Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2015.027.23 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Reference code |
US SPHi 2015.027.23 |
Title |
Adalena F. Dyer among interesting women - Still living in ancestral home of her forefathers |
Date |
1928 |
Scope & Content |
913 Sawyer Street. Brief article about Adelena F. Dyer, local poet and daughter of Greely H. and Mary Quimby Dyer, and direct descendant of the Brackett family of Portland. She was still living in the ancestral home at 913 Sawyer Street. She was part of the first class to graduate from Cape Elizabeth High School. A second photo shows her with classmates Edward C. Reynolds, Lydia Frances Hutchins (Mrs. Campbell) and Margaret L. Minott (Mrs. Cobb). A third photo shows a rock on the Dyer estate inscribed "Mark Dyer, July 4th, 1776, Aged 17". Mark Dyer was a cabinet maker and representative to the Boston Legislature. Published in the Portland Evening News, May 16, 1928. |
Search Terms |
Ferry Village Sawyer Street |
People |
Dyer, Adelena F. (1855-1934, dau of Greeley H. and Mary Dyer) Dyer, Greeley H. (1816-1904, son of Mark and Mercy Dyer) Dyer, Mark (1758-1821, son of Henry and Sarah Dyer) Reynolds, Edward C. Minott, John W. (1834-1908) |