Category Archives: People

Biographies of the People of Scarborough.

Black Point School – Class Photo 1934

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Don Taylor

Left to Right Front Row Percy Nichols, Roger Saywood, Donald Fredericks, Edward Meserve Jr.,  Donald Richardson, Wade Harmon, Clayton Skillings. Second Row Isabelle Harmon, Marguerite Skillings, Betty Brimson, Shirley Libby, Beverly Meserve, Frances Burnson, Deloris Harmon, Eva Swinborn Third Row Miss … Continue reading →

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Black Point School – Class Photo 1879

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Don Taylor

Black Point School – Class Photo 1879  Front Row left to right: Leon Harmon, Dorothy Libby, Anna Lee, Jennie Harmon, Laura Prichard, Teacher Theresa Libby,  Lucy Lee,  Arlene Harmon, Nellie Harmon, Della Carter, Raymond Brown. Second Row:  Ora Bucky, Dollie Carter,  Isa Googins,  Florence … Continue reading →

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They Answered the Call – Part 2

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Mary Pickard

Part 2 of 2 by Mary Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Maine Historical Society, and Maine State Archives Letters to and from soldiers revealed concerns about the future. In a letter to her friend Gardner Waterhouse with the 7th … Continue reading →

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They Answered the Call – Part 1

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Mary Pickard

Text by Mary Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Maine Historical Society, and Maine State Archives To Arms! Citizens! Our Country Calls!! Come on sons of Maine! Our brethren are already in the field; why stand we here idle! Now … Continue reading →

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Charles C. G. Thornton

Posted on November 7, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Charles C. G. Thornton, Scarborough, 1863 Contributed by Maine State Archives Captain Charles C. G. Thornton of the 12th Maine Infantry, Company C, was born in 1830 to James Brown and Elizabeth Gookin Thornton in Saco. Charles attended Thornton Academy … Continue reading →

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