Louisa N. Haskell says that David had a violent temper and that he and Sarah were divorced.
US Passpoprt Application
Issue 30 Jan 1919From this passport application we find that Miram Stowers was adopted by John Stowers. She was the daughter of Asbury Caldwell and born in Chicago.
We also note that she had been appointed a Secretary of the National War Council of the Y.M.C.A. for the service of troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France.
Reno Evening Gazette
November 16, 1936Mrs. Isabel French Fletcher, wife of F. N. Fletcher, and a prominent resident of Reno since 1908, died this morning. She had been ill for several months. Born in Lincolnville, Me., in 1859 Mrs. Fletcher spent the greater part of her life in the West and was prominently identified with social and club activities here until a year ago when failing health confined her to her home. She was a past president of the Twentieth Club of Reno and was a member of the Monday Club of Reno and the Sagebrush Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher were married in Belfast, Me., in 1883 and shortly thereafter went to Helena, Mont., where they made their home for a number of years. In 1904, they moved to Berkeley, Cal., where they remained a short time before going to Goldfield, Nev. In 1908 they moved to Reno and have made their home here since.
Mr. Fletcher, director of the Nevada Taxpayers Association, was for a number of years secretary of the Nevada state tax commission.
Besides her husband Mrs. Fletcher leaves a daughter, Miss Ethel L. Fletcher of Reno, three sons, Dr. Harold Fletcher of San Francisco, Dr. Russell Fletcher of San Francisco, and Howard Fletcher of Berkeley; two brothers, Robert French of San Francisco, and Howard French of New York and a sister, Mary Parry Rich of Rockland, Me., and six grandchildren.
Find-a-GraveMr. Fletcher was born in China Me., Sept. 15, 1856 and completed his early education by attending Colby College. A graduate with the class of 1882 he was Colby's oldest living alumnus. He and Jane Isabel French were married in Belfast, Me., April 15. 1883. A teacher in Maine, Mr. Fletcher engaged in newspaper work and mining in Michigan and Montana He was editor of the Alpena, Mich.. Pioneer at one time. Moving to Berkeley in 1896. He first. came to Nevada in 1904 during the Goldfield boom and came to Reno in 1908. Mr. Fletcher was appointed by Gov. Tasker L Oddie as a member of the Nevada tax commission in 1913, and in 1917 became executive secretary of the commission. He made his home in Carson from 1917 to 1922 while he held the secretaryship.
When the Nevada Taxpayers association was organized in 1922 to investigate public expenditures, Mr. Fletcher became director and served until his retirement in 1940 when he moved to Berkeley. During that time he also served as president of the Nevada State Board of Education. He was a Republican in politics and a member of the, Unitarian church. Mr. Fletcher's hobby for many years was the study of Western history, particularly that of the Great Basin. He carefully studied and examined old records and followed with painstaking enthusiasm, many of the trails made by the first explorers in the intermountain country. The studies and investigations he made he turned to the entertainment and instruction of thousands of public address and his small volume on "Early Nevada" was published in 1929. The chapters of the book were by special arrangement republished in the historical volume of the publication of the late Sen. James G. Scrugham, "History of Nevada."
Private memorial services for Fred N. Fletcher, 97, pioneer, Berkeley resident, organizer of the Nevada Taxpayers Assn. and oldest living alumunus of Colby College in Maine, have been held today. Mr. Fletcher died at his home 2935 Pine Ave., Wednesday. Born in China, Me., he was graduated from Colby College in 1882, and came to Berkeley in 1896. Mr. Fletcher lived here until 1908, when he moved to Reno, Nev., and returned to Berkeley in 1940 when he retired at the age of 83. He had a varied career, including newspaper, mining, and tax work. He organized the Nevada's Taxpayer Assn. in 1922 and was a former president of the State of Nevada Board of Education.
Surving are a daughter, Ethel L. Fletcher of Berkeley; two sons Howard F. Fletcher of Berkeley and Dr. Russell Fletcher of Kentfield; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
March 14, 2004BLANCHARD Edna M. (Perkins). of North Falmouth, formerly of Pittsfield, March 11. Beloved wife of the late Norman H. Blanchard; loving mother of Barbara L. Bosselman of North Falmouth, Norman H. Blanchard Jr. of Birchrunville, PA, Dr. Duncan C. Blanchard of Gilderland, NY and the late Dorcas S. Blanchard, sister of Lillian Anderson of Pittsfield and the late Charles M. Perkins. Also survived by ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
57850. Mary Elizabeth Sweetser
pressherald.comBAR HARBOR -- Elizabeth (Betty) Sweetser Baxter, wife of Elmer L. Baxter, died on April 27, 2010, in her apartment above Frenchman Bay, where she could see the ocean from her living room and bedroom windows.
