Boston Post Cane Recipients, Wilton, ME

Research begun: November 1996

As of 10 August 1999

By: Becky Burnham, 878 Orchard Drive, Wilton ME 04294

Received Cane Died
WOODWARD, Miranda Mr. (Sarah)
son of Timothy and Polly (Butterfield) Woodward
(d. at 97y 1m 6d)		 Aug 1909 1910 OCT
*************Missing
SMITH, Simon (Martha)
(d. at 102y 2m 20d)		 1919 JAN
*************Missing
WILKINS, Nancie (Mosher)
(d. 96y 6m 19d)		 1926 ?? 1928 1934 MAR
MOSHER, Horace S. (Julia)
(d. at 91y 8m 18d)		 10 JUL 1934 1934 DEC
BUTTERFIELD, Almeda (Phillips)
(d. at 89y 4m  3d)		 1935 1935 AUG
*************Missing
SMITH, Warren E. (Ada)
(d. at 96y 2m 21d)		 ? 1945 1946 SEP
*************Missing
BASS, Mary A. (Miss)
(d. at 105y 7m 24d)		 ?19 MAY 1953 1964 JAN
GOULD, Jeanette (Butterfield)
(d. at 95y 10m 25d)		 12 May 1964 1966 JUN
KEATING, Minnie (Marble)
(d. at 98y 4m 24d)		 11 JUL 1966 1968 NOV
BEAN, Dora (Pike)
(d. at 97y 9m 20d)		 15 DEC 1968 1971 OCT
FARRAR, Celestia (Butterfield)
(d. at 98y 8m 13d)		 02 JUN 1972 1974 FEB
REED, Silas Arthur, Dr. (Agnes)
(d. at 101y 0m 16d)		 01 MAY 1974 1976 AUG
LAKE, Edith (Mosher)
(d. at 101y 2m 13d)		 12 OCT 1976 1980 JUL
MOOAR, Emma (Ms.)
(d. at 97y 7m 17d)		 09 DEC 1980 1981 JAN
ALLEN, Ruth  (Richner)
(d. at 100y 1m 4d)		 22 MAY 1981 1988 JAN
RANGER, Elsie (Smith)
(d. at 103y 6m 3d)		 04 OCT 1988 1993 OCT
KNOWLES, Earlon (Rosanna)
(d. at 97y 5m 0d)		 25 JAN 1993 1994 MAR
ALLEN, Anna (Blasl)
(d. at 101y 6m 28d)		 19 JUL 1994 1996 MAR
FITZPATRIC, Gertrude (Collins)
(d. at 101y 1m 22d)
(CORRECT SPELLING, two words joined, a capital P & no K)		 25 MAR 1996 1997 AUG
JELLISON, Minnie (Hildreth) Woodman 02 MAY 1998

 

Possible Cane Holders - oldest person in death records for that year who might have been the oldest, for the longest period of time.

D. 18 NOV 1912  @  94y  6m  23d  FRENCH, Samuel

D.  6 JAN 1915 @  96y  1m  0d   HAMBLET, Emma W.

D.  1814 - 1916  @ 102y  Bur. Lakeview Cem. H.E. Kidder

D.  6 JAN 1919 @ 102y  2m  20d  SMITH, Simon H. E. Dixfield (YES  He had the Wilton cane!!)

D. 25 MAR 1921 @  92y  6m  29d  RUSSELL, Mary M.

D. 15 MAR 1923 @  92y  0m   0d  BUTTERFIELD, Hannah A.

D. 20 FEB 1924 @  89y  4m  16d  BUTTERFIELD, Sam Wesley

D. 24 OCT 1924 @  89y  5m  18d  WALKER, Albert Stanley

D. 13 DEC 1925 @  90y  0m   0d  HATCH, Mary G.

D. 1941  Delima Wilkins

D. 1945  Mary Adams

D. 1946  Warren E. Smith

D. 1947  Gid P. Butterfield

D. 1951  Abbie E. Collins

D. 1953  Hattie Jane Bragg

 

Possible candidates for Wilton Maine Boston Post Cane 
Oldest person who died in each year noted.
Shortened list above.

