History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . SYLVESTER BARTLETT. with the best interests ofEliot, and have held manypositions of trust and honor,and although many of themhave been liberal ly educated,Sylvester received only acommon-school father being engagedin agricultural pursuits heearly turned his attentionto that business, which, inconnection with butchering,has been his life the past sixteen yearslie has been interested inshipping with Boston par-ties. He married, Dec. 30,1855, Clementine, daugh-
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . SYLVESTER BARTLETT. with the best interests ofEliot, and have held manypositions of trust and honor,and although many of themhave been liberal ly educated,Sylvester received only acommon-school father being engagedin agricultural pursuits heearly turned his attentionto that business, which, inconnection with butchering,has been his life the past sixteen yearslie has been interested inshipping with Boston par-ties. He married, Dec. 30,1855, Clementine, daugh-ter of John and Betsey(Ferguson) Raitt, of Eliot,where she was born May10, 1830. Their childrenare Elizabeth M., born , 1859; C. Edward, bornJan. 19, 1863; Ralph S.,born April 29,1868; Rolla,born Sept. 2, RESIDENCE OF SYLVESTER BARTLETT, ELIOT,ME TOWN OF ELIOT. in two parallel streets, half a mile apart. The westernstreet terminates on the Point, which is an oval body ofland projecting nearly a mile southward into the PiscataquaRiver, and containing about 240 acres of land. Near themeeting-house are the store of S. Liedman, smith-shopsof Albert Shapleigh and Melville Dixon, and George , dealer in meats, provisions, and general produce ;Thomas F. Staples, John Nelson, general stores ; HowardStaples, hardware, at the south end. Postmaster, ThomasF. Staples; mails daily from Eliot Station. ELIOT. Eliot, a station on the Portland, Saco and PortsmouthRailroad, near the centre of the town, is surrounded by amore broken farming country, and contains, besides thedepot and half a dozen dwellings, the stores of WilliamRobinson, Jasper Shapleigh carriage-shop near by, and thepost-office in the depot. C. A. Hayden is station-agentand postmaster. PLACES OP HISTORIC INTEREST. Garrison-house
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