Person:Ebenezer Moore (2)

Bath Independent and Enterprise 13 Nov 1909 p. 5 "Two Smart Old Men" [A profile of Eben Moore and Benjamin Rowe]

One can travel considerable distance and fail to find a smarter man for his years than is Eben Moore of Harmon's Harbor, Georgetown. He was born August 31, 1817, and when the Independent recently called at his home the old gentleman was swinging an axe and making great inroads on a wood pile of several cords. Last winter this old man of 92 years sawed and spilt 15 cords of forest wood and now plans to do an equal amount this year.

He was born in West Gardiner being a son of Joseph and Eleanor Trafton Moore. While a boy they moved to a farm at the head of Damariscotta pond and later to Woolwich where the elder Moore took a saw mill at the head of Mill island and conducted it for the owner, a man named Potter. At an early age Mr. Moore began his career as a fisherman and sailed the seas for a long period of time, getting many fish and securing good prices for them. Later he went in a schooner which went South after timber which was taken to the navy yard at Charlestown for the use of the government. He went a trip or two in the schooner Hickory with John Blaisdell, who later lived in Phippsburg. They carried materials for the lighthouses which Gen. Joseph Berry had contracts to build. He made trips to the West Indies in a vessel called the Robinhood which was built by Gen. Berry. John Berry was captain and John L. Berry, now of Georgetown, was one of the crew.

Mr. Moore sailed in command of a number of craft among them being the schooners Kennebec and William Penn. Speaking of his experiences at fishing Mr. Moore remarked that he recalled one year, 1843, when they were in the bay of Chauleur from the second day of May until August 20 and there was not wind enough to shift their berth for the entire time. In those days the fishing was done by hand lines and when asked what the men lived on during these trips Mr. Moore replied "They had quite a variety, fish and potatoes, then potatoes and fish, then fish hash."

During all of the many years Mr. Moore followed the sea he never was ship wrecked, nor met with any serious disaster and about the year 1850 Mr. Moore quit the sea and settled down in Georgetown where he has conducted his farm and is now passing his days quietly on the home place, enjoying his surroundings, his labors and his Bible.

Bath Independent and Enterprise, 14 Aug 1909, p. 5, "Presented with a Cane"

Georgetown's Oldest Citizen Made Happy.

One of the late features in the life of the Boston Post is the presentation of gold head canes to the oldest citizens in many towns.

The stick is a fine one manufactured especially for this purpose. It is made from carefully selected Gaboon ebony from the Congo Africa. The head is made of rolled gold of 14 karat fineness and is artisically engraved.

The idea is that the cane shall always be owned and carried by the oldest citizen. This week Eben Moore of Georgetown was presented with one of the canes on being the oldest citizen in town. He was born August 31,, 1817 in Gardiner, Me., and moved to Georgetown with his parents in 1838. He was married to Sophronia McIntire in 1843, who died in 1846. He married the second time Sarah B Knight in 1848, who died in 1887. He had one son by his first wife and since the death of his second wife he has lived with his son Joseph W. Moore who is the manager of a general store and fish business in town. Mr. Moore's general health is good, mind is clear, can read without the aid of glasses. He has always been a temperate, honest and hardworking man. A life long Democrat and at the present time he saws and splits all the wood the family of his son burns.

He commenced to go to sea when he was 20 years old and later was master of the schooners Hickory, Inspector, Jane, William Venne and Kennebec. Later in life he worked at the trade of ship carpenter and has done some farming. His mother lived to be 100 years, five months and five days old. She was the only person in town who ever lived to be years old.

Bath Independent, 2 Apr 1910, p. 5 "A School Matter"

Which Now Agitates Georgetown Folks

Mr. Editor

On the west side of Harmon's Harbor, over a quarter of a mile below the last house where there are children to attend, there stands an old stone schoolhouse; supposed to be the oldest in the state used as a schoolhouse at the present time.

But it is not. It was built about fifty-six years ago by the residents of that district. And there is now living one man who helped build it, namely Eben Moore, our oldest male resident, and there are several living here whose fathers helped work on it....They are all small children between the ages of five and twelve years, who have to walk about one and one-half miles each way over a bad road that never dries up only through vacation time, to an old damp stone schoolhouse, with only the smallest sized windwos, set deep in the wall. Surrounded by a swamp on three sides, a play ground filled with large rocks and ledges, and not a house in sight. So cold the little ones sat with coats and mittens on while their dinners froze in their pails one day last winter.

Obituary, Bath Independent, 14 Jan 1911, p.2 "Doings Down Georgetown Way"

In the death of Capt. Eben Moore which occurred at the home of his son J. H. Moore on Tuesday night last, Georgetown loses her oldest male resident and one who was much respected by the townspeople for his straightforward manner and fair dealings. A sketch of his long life accompanied by a picture of him was printed in the Independent about two years ago. "Uncle Eben," as he as familiarly called, was a staunch Democrat and always took much pride in going to the polls every election and casting his ballot for his party with the enthusiasm of a young man. At the advanced age of ninety-tree he was driven to the polls at the late election carrying in his hand the gold headed can presented to him by the Boston Post for being the oldest man in town.

1. ↑ Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine; Roll: T623 599; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 204.

   Name: Ebenezer MooreBirth Date: abt 1817Birth Place: MaineResidence Date: 1900Residence Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine

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2. ↑ Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine; Roll: T9_488; Family History Film: 1254488; Page: 125.2000; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 0260.

   Name: Eben MooreBirth Date: abt 1818Birth Place: MaineResidence Date: 1880Residence Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States

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3. ↑ Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Year: 1860; Census Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine; Roll: M653_448; Page: 0; Image: 392.

   Name: Ebenezer MooreBirth Date: abt 1818Birth Place: MaineResidence Date: 1860Residence Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine

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4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Ebenezer Moore, in Maine, United States. Maine Death Records, 1617-1922. (Augusta, ME: Maine State Archives)
   Online database, Accessed 27 Jan 2011.

   Record No: not noted
   Name: Ebenezer Moore
   Place of Death: Georgetown
   Date of Death: 10 Jan 1911
   Age at Death: 93 yrs, 4 months, 10 days
   Place of Birth: Gardiner, Maine
   Vital: Male, White, Widowed
   Occupation: Carpenter
   Parents: Joseph Moore (born Gardiner, Me) and Eleanor Trafton (born Georgetown)
   Occupation:of Father: Farmer
   Cause of Death: Bronchitis (illegible additional notes)
   Physician: Arthur E Wyman, MD, Georgetown.
   Place of Burial: Georgetown
   Undertaker: S P Oliver, Georgetown
   Clerk: Wm A Todd, Georgetown