1860s CDVs of John Collins & son John Lee Collins, Harmony, Maine & Group Photo

c. 1860s Carte de Visite of John Collins, taken by S. F. Conant of Skowhegan, Maine.

1860s Carte de Visite, below, of John Collins' son John Lee Collins.

 This CDV has no photographer's imprint.

Group photograph of John Lee Collins; Fannie Emmie (Mitchell) Collins; Alton Chadbourn; Ethel Stafford Sinclair; Ephraim Sinclair and Ida Gray Chadbourn; taken by A. H. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine.

Identifications on reverse:

From online research, hopefully correct:  [corrections and additions welcome!]

John Collins (CDV) was born in July of 1828 at Cornville, Maine, in Somerset County, the son of John and Abigail (Jewell) Collins.  His paternal grandparents were Daniel and Mary (Tuxbury) Collins.  His maternal grandparents were Jesse and Rebecca Jewell.

On 7 May 1856, at Lowell, Massachusetts, John Collins married Sarah A. Shorey, who was born in August of 1835 at Bingham, Maine, the daughter of Lot and Eliza (Ayer) Shorey.  Her paternal grandparents were John and Mary (Kilgore) Shorey.  Her maternal grandparents were Samuel and Alice (Kilgore) Ayer.

John Lee Collins (CDV and group photo) was the third child of John and Sarah A. (Shorey) Collins.  He was born 22 April 1872 at Harmony, Maine.  On 5 October 1895 at Wellington, Maine, he married Fannie Emmie Mitchell.

Fannie Emmie Mitchell (group photo) was born 9 Mar 1875 at Troy, Maine, in Waldo County, the daughter of James Rackliff Mitchell and his wife Emily Ann Stafford.  Her paternal grandparents were James and Sarah (Rackliff) Mitchell.  Her maternal grandparents were Obadiah and Rebecca (Gray) Stafford.

I found at least two children for John Lee and Fannie Emmie (Mitchel) Collins, both daughters, born not long after 1900.

If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented here, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

For more information on John Collins, Sarah A. Shorey, John Lee Collins and Fannie Emmie Mitchell, click on their names to see their pages at the Maine and Maritime Canada Genealogy network.

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Cabinet Photo of Fred Colley; taken by Belfast, Maine studio

Cabinet photograph of a young man identified on reverse as Fred Colley.  There's an inscription on the reverse that is a bit confusing, as you can see for yourself, below.  It appears that the photograph was a gift from Vannie Ogier to Fred Collen.  However, I'm hoping the name at the top, Fred Colley, correctly identifies this young man.

See an inscription Fred wrote in the autograph album of Vanetta E. (Ogier) Heal, "Vannie", here.

From online research, hopefully correct, and hopefully with the correct Fred Colley:


Fred L. Colley was born about 1861 in Maine, the son of Lemine Colley and his wife Josephine (Wormwood) Colley.  I found Lemine sometimes referenced as Lomine and as Lemuel. 


I believe Fred's paternal grandparents were William Colley and Mary Polly (Kidder or Ridden) Colley, born in Gray, Maine, and Albion, Maine, respectively, thanks to an excellent website, Early Families of Albion, Maine.

There was a William Colley, age 81,  living with Lemine and family at Belfast, Maine, at the time of the 1870 Census.  Had he lived to the enumeration of the 1880 Census, his relationship to Lemine as head of the household would have been explained.


Just to throw a monkey wrench, I also found a record where a William Colley married a Lydia Noyes in 1810.  Lydia was born in Cumberland, Maine, in 1787, the daughter of Samuel and Lydia Elizabeth Noyes.  

If you have information as to the parents of Lemine Colley, I would appreciate hearing from you.


Fred's maternal grandparents were John and Phylena (Witham) Wormwood, both born in York County, Maine, in Alfred and Sanford respectively.  


It's always interesting to speculate on how a couple met.  Lemine of Belfast and Josephine of Sanford married in Portland on 19 July 1850.  


On 15 October 1901 at Arlington, Massachusetts, Fred Colley married Kate P. Welch, who was born at Belfast, Maine, about 1871, the daughter of Mathew and Martha "Mattie" (Perkins) Welch of Belfast.

Kate's paternal grandparents were Peter and Annie Welch, each born in Ireland.  Her maternal grandparents were Josiah and Ruth W. (Leach) Perkins, born in Penobscot and Bucksport, Maine, respectively.

