Melissa Elwood Cousins

Melissa Elwood Colby Given Name: Melissa Elwood Surname: Colby Sex: F

Note: Mrs. Melissa E. Cousins

Mrs. Melissa Elmwood Cousins passed away at her home in Stonington, at 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 13, 1920.

Melissa Elmwood Colby was born May 27, 1844, at Webb's Cove, the daughter of Mr. Oliver L. Colby and Abigail Knowlton Colby. Her ancestors were among the first settlers in this neighborhood, and included the Colbys, Thurlows, Knowltons, Buckminsters, and several others whose names are familiar to those acquainted with Deer Isle's early history.

Somewhat early in life she married Joseph Davis and they had four children, Floreston I., Charles B., Elizabeth V.L., and J. Carlton.

After the death of her first husband she married Samuel E. Holden, and they had one son, Amasa A. Holden. After Mr. Holden's death she was appointed keeper of the Deer Isle Thoroughfare Light in his place, and remained there for two or three years, during which time a change was made from lard oil to kerosene oil as a means of furnishing light, and she was the first to make use of kerosene for that purpose in the lighthouses along the Atlantic Coast.

Her third husband was Charles C. Cousins, and their children are Jennie D., C. Lyman, Robert K., and Ethel F., Willie E. Cousins, the son of Mr. C.C. Cousins by a former marriage, was always loved by her as a son, and she was looked up to by him and loved as a mother. The word mother, with all its fine, sweet meaning, is the word by which she will be best remembered. All her nine children lived to grow up and to marry. Two of them, Floreston I. Davis and C. Lyman Cousins, passed on before their mother, but her other seven children and sixteen grandchildren survive. Every one of her living children came home at the time of her death, although two of them did not arrive in time for the funeral. Charles B. Davis came from Vinalhaven, Maine, J. Carlton Davis and Mrs. Elizabeth V. Pierce from Boston, Amasa A. Holden from Hillsboro, N.H., Mrs. Jennie D. Muttart from Concord, N.H., and Mrs. Ethel F. Heath from Ambler, Penn. In addition to her children she is survived by two brothers, Alonzo and William Colby, and by a sister, Mrs. Joseph Eaton.

Mrs. Cousins had been in rather poor health for some months, but at the end her death was unexpected and somewhat sudden. The funeral was held from her late home in Stonington at 1:30 P.M. on Friday, Oct. 15th. Rev. Eugene V. Allen of the Stonington church officiated and the burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery.

A useful, helpful, sympathetic life was closed but her influence will continue and increase with time, and her host of friends will never forget her bright, cheerful self sacrificing disposition and her many acts of kindness. Her children, scattered as they are, in several states, deeply mourn their loss, and will miss the almost annual summer visit to their old home and their mother.

Birth: 27 MAY 1844 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 6 Death: 13 OCT 1920 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine

Father: Oliver Lane Colby b: 24 DEC 1826 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Mother: Abigail Yeaton Knowlton b: 7 MAR 1824 in Isle au Haut, Knox, Maine

Marriage 1 Joseph E Davis b: ABT 1835 in Penoscot, Hancock, Maine Married: 4 DEC 1860 Children Has No Children Floreston Quinton Davis b: 29 SEP 1862 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Has No Children Charles Barbour Davis b: 20 MAR 1864 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Has Children Elizabeth Viola Lane Davis b: 13 MAY 1866 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Has No Children Jacob Carleton Davis b: 4 JUN 1868 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Marriage 2 Samuel Eaton Holden b: 11 JAN 1816 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Married: 4 MAY 1871 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Children Has Children Amasa Amidon Holden b: 16 MAR 1872 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Marriage 3 Charles C Cousins b: SEP 1842 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Married: ABT 1877 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Children Has Children Jennie Dess Cousins b: 30 JUN 1877 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine Has Children Charles Lyman Cousins b: 4 OCT 1878 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine Has Children Robert Knowlton Cousins b: 31 JUL 1884 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine Has No Children Ethel F Cousins b: SEP 1888 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine

Sources: Abbrev: 1850 United States Federal Census Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, roll M432_254, page 200, image 394. Abbrev: 1880 United States Federal Census Text: 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.

Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, ED 152, roll T9_480, page 271.1000, image 0518. Abbrev: 1860 United States Federal Census Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, post office Deer Isle, roll M653_438, page 0, image 212. Abbrev: 1900 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004) Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Hancock, Maine, ED 66, roll T623 593, page 11B. Abbrev: 1910 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006) Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910 Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Stonington, Hancock, Maine, ED , roll T624_541, part , page . Abbrev: 1920 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009) Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920...">NARA</a>. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Stonington, Hancock, Maine, ED , roll , page , image 292. Abbrev: 1880 United States Federal Census Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Text: 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.

Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, ED 152, roll T9_480, page 271.1000, image 0518.

