Livermore, Maine, on July 10, 1881. Perhaps Julia Eastman (Norton) Coolidge (1832-1923)
• Verna Eaton of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on December 27, 1877. Perhaps Laverna (Bryant) Eaton (1842-1882), daughter in law of John W. Eaton (1817-1884), who inscribed another page.
• J. W. Eaton of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on December 27, 1877.  Presumably John W. Eaton (1817-1884)
• Nellie Ellis of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on January 1, 1878.Perhaps Nellie E. Ellis (1860-1951), who would marry John O. Ashton
• Nellie M. Folsome; inscribed on November 6, 1877. Perhaps Ellen M. (Whittemore) Folsome (1845-1909) of Livermore Falls, Maine
• Jennie M. Francis
• Jessie L. Fuller; inscribed at North Livermore, Maine, on April 14, 1880. Perhaps Jessie Louisa Fuller (1862-unk), who married Charles Sewall Loring; [possibly] Benjamin Sylvester; and Dr. Frank Warren Merritt
• E. E. Goding of Livermore Falls, Maine. Presumably Emerson Eugene Goding (1845-1933)
• Mamie A. Goding of North Livermore, Maine
• Josie A. Goding of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on December 6, 1877. Perhaps Josie A. (Lane) Goding (abt 1855-1923), wife of Ensign Stevens Goding 
• Myra H. Gray of Canton, Maine; inscribed on January 11, 1880. Presumably Myra Jane (Whitney) Gray (1860-1927), wife of Alfred Nelson Gray
• Mrs. Betsey Hamblen of Redwood Falls, Minnesota
• Gertie E. Hanscom of North Livermore, Maine; inscribed on December 15, 1877. Gertrude E. Hanscom (1860-1893), who would marry Martin Harris Bisbee
• John M. Harlow of Canton, Maine; inscribed on September 22, 1877. Presumably John Milford Harlow (1851-1926) Presumably John Milford Harlow (1851-1926)
• J. R. Herrick and M. J. Herrick; inscribed at North Livermore, Maine on October 25, 1879. Rev. Joel R. Herrick (1844-1930) and wife Mary Jessie (Chase) Herrick (1852-1901)
• Dr. William H. Hersey of Winterport, Maine; inscribed at Waltham on February 1, 1883. Presumably Dr. William H. Hersey (abt 1847-1905), chiropodist
• Margie W. Hunter of Farmington, Maine.  Perhaps Margie W. Hunter (1858-unk); would marry John C. Eaton
• F. S. Hutchinson of Milford, New Hampshire, inscribed at Waltham on April 30, 1883
• John M. Hyde of Livermore, Maine. Presumably John Monroe Hyde (1846-1934), whose wife Emma Jane (Munsey) Hyde (1850-1931) inscribed another page.
• Emma J. Hyde of Livermore, Maine; inscribed on November 16, 1879. Presumably Emma Jane (Munsey) Hyde (1850-1931), whose husband John Monroe Hyde (1846-1934) inscribed another page.
• Mrs. T. N. Jewell of North Livermore, inscribed on January 18, 1882
• Abbie M. Johnson of Canton, Maine; inscribed on March 14, 1878; presumably the Abbie Marie Johnson (1856-1955), daughter of Susan C. (Lothrop) Johnson, who inscribed the right facing page.
• Susan C. Johnson of Dixfield, Maine; inscribed on February 5, 1878. Presumably Susan Cleaves (Lothrop) Johnson (1836-1918), whose daughter Abbie Marie Johnson (1856-1955) inscribed the left facing page; and who may have been the mother of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes, possible album owner.
• Annie C. Johnson of Canton, Maine; inscribed on March 9, 1881. Presumably Annie Caroline Johnson (1866-1900), whose mother Susan C. (Lothrop) Johnson (1836-1918) also inscribed a page in the album.
• Nellie P. Jones of Waltham, Massachusetts
• Dianthia Lothrop of North Livermore, Maine; inscribed on November 27, 1879. Presumably Dianthia Simmons Lothrop (1840-1935), possibly the mother of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes (1860-1944), possible album owner.
• Isaac J. Lothrop of Canton, Maine; inscribed on January 20, 1878. Presumably Isaac J. Lothrop (1852-1938), whose wife Mary Ella (Adkins) Lothrop inscribed another page.