Fred, Kate and Fred's sister Nellie were living in Arlington, Massachusetts at the time of the 1910 Census.  In the 1920 Census, Fred and Kate were living in Boston, Massachusetts, where Fred was working as a manufacturer of metal signs and Kate was working in a law office.  

Nellie was no longer living with them; she was back in Belfast, Maine, for the 1920 and 1930 Censuses.


I don't know if Fred and Kate had any children.  

As for Vannie Ogier, she was Vanetta E. Ogier, born 16 February 1870 at Camden, Maine, the daughter of Samuel Emery Ogier and wife Martha Ann (Heal) Ogier, born in Rockport, Maine, and Searsmont, Maine, respectively.

Her paternal grandparents were Robert and Mary (Trussell) Ogier.  Her maternal grandparents were John and Deborah (Heal) Heal.

About 1889, Vannie married her cousin James Henry Heal, who was born in February of 1868 to Henry and Julia Heal of Searsmont, Maine.  

His paternal grandparents were John and Deborah (Heal) Heal.  His maternal grandparents were James Madison Dickey and wife Nancy (Milliken) Dickey.

Vannie and James had two children, possibly three.  Sadly, Vannie died in December of 1906 at Camden, Maine.  In 1908, James married Bertha L. Green.


If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented here, or if you have another candidate for the fellow in the photograph, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!


For more information, see the page on the Maine and Maritime Canada Genealogy network for Fred Colley.


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1847 Letter from Cyrus Cole in Freeport, Maine, to his Uncle John Cole in Turner, Maine

April 2, 1847 letter from Cyrus Cole, then living at Freeport, Maine, to his uncle, John Cole, living in Turner, Maine, perhaps in the household of James H. Parlin.

Transcription: (I welcome your thoughts on my possible mistranscriptions)

Freeport, April 2, 1847

Uncle Cole,

M. N. Butler sent me word a few days since that he should like for me to send his note to Turner.  He had the money to take it up.  I have included his note also ours against Liscomb Andrews.  f you will take the trouble of them. I will satisfy you.

N. Butler Note + Interest                             $39.

Liscomb Andrews Note balance due                3.50

                                                                      42.50

You are correct about the money Mr. Piper paid is [sic, it?] was 11.50 instead of 10.50

All well,

Respf Yours

Cyrus Cole

From online research, hopefully correct:

Cyrus Cole was born 28 February 1814 at Winthrop, Maine, the son of William and Lupira (Spaulding) Cole.  His paternal grandparents were John and Annah Sturdivant (Morrell) Cole.  His maternal grandparents were Benjamin and Myrtilla (Robinson) Spaulding. 

On 29 September 1840 at Buckfield, Maine, Cyrus married Sarah A. DeCoster, who was born 18 June 1817 at Buckfield, Maine, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Bacon) DeCoster.  Her paternal grandparents were Jacob DeKoster (or Jacobus DeKoster) and his wife Priscilla (Rogers) DeKoster.  Her maternal grandparents were James and Joanna (Hamblin) Bacon.

The couple had no biological children but raised an adopted son, Charles M. Cole, who was born in 1867 and died in 1958.

I found that a couple has done extensive work on this family and posted their results at the Find A Grave network.  In addition to an interesting bio of Cyrus, there are links to pages for many of his relatives and in-laws.

If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented here, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

For more information, please visit the Maine and Maritime Canada Genealogy network to view the page of Cyrus Cole and Sarah A. DeCoster.

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Photograph of Eleanor B. Staples, wife of Albert C. Colcord, Sea Captain, Stockton Springs, Maine

Photograph of a woman identified on reverse as Nellie Colcord, mother of Mrs. Chute.  The photograph was taken by the H. M. Smith studio of Portland, Maine.

From online research, hopefully correct:


Eleanor "Nellie" B. Staples was born in December of 1860 in Maine, the daughter of Wilbert M. and Adeline "Addie" E. Staples.  I'm shying away from identifying her grandparents as I found multiple options.  Perhaps a reader with knowledge of the family will step forward.


On 18 October 1881, at Portland, Maine, Nellie married Albert C. Colcord, who was born in July of 1858, the son of William David Colcord and his wife Eleanor D. (Hichborn) Colcord.  I found several possibilities for William David Colcord's parents online.  Eleanor Hichborn's parents were, I believe, Paul Revere Hichborn and his wife Eleanor (Dickey) Hichborn.


Nellie and Albert had at least one child, a daughter Evelyn Colcord, born 3 July 1883 in Stockton Springs, Maine, the person indicated on the reverse of the photograph.  She married Harry David Shute.  He was born 20 October 1883 in Stockton Springs, Maine, the son of Elden Soule Shute and his wife Clara B. (Berry) Shute.