Betty was born in Orono, on June 2, 1920, the daughter of Herman P. Sweetser and Phyllis S. Sweetser. She grew up in Cumberland Center, where she worked in the family apple orchard and was valedictorian of her class at Greely Institute. She went on to attend Colby College, where she met her husband, Elmer Baxter, and graduated in 1941.
Betty and Elmer were married in 1944 while he was stationed in Gainesville, Fla. After the war, they moved to Newington, Conn., where they raised three sons, and lived for 60 years.
In addition to raising her boys, Betty enjoyed family gatherings where she loved to prepare fresh produce from Elmer's garden. She devoted much time volunteering for the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Newington, where she served as lay moderator and taught Sunday school. She was also active in PTA, cub scouts, and town activities, including many years of service on the Parks and Recreation Committee. She served as the Newington town Historian, writing The Centennial History of Newington in 1971. She was proudest of her success at persuading 'the powers that be' to move, save and restore the historic 'Kelsey House,' which is now an important museum and resource for the community. For many years, she wrote a weekly column for the 'Newington Town Crier.'
Betty and Elmer left Newington and moved to Dirigo Pines in Orono in 2005, and re-located to the Birch Bay Inn in Bar Harbor in 2008.
Betty was predeceased by her parents; and a brother, Phillip Sweetser. In addition to her husband,
Betty is survived by a brother, Richard W. Sweetser and his wife Constance Sweetser of Cumberland Center; three sons, Ledyard S. Baxter and his wife Nancy S. Baxter of Aquebogue, N.Y., David S. Baxter and his wife Katherine K. Carter of Orono, Benjamin A. Baxter and his wife Joan Loy-Baxter of Bar Harbor; four grandchildren, Joshua Baxter, Jonathan Baxter, Kyla Baxter, and Alexis Baxter; one great- grandchild, Laurel Baxter; and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
The Hartford Courant (CT)
December 4, 2010Elmer L. Baxter died quietly on November 21, 2010 at a Bar Harbor health care facility after a long and full life. He was born on December 30, 1918 in Waterbury, CT, the son of Chester Arthur and Louisa Ayres Baxter.
He graduated from Colby College, Waterville, ME in 1941. Elmer served as a meteorologist in the U S Air Force in both World War II and the Korean War, forecasting for trans-Atlantic military flights and shipping. He was stationed in Newfoundland and Greenland -- where he spent a year on the Arctic Circle and flew over the North Pole in 1952 when that was still unusual. He also served in Florida and Massachusetts.
He married Elizabeth (Betty) Sweetser in 1944 [January 9, 1944, Cumberland, Maine]. They had been married for more than 66 years at her death in April, 2010.
After his military service, he and Betty moved to Newington, CT where they raised three sons, grew a large garden, and resided for 60 years. Elmer was employed by the Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford, CT for nearly 40 years. Elmer and Betty were active members of the Church of Christ, Congregational, in Newington, CT, where he served as head usher and treasurer for many years. He wrote and acted in several Christmas plays for the church. Additionally, he served as a scoutmaster (earning and being a trainer for Wood Badge skills), PTA president, and member of the Newington Conservation Commission. He volunteered to maintain a 50 mile stretch of the Metacomet Trail in central Connecticut for many years. He had a long-time passion for genealogical research, traveling to England to find the church where his great grandparents had been married before emigrating to the US. Always looking for a challenge, Elmer learned Esperanto (later offering a class in it at senior college in Orono, ME). He and Betty enjoyed many Elderhostel courses, and took senior college courses to learn to speak Russian, and to write poetry. He always appreciated (and often initiated) a bad pun. Since his father was a locomotive engineer, Elmer had a lifelong interest in all things related to railroads. He had an HO layout in the attic, and spent several happy summers volunteering as a conductor for the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad in Portland, ME.
He is survived by three sons: Ledyard S. Baxter and his wife Nancy S. Baxter of Aquebogue, NY; David S. Baxter and his wife Katherine K. Carter of Orono, ME; Benjamin A. Baxter and his wife Joan Loy-Baxter of Bar Harbor, ME; four grandchildren: Joshua Baxter, Jonathan Baxter, Kyla Baxter, and Alexis Baxter; one great grand child: Laurel Baxter; and several nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.