dear <mfstewar@episd.org> ....... I've a John Stewart in the 1840 national census for Belfast Academy Grant (now Ludlow ME o/s Houlton ME as you may know). According to the census, there were 10 members in the family, 4 males & 6 females. No listing of their names. If you are "connected" to this family, you may be interested to know that one of the members, Charlie Stewart, was romantically connected to my Grand / aunt, Bridget Sophia Haggerty, as follows, & his name was included in her 'roman a clef' published in 1875. BRIDGET SOPHIA HAGGERTY: b: 1831(?) NB Canada m: JEREMIAH SPENCER, 10 September, 1850. In the "Marriage Returns of Penobscot County" page 115, the following was noted:" Jeremiah Spencer of Argyle <ME> & Bridget S Haggerty of Patten <ME> m. 10 Sep 1850 by Rev G J Newton". His ancestors were Thomas and Patience Chadburn Spencer from Gloucestershire England, early English settlers who, in 1632, helped found Argyle ME, Berwick ME and the logging industry there. d: 25 July 1878, Portland ME; pneumonia; age 44 years; interred 27 July 1878, Evergreen Cem, Deering ME (via s/s Rich & Son) In the 1860 National Census for the town of Argyle in Penobscot Co ME, Sophia was noted as 25 years old, her husband Jeremiah as 35 years old, b: NB Canada, a farmer w/husband Jeremiah on a farm with a real estate value of $800, a personal estate of $250 & 4 kids: Martha E, age 9, Mary A age 7, Flora E age 5 & Sophia 1 month old. Family was noted in the 1870 US Census for Bangor, Penobscot Co, ME; Husband's occupation was listed as a "day laborer", age 45, his listed name was "James", (rather than "Jeremiah"), she was listed as age 35, "keeping house". The census listed the following children, all b: ME: Matti, age 19 Mary, age 17 Flora E, age 15 , attending school Augusta E., age 11, attending school Nancy, age 9, attending school Frank, age 7, attending school William, age 3 She privately published an autobio-family-history in novel form (roman-a-cleft), in 1875, of her trials & tribulations with her stern parents; with her Catholic vs Protestant religion; with her close relationship to her brother Peter Jr; with her husband who appears disinterested towards his family; and, with pioneer life in northern Maine: "Forty Years In The Wilderness" by S. Spencer, printed in Portland Maine, 1875. She was a good Christian in the principled sense; a good business women for she continually supported her family with various sewing & retail dress selling business, in that, her husband was continually away lumbering or simply gone. A great family person for she raised them all-by-her-self. 8 kids: Peter ... infant death Martha Ellen ... b: 1851, Argyle ME; m: Joel P Holland, b: 7 December 1853, Castine ME; she had both singing & piano lessons; managed the younger kids while mother worked. Mary ... b: 1853, Argyle, d: Portland Flora (Flora E.)... b: 1855, Argyle ME; m: George Hartshorn who had: " had beautiful eyes and a merry laugh", no kids Ella (? Augusta E.)... b: 1859, Argyle ME; m: George Emery Annie (? Nancy)... b: 1861, Argyle ME; m: Louis D Greene, b: Brattleboro VT resided 50 years in Brattleboro, VT Frank ... b: 1863, Argyle ME; m: Bessie ? William ... b: 1867, Argyle ME; m: Mary ? All The Best, ED COSTELLO, 1009 Blenheim Dr Raleigh NC 27612 , tel: 919-782-6058; COSTELLO (FAHEY): Co Mayo>CT, MA, ME USA> USA; JOYCE (DOWER): Co Mayo>MA USA; HAGGERTY (McGUIRE): Co Donegal>NB Canada>ME USA>USA; LAVERTY (BROWN), (KELLY): Co Armagh>NB Can>ME, CA USA>USA, Can. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.