Benjamin Stanley Dolliver (1821 - 1904)

Born 21 May 1821 in Tremont, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Benjamin Stanley Dolliver; b. 21 May 1821 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine;

m1. Lydia Johnson Moore, daughter of Philip Moore and Rachael Moore, 5 Dec 1841 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine;

m2. Mercy Smith, daughter of John Smith and Mary Reed, 5 Nov 1848;

He died 21 Jun 1904 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 83; he was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

Lydia Johnson Moore was born on 21 Aug 1823 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; (Calculated date: 22 Aug 1825). She was born on 22 Aug 1825; (Calculated date). She died on 10 Jul 1845 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 21; Æ 21y 10m 18d. She was buried at Newman Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Benjamin Stanley Dolliver and Lydia Johnson Moore both b. at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Mary E. Doliver; b. circa 1843; m. Oliver Albert Torrey, son of Levi Torrey and Olive Joyce, 1 Dec 1861 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Albert Stanley Dolliver; b. 8 Apr 1845; m. Clara Abbey Wasgatt, daughter of Asa Wasgatt and Frances N. Walls, 1 Feb 1868 at Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; They were both from Tremont; d. 26 Dec 1899 at Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, at age 54.

Mercy Smith was born on 8 Jun 1823 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine. She married Moses Staples, son of Moses Staples and Betsey Rufnell, on 12 Dec 1842. She died on 3 Jan 1902 at Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, at age 78. She was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Benjamin Stanley Dolliver and Mercy Smith all b. at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Lydia Maria Dolliver; b. 3 Aug 1849; m. Jefferson Torrey, son of Levi Torrey and Joanna Staples, 12 Apr 1869 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Jefferson Torrey, son of Levi Torrey and Joanna Staples, 12 Apr 1869 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 3 Nov 1909 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 60.

• ii. Lucy Staples Dolliver; b. 11 Feb 1851; m. James Spencer Dudley 1883 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

• iii. Emily Ward Doliver; b. 27 Aug 1852; m. John Elisha Billings, son of Reuben Billings and Sarah W. Clark, 23 Dec 1879 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. John Elisha Billings, son of Reuben Billings and Sarah W. Clark, 3 Dec 1880 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; They were both from Tremont; d. 20 Sep 1933 at Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, at age 81; she was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Sophia Thompson Dolliver; b. 24 Oct 1853 at Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine; b. 24 Oct 1853; m. George Torrey, son of Levi Torrey and Joanna Staples, 1 Jul 1872 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. 20 Jul 1926 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 72; she was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.

• v. Franklin Spurling Dolliver; b. 13 Apr 1855; m. Mattie J. Moore, daughter of John Stanley Moore and Joanna Burke Moore, 4 Nov 1880 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; They were both from Tremont; d. 25 Jun 1927 at Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, at age 72; he was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• vi. Henrietta Dolliver; b. 11 Feb 1858; d. 20 Oct 1953 at age 95.

• vii. Benjamin Thomas Dolliver; b. 19 May 1860; m. Julia Estella Torrey, daughter of Freeman C. Torrey and Martha Torrey, 29 Aug 1883 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. 1941; he was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• viii. Stillman Stanley Dolliver; b. 4 Mar 1862; m. Emeline Higgins, daughter of Sylvanus Higgins and Abigail Knowles Salsbury, 16 Mar 1887 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Mary A. Morse, daughter of James Augustus Morris and Alice J. Gilley, 23 Jul 1896 at Maine; They were both from Tremont; d. 4 Apr 1942 at age 80; he was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• ix. Alice Jeanette Dolliver; b. 9 Feb 1864; m. Rufus N. Trundy, son of Samuel Trundy and Lucretia F Gray, 12 Oct 1909; d. 14 Apr 1942 at age 78.

• x. Amos D. Dolliver; b. 13 Apr 1866; b. 13 Apr 1867 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Lizzie May Thurston 22 Jun 1887 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. 3 Jan 1936 at Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, at age 69; he was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• xi. Eldora Dolliver; b. 2 Apr 1868; m. William H. Ward Jr., son of William H. Ward and Hannah E. Robinson, 18 Sep 1897 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 October 2019), memorial page for Benjamin S Dolliver (21 May 1821–21 Jun 1904), Find A Grave Memorial no. 64403996, citing Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Patti Leland (contributor 47598544) .
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3B-MRS : 5 November 2017), Benj S Dolliver, 21 Jun 1904; citing Tremont, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.