The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. The people in the photograph left to right: Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) Roseanna B. (Dix) Rich - Mrs. Jonathan Rich (1841-1916) Avah Dalton Rich, Sr. (1876-1908) Unknown lady in a white shirtwaist Unknown seated lady Rena “Teenie” or “Tiny” May Thurston - a dwarf (1866-1905) Unknown lady in a hat Unknown man in a suit
Description: The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. The people in the photograph left to right: Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) Roseanna B. (Dix) Rich - Mrs. Jonathan Rich (1841-1916) Avah Dalton Rich, Sr. (1876-1908) Unknown lady in a white shirtwaist Unknown seated lady Rena “Teenie” or “Tiny” May Thurston - a dwarf (1866-1905) Unknown lady in a hat Unknown man in a suit [show more]
SWHPL 6545 is a duplicate of this item (may have been reversed) Back Row - Left to Right: Maybird Dolliver - Teacher - Mary Alice Morris (1876-1956) - Mrs. Stillman Stanley Dolliver Maude M. Candage (1888-1937) – later Mrs. Lester Lewis Dorr Evelyn Frances Pomroy (1885-1973) – later Mrs. Alvah Dalton Rich and Mrs. Charles Edwin Hamblen Bertha C. Murphy (1887-1968) – later Mrs. George A. Neal Edna Lunt Julia L. Clark (1888-) Lida J. Rumill (1889-1979) – later Mrs. Rudolph A. Gilley Ida May Kelley (1887-1980) – later Mrs. Leroy E. Sweeney Beatrice K. Lunt (1888-) – later Mrs. Ralph Bancroft Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953) – later Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott and Mrs. Gray Bernice B. Murphy (1886-1957) – later Mrs. Walter Hilton Hamblen Middle Row - Left to Right: Dora Maude Dow (1888-1948) – later Mrs. Harold G. Lawson Emma Almira Reed (1889-1961) – later Mrs. Ernest L. Smith Hallie Murphy (1891-1983) – later Mrs. Raymond Percival Somes Eva F. Springer (1875-1967) – later Mrs. Jasper E. Norwood and Mrs. Oscar Arey Tolma Mildred Carver Reed (1890-1979) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Evelyn Laurania Lunt (1892-1955) – later Mrs. Merle Albert Farley William Augustus Clark (1891-1919) Donald E. Robbins (1888-) Mabel L. Gott (1892-) Gertrude L. Rumill – Grammar School Teacher (1875-1963) – later Mrs. Jason Perley Kane Florence “Flossie” Day or Dane Front Row – Left to Right: Frank Stinson Eugene W. Gordius (1888-1964) Carrie M. Thurston (1893-1979) – later Mrs. Raymond Oswell Staples Lucy Leona Reed (1892-1919) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Julia Aljava Norwood (1891-1974) – later Mrs. James Everett Parker Herbert S. Reed (1892-1918) Zulma Emma Norwood (1894-1992) – later Mrs. Albert Erastus Hodgdon Basil E. Reed (1893-1905) Esther F. Gott (1893-) Elmer Dalton Reed (1893-1992) Carl B. Pomroy (1893-1953) twin of Cush B. Pomroy (1893-1963) Harold Lester Thurston (1888-) Roy Francis Eaton (1890-1947) Hollis Gardner Reed (1888-1967)
Description: SWHPL 6545 is a duplicate of this item (may have been reversed) Back Row - Left to Right: Maybird Dolliver - Teacher - Mary Alice Morris (1876-1956) - Mrs. Stillman Stanley Dolliver Maude M. Candage (1888-1937) – later Mrs. Lester Lewis Dorr Evelyn Frances Pomroy (1885-1973) – later Mrs. Alvah Dalton Rich and Mrs. Charles Edwin Hamblen Bertha C. Murphy (1887-1968) – later Mrs. George A. Neal Edna Lunt Julia L. Clark (1888-) Lida J. Rumill (1889-1979) – later Mrs. Rudolph A. Gilley Ida May Kelley (1887-1980) – later Mrs. Leroy E. Sweeney Beatrice K. Lunt (1888-) – later Mrs. Ralph Bancroft Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953) – later Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott and Mrs. Gray Bernice B. Murphy (1886-1957) – later Mrs. Walter Hilton Hamblen Middle Row - Left to Right: Dora Maude Dow (1888-1948) – later