1936   

Clara A. Brown (Florenton)
b. 24 Dec. 1846
d. 12 Feb 1936  AE 89y 1m 19d
dau. of Oliver and Julia (Turner) Newman
bur. Newman Cem Carthage ME
1937

Asenath R. Young (Isaac)
b. 26 JUL 1846
d. 21 Apr 1937 Liv. Falls ME  AE 90y 8m 25d
dau. of Moses and Nancy (Brazier) Wells
bur.
1938 No one was very old ??
1939

Emma E. Magrath (Abner S.)
b.
d. 14 Jul 1939  AE 90y 2m 8d
dau. of Joseph B. and Emeline (Vining) Green
bur.
1940

Emma J. Parker (single)
b. 23 OCT 1846
d. 03 MAR 1940  AE 93y 4m 10d
dau. of Amos and Jane (Tuck) Parker
bur. Fayette ME
1941

Delima M. (Stone) Wilkins  (Angelo)
b. 17 JUL 1845
d. 18 MAR 1941  AE 95y 8m 1d
dau. of Calvin and Fanny (Butterfield) Stone
bur. Lakeview Cem Wilton ME
NOTES: Rhoda Sabin suggests Harriet Cook might know of a family connection here. A dau. or gd dau. who may have m. twice lives in Auburn ME? Benjamin (last name ?) was Delima's gdfather. And he lived in the old Mills house in Farmington, now belonging to UMF.   Benjamin built large structures - barns - might have been a brother to Sylvanus Wilkins? Benjamin built large structures using ship's knees.(Hackmatack tree sections where the trunk joins the root system - a natural and very strong curve  occurring naturally.)  Cretien house in Dryden (1997 Gary Cretien  lives there) and Colby Miller farms were two places he built with ship's knees.
1942

David L. Pratt
b.  1849 Wilton ME
d. 21 SEP 1942  AE 93y
son of Appollus and ? (Allen) Pratt
bur.
1943

Dennis Sawyer Welch       
b. 16 FEB 1854  Temple ME
d. 01 APR 1943  Wilton ME
son of Robert and Lavinia (?   ) Welch
bur. Temple ME
1944

Nettie (Walton) Moody  (John)
b. 24 JAN 1954
d. 14 FEB 1944  AE 90y 20d
dau. of William and Edwina (Elliott) Walton
bur. Lakeview Cem. Wilton ME
1945

Mary Caroline (Fletcher) Adams   (Alonzo)
b. 21 DEC 1846
d. 31 JUL 1945 E. Wilton ME  AE 98y 7m 10d
dau. of David and Sarah (Stickney) Fletcher
bur.
1946

Warren Emery Smith
b. 29 JUN 1850 Dixfield ME
d. 19 SEP 1946 East Dixfield ME  AE 96y 6m 29d
son of Simon H. (b. Windham ME) and Martha (Foss) Smith (b. Dixfield ME)
bur.
1947

Gid (Gideon) Powers Butterfield  (Mabel (Smith))
b. 29 NOV 1852
d.  1947 Wilton (All that's on d. certificate-yr)
son of Frederick and Clarinda P. (Seavey) Butterfield
bur. 18 MAR 1947 E. Dixfield ME  Reported by dau.Celestia Farrar -who had Boston Post cane in later yrs
*  INA POWERS OF WILTON - RELATIONSHIP?
1948 Eliza Emma Parlin
b.
d.  AE 87y 3m 21 d
dau. of
bur. Fayette ME
b.
d.  AE 87y 9m 2d
1949

Mary Jane (Tilton) Reed   (        )
b. 27 FEB 1859 Jay ME
d. 20 MAY 1949 Farmington ME  AE 90y
dau. of Jude and Mary Jane (Davis)
bur.
1950

Cora G. Holt
b.
d.  AE 93y
dau. of Henry L. and Lucretia (Smith) Ellis
bur.
1951

Abbie Eliza (Collins) Horne   (Amos)
b.  Jay ME
d. 17 SEP 1951 Farmington ME AE 97 y
dau. of
bur. Wilton ME
Try Stanton Collins
1952

Margaret Agnes (Currier) Perry              
b. 19 JAN 1858 Ft. Fairfield ME
d. 15 MAR 1952 Wilton ME  AE 94y
dau. of Octave and Maude (Thibodeau) Currier
bur.
1953

Hattie Jane (Choate) Bragg
b. 17 FEB 1857 Jericho VT
d. 26 APR 1953 Wilton ME  AE 96y
dau. of George and Relief (Roberts) Choate
bur. Upton ME

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