"Front Row – Left to Right: Unknown boy Elmer Adelbert Spurling (1901-1984) Second Row – Left to Right: Elva Leone Spurling (1898-1980), later Mrs. Harvard Riley Beal Elva Lena Bunker (1901-1997), later Mrs. Ora Joseph Mountain Lena Marion Wedge (1897-1965), later Mrs. Harold Leslie Stanley Esther Mabelle Stanley (1895-1984), later Mrs. Francis Milton Spurling Hazel Belle Bunker (1900-1965), Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Vincie Millicent Bunker (1895-1993), later Mrs. Charles Stephen Hulbert Third Row – Left to Right: Unknown boy Ina “Inie” Mildred Bunker (1898-1945), later Mrs. Walter Richard Stanley Bertha “Bertie” Moore Stanley (1899-1918) Enoch Arno Stanley (1897-1977) Unknown boy Fourth Row – Left to Right: Teacher – possibly George Russell Hadlock (1881-1958) - lawyer Ralph Clifford “Cliff” Stanley (1897-1988) Unknown boy"
Collection of the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description: "Front Row – Left to Right: Unknown boy Elmer Adelbert Spurling (1901-1984) Second Row – Left to Right: Elva Leone Spurling (1898-1980), later Mrs. Harvard Riley Beal Elva Lena Bunker (1901-1997), later Mrs. Ora Joseph Mountain Lena Marion Wedge (1897-1965), later Mrs. Harold Leslie Stanley Esther Mabelle Stanley (1895-1984), later Mrs. Francis Milton Spurling Hazel Belle Bunker (1900-1965), Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Vincie Millicent Bunker (1895-1993), later Mrs. Charles Stephen Hulbert Third Row – Left to Right: Unknown boy Ina “Inie” Mildred Bunker (1898-1945), later Mrs. Walter Richard Stanley Bertha “Bertie” Moore Stanley (1899-1918) Enoch Arno Stanley (1897-1977) Unknown boy Fourth Row – Left to Right: Teacher – possibly George Russell Hadlock (1881-1958) - lawyer Ralph Clifford “Cliff” Stanley (1897-1988) Unknown boy" [show more]
The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church.
Description: The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. [show more]
Back Row - Left to Right: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Belle Mayo Holmes - daughter of Jacob Schoppy Mayo Maud F. (Holmes) Gilley - daughter of Elizabeth Holmes Front Row - Left to Right: Jacob Schoppy Mayo (1819-1912) - father of Elizabeth Holmes Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) - son of Maud F. (Holmes) Gilley
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Belle Mayo Holmes - daughter of Jacob Schoppy Mayo Maud F. (Holmes) Gilley - daughter of Elizabeth Holmes Front Row - Left to Right: Jacob Schoppy Mayo (1819-1912) - father of Elizabeth Holmes Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) - son of Maud F. (Holmes) Gilley
Right to Left: Gladys Ella Whitmore (1877-1977) Lucy Ella (Lawler) Whitmore (1849-1934) - Mrs. William Holden Whitmore Unknown woman - possibly Mary S. Whitmore (1888-1923) Elizabeth R. Whitmore (1878-1949) - Mrs. Everett George Stanley
Description: Right to Left: Gladys Ella Whitmore (1877-1977) Lucy Ella (Lawler) Whitmore (1849-1934) - Mrs. William Holden Whitmore Unknown woman - possibly Mary S. Whitmore (1888-1923) Elizabeth R. Whitmore (1878-1949) - Mrs. Everett George Stanley