Mrs. Harold G. Lawson Emma Almira Reed (1889-1961) – later Mrs. Ernest L. Smith Hallie Murphy (1891-1983) – later Mrs. Raymond Percival Somes Eva F. Springer (1875-1967) – later Mrs. Jasper E. Norwood and Mrs. Oscar Arey Tolma Mildred Carver Reed (1890-1979) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Evelyn Laurania Lunt (1892-1955) – later Mrs. Merle Albert Farley William Augustus Clark (1891-1919) Donald E. Robbins (1888-) Mabel L. Gott (1892-) Gertrude L. Rumill – Grammar School Teacher (1875-1963) – later Mrs. Jason Perley Kane Florence “Flossie” Day or Dane Front Row – Left to Right: Frank Stinson Eugene W. Gordius (1888-1964) Carrie M. Thurston (1893-1979) – later Mrs. Raymond Oswell Staples Lucy Leona Reed (1892-1919) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Julia Aljava Norwood (1891-1974) – later Mrs. James Everett Parker Herbert S. Reed (1892-1918) Zulma Emma Norwood (1894-1992) – later Mrs. Albert Erastus Hodgdon Basil E. Reed (1893-1905) Esther F. Gott (1893-) Elmer Dalton Reed (1893-1992) Carl B. Pomroy (1893-1953) twin of Cush B. Pomroy (1893-1963) Harold Lester Thurston (1888-) Roy Francis Eaton (1890-1947) Hollis Gardner Reed (1888-1967) [show more]
Front Row - Left to Right: - Unknown girl - Unknown girl - Henry Thomas Conary (1903-1951) - Unknown boy - Howard M. Leonard (1905-1974) - Unknown girl - Marguerite Hopkins (1905-1965) - later Mrs. Harry G. Norwood Second Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Carl Fulton Dolliver (1903-1979) - Stanwood Hart King (1905-1996) - Virginia J. Ramsdell (1905-1981) - later Mrs. Milton Edwin Krebs - Lawrence Newman (1906-2002) Third Row - Left to Right: - J. Sewell Hopkins Jr. (1903-1972) - Unknown boy - Unknown boy - Nettie L. Norwood (1903-1980) - later Mrs. James E. Smiley, then Mrs. Manuel Silva Back Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Iva Adele Walls (1886-1964) - Teacher - later Mrs. Walter J. Clark Jr. - Unknown boy
Description: Front Row - Left to Right: - Unknown girl - Unknown girl - Henry Thomas Conary (1903-1951) - Unknown boy - Howard M. Leonard (1905-1974) - Unknown girl - Marguerite Hopkins (1905-1965) - later Mrs. Harry G. Norwood Second Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Carl Fulton Dolliver (1903-1979) - Stanwood Hart King (1905-1996) - Virginia J. Ramsdell (1905-1981) - later Mrs. Milton Edwin Krebs - Lawrence Newman (1906-2002) Third Row - Left to Right: - J. Sewell Hopkins Jr. (1903-1972) - Unknown boy - Unknown boy - Nettie L. Norwood (1903-1980) - later Mrs. James E. Smiley, then Mrs. Manuel Silva Back Row - Left to Right: - Unknown boy - Iva Adele Walls (1886-1964) - Teacher - later Mrs. Walter J. Clark Jr. - Unknown boy [show more]
Photos taken around the Carter home at 27 Forest Avenue in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Above - Robert Malcolm Carter (1905-1975) and one of his cocker spaniels – all named Polly. The house had a wood furnace until c. 1963. March 1941 1 - William “Bill” Carter (1941-) next to a fish trap. 2 - Mildred G. Norwood Carter, Mrs. Robert Malcolm Carter (1910-1988), next to a Bleeding Heart plant – the photograph shows the location of the back door before the milk room was built. 3 - William “Bill” Carter next to the pen built to keep him safe from cars. Bill would get out and drag the pen around the yard. 4 - Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Carter (1944-) – Mrs. Albert M. Chipman, on back steps. 5 - Mildred Norwood Carter, Mrs. Robert Malcolm Carter, and child on back steps. 6 - William R. Carter – house in background is his uncle’s house Jasper Chamberlain Hutchins, 22 Forest Avenue. 7 - William Robert Carter and Robert Malcolm Carter on back porch with milk bottles.