• Mary E. Lothrop of Canton, Maine. Presumably Mary Ella (Adkins) Lothrop (1859-1882), whose husband Isaac J. Lothrop inscribed another page.
• Cynthia W. Lothrop; inscribed at Canton, Maine, on January 20, 1878. Cynthia West Lothrop (1837-1917), possible mother of Georgiana (Lothrop) Jones Scholes
• Harry Lyons; inscribed on September 12, 1878 at Canton, Maine
• Mrs. Jane C. Moulton of Canton, Maine; inscribed at Canton on February 2, 1878; Jane Coolidge (McCollister) Moulton (1840-1890), whose husband Dr. Charles T. Moulton inscribed the right facing page.
• Charles T. Moulton; inscribed at Canton, Maine, on September 22, 1877. Dr. Charles Thompson Moulton (1838-1894); his wife Jane Coolidge (McCollister) Moulton (1840-1890) inscribed the left facing page.
• Henry M. Moulton of Canton, Maine; inscribed on February 2, 1878; Georgianna's schoolmate. Henry M. Moulton (1863-1925), son of inscribers Dr. Charles T. Moulton (1838-1894) and Jane Coolidge (McCollister) Moulton (1840-1890)
• Charles F. Moulton of Canton, Maine; inscribed on February 2, 1878. Charles Fred Moulton (1865-1906), son of inscribers Dr. Charles T. Moulton (1838-1894) and Jane Coolidge (McCollister) Moulton (1840-1890)
• Mrs. Hannah B. Noyes of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on October 27, 1878. Presumably Hannah Bond (Gibbs) Noyes (1827-1925), widow of Isaac Noyes
• Josie C. Paine of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on December 6, 1877. Presumably Clara Josie Paine (1854-perhaps 1931); second wife of Joseph Putnam Stevens; presumably married before to a Mr. Currier.
• Rose E. Payne of Jay Bridge, Maine. Perhaps Rose E. Paine (1860-unk), who would marry Gilbert Simmons
• Mrs. Nora H Pitts of North Livermore, Maine. Presumaby Nora H. (Peterson) Pitts (1861-1908), wife of Philip Pitts and Warren G. Hyde
• Nellie Richardson of Livermore Falls, Maine; inscribed on July 23, 1878
• Annie E. Richardson, "your loving cousin, of Jay Bridge, Maine; inscribed at Livermore, Maine, on September 14, 1879. Anna Elizabeth Richardson (1852-unk), who would marry Marhsall Lee Gray
• L. H. Richardson of Canton, Maine; inscribed on February 2, 1878. Perhaps Lewis H. Richardson (abt 1863-unk)
• Mary ? Rose; inscribed at North Livermore, Maine, on June 5, 1880; handwriting of an elderly person. Middle initial looks like a P or possibly an F. If F, should might have been Mary (Francis) Rose (1804-1886)
• J. W. Seavey; inscribed on July 28, 1878
• A. E. Seavey; inscribed on August 3, 1878
• J. W. Seavey of Boston, Massachusetts
• Hattie M. Spaulding of North Livermore, Maine; inscribed on January 18, 1882
• Lizzie H. Staples; inscribed on November 6, 1877
• L. Stinchfield; inscribed at Livermore Falls, Maine, on October 27, 1877
• Stephen G. Stubbs of Canton, Maine. Presumably Stephen Griffith(s) Stubbs (1854-1946)
• Harriet N. Thompson; Artemas E. M. Thompson; and H. F. Thompson; inscribed at North Livermore, Maine, on February 29, 1880. Harriet N. (Bumpus) Thompson (abt 1825-1903); her husband Artemas E. M. Thompson (1825-1893) and their son Alonzo F. Thompson (1867-unk)
• Gertrude Trufant of Boston, Massachusetts; inscribed at North Livermore, Maine, on August 28, 1880
• Mary L. Virgin; inscribed on August 3, 1879. Presumably Mary L. Virgin (1860-1893), who would marry William Stubbs
• Lydia P. Wait; inscribed at Canton, Maine, on September 22, 1877. Presumably Lydia P. Wait (1860-1941), who married Franklin Blake.
• Charles P. Willis of Sudbury, Massachusetts; inscribed at Canton, Maine, on September 28, 1878
• Mena Willoughby; inscribed at Dixfield, Maine, on February 5, 1878
• Florence Wyman of Canton, Maine. Perhaps Florence Edith Wyman (1861-1883)