Source: Melissa Elwood Colby Given Name: Melissa Elwood Surname: Colby Sex: F _UID: 15771CF1690641FC8CDC36A8D2BAEB81835F Change Date: 22 APR 2010 Note: Mrs. Melissa E. Cousins

Mrs. Melissa Elmwood Cousins passed away at her home in Stonington, at 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 13, 1920.

Melissa Elmwood Colby was born May 27, 1844, at Webb's Cove, the daughter of Mr. Oliver L. Colby and Abigail Knowlton Colby. Her ancestors were among the first settlers in this neighborhood, and included the Colbys, Thurlows, Knowltons, Buckminsters, and several others whose names are familiar to those acquainted with Deer Isle's early history.

Somewhat early in life she married Joseph Davis and they had four children, Floreston I., Charles B., Elizabeth V.L., and J. Carlton.

After the death of her first husband she married Samuel E. Holden, and they had one son, Amasa A. Holden. After Mr. Holden's death she was appointed keeper of the Deer Isle Thoroughfare Light in his place, and remained there for two or three years, during which time a change was made from lard oil to kerosene oil as a means of furnishing light, and she was the first to make use of kerosene for that purpose in the lighthouses along the Atlantic Coast.

Her third husband was Charles C. Cousins, and their children are Jennie D., C. Lyman, Robert K., and Ethel F., Willie E. Cousins, the son of Mr. C.C. Cousins by a former marriage, was always loved by her as a son, and she was looked up to by him and loved as a mother. The word mother, with all its fine, sweet meaning, is the word by which she will be best remembered. All her nine children lived to grow up and to marry. Two of them, Floreston I. Davis and C. Lyman Cousins, passed on before their mother, but her other seven children and sixteen grandchildren survive. Every one of her living children came home at the time of her death, although two of them did not arrive in time for the funeral. Charles B. Davis came from Vinalhaven, Maine, J. Carlton Davis and Mrs. Elizabeth V. Pierce from Boston, Amasa A. Holden from Hillsboro, N.H., Mrs. Jennie D. Muttart from Concord, N.H., and Mrs. Ethel F. Heath from Ambler, Penn. In addition to her children she is survived by two brothers, Alonzo and William Colby, and by a sister, Mrs. Joseph Eaton.

Mrs. Cousins had been in rather poor health for some months, but at the end her death was unexpected and somewhat sudden. The funeral was held from her late home in Stonington at 1:30 P.M. on Friday, Oct. 15th. Rev. Eugene V. Allen of the Stonington church officiated and the burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery.

A useful, helpful, sympathetic life was closed but her influence will continue and increase with time, and her host of friends will never forget her bright, cheerful self sacrificing disposition and her many acts of kindness. Her children, scattered as they are, in several states, deeply mourn their loss, and will miss the almost annual summer visit to their old home and their mother. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 6 Birth: 27 MAY 1844 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 6 Death: 13 OCT 1920 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine

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Father: Oliver Lane Colby b: 24 DEC 1826 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Mother: Abigail Yeaton Knowlton b: 7 MAR 1824 in Isle au Haut, Knox, Maine

Marriage 1 Joseph E Davis b: ABT 1835 in Penoscot, Hancock, Maine Married: 4 DEC 1860 Children Has No Children Floreston Quinton Davis b: 29 SEP 1862 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Has No Children Charles Barbour Davis b: 20 MAR 1864 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Has Children Elizabeth Viola Lane Davis b: 13 MAY 1866 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Has No Children Jacob Carleton Davis b: 4 JUN 1868 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Marriage 2 Samuel Eaton Holden b: 11 JAN 1816 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Married: 4 MAY 1871 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Children Has Children Amasa Amidon Holden b: 16 MAR 1872 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Marriage 3 Charles C Cousins b: SEP 1842 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Married: ABT 1877 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Children Has Children Jennie Dess Cousins b: 30 JUN 1877 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine Has Children Charles Lyman Cousins b: 4 OCT 1878 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine Has Children Robert Knowlton Cousins b: 31 JUL 1884 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine Has No Children Ethel F Cousins b: SEP 1888 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine

Sources: Abbrev: 1850 United States Federal Census Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, roll M432_254, page 200, image 394. Abbrev: 1880 United States Federal Census Text: 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.

Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, ED 152, roll T9_480, page 271.1000, image 0518. Abbrev: 1860 United States Federal Census Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, post office Deer Isle, roll M653_438, page 0, image 212. Abbrev: 1900 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004) Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Hancock, Maine, ED 66, roll T623 593, page 11B. Abbrev: 1910 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006) Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910 Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Stonington, Hancock, Maine, ED , roll T624_541, part , page . Abbrev: 1920 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009) Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920...">NARA</a>. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Stonington, Hancock, Maine, ED , roll , page , image 292. Abbrev: 1880 United States Federal Census Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Text: 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.

Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, ED 152, roll T9_480, page 271.1000, image 0518.