Description: Photos taken around the Carter home at 27 Forest Avenue in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Above - Robert Malcolm Carter (1905-1975) and one of his cocker spaniels – all named Polly. The house had a wood furnace until c. 1963. March 1941 1 - William “Bill” Carter (1941-) next to a fish trap. 2 - Mildred G. Norwood Carter, Mrs. Robert Malcolm Carter (1910-1988), next to a Bleeding Heart plant – the photograph shows the location of the back door before the milk room was built. 3 - William “Bill” Carter next to the pen built to keep him safe from cars. Bill would get out and drag the pen around the yard. 4 - Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Carter (1944-) – Mrs. Albert M. Chipman, on back steps. 5 - Mildred Norwood Carter, Mrs. Robert Malcolm Carter, and child on back steps. 6 - William R. Carter – house in background is his uncle’s house Jasper Chamberlain Hutchins, 22 Forest Avenue. 7 - William Robert Carter and Robert Malcolm Carter on back porch with milk bottles. [show more]
For more information on the history of this house see “The Historic Homes of the Town of Tremont…A perspective in Time,” p. 21, "The Barbara L. Slick House" - Published by the Tremont Historical Society, July 1998. Barbara L. Slick is Barbara (Lawson) Slick, daughter of Edwin "Ned" Lawson.
Description: For more information on the history of this house see “The Historic Homes of the Town of Tremont…A perspective in Time,” p. 21, "The Barbara L. Slick House" - Published by the Tremont Historical Society, July 1998. Barbara L. Slick is Barbara (Lawson) Slick, daughter of Edwin "Ned" Lawson.
On April 19, 1893 the Cooper's son, Joseph Walter Cooper, married Nellie Sue Inman, daughter of Samuel Andrew Martin Inman and his first wife, Nancy Jane Dick. Nellie's father, Samuel Andrew Martin Inman was the owner of S.M. Inman & Co., one of the largest dealers in cotton in the world, with several branch offices in different parts of the South. He was one of the organizers and a director of the Southern Railway, the yards of which in Atlanta are named for him and was a major Georgian philanthropist. Nellie's brother, Henry Arthur Inman (1869-after 1920) and his wife, Roberta Sutherland Crew built their cottage, "Sutherland" now "Heeltap" at 16 Kinfolk Lane, Southwest Harbor, in 1901. Their son, Arthur Crew Inman (1895-1963) is notorious for having written the "Inman Diaries." On March 28, 1894 Samuel Andrew Martin Inman and his recently acquired second wife, Mildred (McPheeters) Inman (1867-1946), gave a lavish reception at their home in Atlanta, Georgia, for their daughter Nellie and her mother in law, Emma Jane Cooper. This fulsome description of the party, published in "The Atlanta Constitution" on March 29, 1894 illustrates the world inhabited by the Cooper and Inman families.
Description: On April 19, 1893 the Cooper's son, Joseph Walter Cooper, married Nellie Sue Inman, daughter of Samuel Andrew Martin Inman and his first wife, Nancy Jane Dick. Nellie's father, Samuel Andrew Martin Inman was the owner of S.M. Inman & Co., one of the largest dealers in cotton in the world, with several branch offices in different parts of the South. He was one of the organizers and a director of the Southern Railway, the yards of which in Atlanta are named for him and was a major Georgian philanthropist. Nellie's brother, Henry Arthur Inman (1869-after 1920) and his wife, Roberta Sutherland Crew built their cottage, "Sutherland" now "Heeltap" at 16 Kinfolk Lane, Southwest Harbor, in 1901. Their son, Arthur Crew Inman (1895-1963) is notorious for having written the "Inman Diaries." On March 28, 1894 Samuel Andrew Martin Inman and his recently acquired second wife, Mildred (McPheeters) Inman (1867-1946), gave a lavish reception at their home in Atlanta, Georgia, for their daughter Nellie and her mother in law, Emma Jane Cooper. This fulsome description of the party, published in "The Atlanta Constitution" on March 29, 1894 illustrates the world inhabited by the Cooper and Inman families. [show more]