If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented here, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!


For more information on Eleanor "Nellie" B. Staples and her husband Albert C. Colcord, see their page at the Maine and Maritime Canada Genealogy network.


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Photograph of Madge Eleanor Clarke of Monroe, Maine, as a toddler

Photograph of Madge Eleanor Clarke as a 27 month old child.  

From online research, hopefully correct:


Madge Eleanor Clarke was born 8 July 1898 at Monroe, Maine, the daughter of Walter Perkins Clarke and his wife Ella H. Jellison, born in Winterport or Frankfort, Maine, and Hancock, Maine respectively.    I found official records using the surname Clark, so it's possible the person who provided the identification information on the reverse of the photograph was correct, or incorrect.  


Her paternal grandparents were Jeremiah and Elizabeth Hannah (Perkins) Clark.  I'm not sure of her maternal grandparents.  I believe her grandmother was Hattie M. Jellison, daughter of Nahum Young Jellison and his wife Mary (Abbott) Jellison of Hancock, Maine.  On her marriage record, she put Nahum and Mary (Abbott) Jellison as her parents, but I believe they were actually her grandparents.


I couldn't find a marriage record in the Maine archives for Madge Eleanor Clarke or Clark.  She could have married out of state or perhaps not at all.  The last record I found of her was the 1920 Census, when she was living with her parents and working as a teacher in a rural school. 


If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented here, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!


For more information, see the page for Madge Eleanor Clarke at the Maine & Maritime Canada Genealogy network.


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Photograph of Howard L. Churchill, Class of 1901 Hebron Academy, Maine

Photograph of Howard L. Churchill, Class of 1901 at Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine.  The photograph was taken by the Howard studio of Lewiston, Maine.

From online research, hopefully correct, and hopefully with the correct Howard L. Churchill.  The Howard I've outlined below was born in 1877, which seems a bit old for someone from the Class of 1901, but I didn't find anyone more apt.  Please let me know if you have another option.


Howard Lincoln Churchill was born 25 July 1877 at Buckfield, Maine, the son of Asaph and Sarah Frances (Murch) Churchill.  His paternal grandparents were Martin and Betsy (Churchill) Churchill.  His maternal grandparents were Benjamin Bailey Murch and his wife Mary Bird (Faunce) Murch.  


On 25 July 1906, at Portland, Maine, Howard Lincoln Churchill married Lila Belle Fletcher.  She was born in May of 1881, the daughter of Gideon and Laura E. (Keene) Fletcher.  Her paternal grandparents were Daniel and Mary (Stetson) Fletcher. I haven't as yet found her maternal grandparents.


I found some online trees with different parents for Lila Belle Fletcher, but thanks to recently available Maine Marriage Records 1705-1922, her parents were listed as Gideon and Laura E. Keene, both born in Buckfield, Maine.  


Note: for some reason, the powers that be chose not to index the maiden name of the mother in this database, so be sure to view the original document.  As if that weren't enough, in this case, the father's first name was indexed incorrectly as Gideau.


Howard and Lila lived in Massachusetts and New York.  I found them in the 1910 Census in Massachusetts and in the 1920 and 1930 Censuses in Glens Falls, New York.  Howard died in 1943.  I don't have a date of death for Lila.


If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented here, or if you think the photograph is of another Howard L. Churchill, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks.


For more information, see the page for Howard Lincoln Churchill and his wife Lila Belle Fletcher at the Maine and Maritime Canada Genealogy network.


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Photograph of Susanne Mary (Cheney) Good, wife of Charles F. Good; lived at Monticello, Maine

Photograph of Susanne Mary (Cheney) Good, wife of Charles F. Good of Monticello, Maine.

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

Susanne Mary Cheney was born 22 November 1860 at Lindsay, New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of Thomas B. and Ann "Nancy" (Bagley) Cheney. Her paternal grandparents were Stephen P. and Elizabeth (Burpee) Cheney. Her maternal grandparents were Samuel and Mary (Bell) Bagley.

Susanne married Charles F. (possibly Frederick) Good, who was born 7 April 1856 at New Brunswick, the son of James and Charlotte (Good) Good. His paternal grandparents were David and Mary (McKeen) Good. His maternal grandparents were Solomon and Sarah (Long) Good.

Susanne and Charles raised a family of five at Monticello, Maine. Their son Orrin Lawson Good was the father of Uldene, who is mentioned on the reverse of the photograph.

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