Amesa Alden (abt. 1807 - 1890)

Born about 1807 in Canton, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1890 at about age 83 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Nothing is known of the ancestry of Amasa Alden. The 1850 Census shows him as 43 years old, born in Maine.^[1] The 1928 history of Livermore, Maine, says he was born in 1807,^[2] and the death record of his daughter Celestia gives his birthplace as Canton, Maine.^[3]

Marriage

The 1828 history of Livermore, Maine says that Amasa Alden married "Eliza P. B."^[2] The death record of their daughter Celestia names her mother as Eliza P. Austin.^[3]

Children

The children of Amasa and Eliza Alden, as listed in the 1928 history of Livermore, Maine,^[2] with their ages in 1850,^[1] were:

1. Celestia C. Alden, 20 in 1850
2. Lucy L. Alden, 16 in 1850
3. Oscar F. D, Alden, 10 in 1850
4. Amos A. Alden, 7 in 1850
5. Mary M. Alden, 3 in 1850
6. Eliza Alden, not shown in the 1850 or 1860 Census

Biographical Details

From the 1928 history of Livermore, Maine:

He was a man of good education combined with native wit and a firm believer in Spiritualism. In 1887 he published a little book of poems. He was a brick mason by trade and lived in several places near the Falls in Livermore.^[2]

Death

Amasa Alden died in 1890.^[2] A brief obituary in the Boston Globe of 16 Apr, under the headline "Poet Amasa Allen Dead," read:

Livermore Falls, Me. April 15—Amasa Allen, a respected citizen of Livermore, died today, aged 83 years. Deceased was a man of much literary ability, and had written one book of poems.^[4]

A gravestone at the Lamb Cemetery in Livermore Falls, Maine, says that Amasa Alden died on 15 Apr 1890 at the age of 83.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Amasa Alden household, family #71, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 9 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 59
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Death record of "Celestia Alden widow of Henry W. Ripley", in Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch > 2403946 (004284182) > image 2056 of 2126; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Poet Amasa Allen Dead" (newspapers.com subscription required), in The Boston Daily Globe, 16 Apr 1890, page 4
5. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Amasa Alden (Find A Grave: Memorial #196254162)