Two people standing in back – Left to Right: Nelson Herrick (1900-2001) Andrew Harmon Herrick (1897-1992) Nine people sitting in middle – Left to Right: William E. “Billy Hot” Norwood (1860-1933) – Driver Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) on Mr. Simmons lap Mr. Joseph Irving Simmons (1883-1940) Antoinette Alma Herrick (1898-1967) – Mrs. James Emerson Herrick Mary Magdelene (Rutzier) Simmons (1842-) – Mrs. John S. Simmons Luther Carnes Herrick (1915-1998) in Fannie Herrick’s lap Fannie Carnes (Harmon) Herrick (1871-1962) – Mrs. William Edgar Herrick Marjorie Emily Herrick (1904-1943) or Florence Margaret Herrick (1904-1956) – twins Elizabeth Marlowe Herrick (1903-1957) – later Mrs. John R. Pitman Four people in front on step – Left to Right: Kenneth Louis Herrick (1907-1996) Horace Perry Herrick (1901-1992) Millard Joseph Herrick (1905-1969) Lovina Ethel Herrick (1911-2004) – later Mrs. Francis Arey
Description: Two people standing in back – Left to Right: Nelson Herrick (1900-2001) Andrew Harmon Herrick (1897-1992) Nine people sitting in middle – Left to Right: William E. “Billy Hot” Norwood (1860-1933) – Driver Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) on Mr. Simmons lap Mr. Joseph Irving Simmons (1883-1940) Antoinette Alma Herrick (1898-1967) – Mrs. James Emerson Herrick Mary Magdelene (Rutzier) Simmons (1842-) – Mrs. John S. Simmons Luther Carnes Herrick (1915-1998) in Fannie Herrick’s lap Fannie Carnes (Harmon) Herrick (1871-1962) – Mrs. William Edgar Herrick Marjorie Emily Herrick (1904-1943) or Florence Margaret Herrick (1904-1956) – twins Elizabeth Marlowe Herrick (1903-1957) – later Mrs. John R. Pitman Four people in front on step – Left to Right: Kenneth Louis Herrick (1907-1996) Horace Perry Herrick (1901-1992) Millard Joseph Herrick (1905-1969) Lovina Ethel Herrick (1911-2004) – later Mrs. Francis Arey [show more]
The only known photograph of Jacob and Rebecca Carroll and their family. "July 18, 1888…Pepper came up here [to the Mountain House] Sunday and took a picture of our family group…" - The Gertrude Whitmore Carroll Journal, Researched and Compiled by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 11 - 1888-1917. Left to right: Sarah Tenney Carroll (1880-1960) - later Mrs. Wilford Howard Kittredge Nell Rebecca Carroll (1871-1958) - later Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton Father - Jacob William Carroll - seated (1830-1899) William Lloyd Carroll - on Jacob's lap (1884-1971) - later married Margaret Ellen McManus Grace Clark Carroll (1882-1949) - later Mrs. Roderick Pepper Clark Gertrude Whitmore Carroll (1873-1917) John Carroll (1875-1964) - later married Viola Benson Tracy Fannie "Fan" Edith Carroll (1874-1890) Alice Carroll (1879-1964) - later Mrs. Fred Eaton Young Katherine "Kate" Carroll (1877-?) - later Mrs. George Edwin Bacon Mother - Rebecca Whitmore Lurvey Carroll - seated (1844-1916) Anna Beatrice Carroll - on Rebecca's lap (1887-1974) - later Mrs. Carl Edward Kelley Enoch "Ene" Edwin Lurvey - seated (1868-1929) - later married Lena E. Bridges Enoch Edwin Lurvey was the son of Rebecca Whitmore Lurvey Carroll and her first husband, Enoch Lurvey Jr.
Description: The only known photograph of Jacob and Rebecca Carroll and their family. "July 18, 1888…Pepper came up here [to the Mountain House] Sunday and took a picture of our family group…" - The Gertrude Whitmore Carroll Journal, Researched and Compiled by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 11 - 1888-1917. Left to right: Sarah Tenney Carroll (1880-1960) - later Mrs. Wilford Howard Kittredge Nell Rebecca Carroll (1871-1958) - later Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton Father - Jacob William Carroll - seated (1830-1899) William Lloyd Carroll - on Jacob's lap (1884-1971) - later married Margaret Ellen McManus Grace Clark Carroll (1882-1949) - later Mrs. Roderick Pepper Clark Gertrude Whitmore Carroll (1873-1917) John Carroll (1875-1964) - later married Viola Benson Tracy Fannie "Fan" Edith Carroll (1874-1890) Alice Carroll (1879-1964) - later Mrs. Fred Eaton Young Katherine "Kate" Carroll (1877-?) - later Mrs. George Edwin Bacon Mother - Rebecca Whitmore Lurvey Carroll - seated (1844-1916) Anna Beatrice Carroll - on Rebecca's lap (1887-1974) - later Mrs. Carl Edward Kelley Enoch "Ene" Edwin Lurvey - seated (1868-1929) - later married Lena E. Bridges Enoch Edwin Lurvey was the son of Rebecca Whitmore Lurvey Carroll and her first husband, Enoch Lurvey Jr. [show more]