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Forrest Lineous Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Dominicus Jordan Edwards |
Lottie Gage | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 10/6/1877 | Otisfield ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
Comments:
Member of Crooked River Lodge, No 152, AF&AM of Maine; and Casco Grange, No 67, P of H of Maine
Other Info:
| Census: |
1910 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Forest L 32 S ME ME ME Farmer General Farm
_____ Dominicus J Father 77 37 ME ME ME Retired Farmer
_____ Lottie F Mother 61 37 3 3 Can Can Can none
_____ Zylba L Niece 6 S PA ME PA none
_____ Margaret L Niece 2 S Can ME PA none
Chaplin ___ Laborer 20 S ME ME ME Laborer On Farm
1920 Otisfield (Oxford) ME
Edwards Forrest L 43 S ME ME New Brunswick US Farmer Apple Farm
_____ Lottie Mother 71 Wd ??? NY New Brunswick none
1930 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Forest L 52 S ME ME ME Farmer Home Farm
_____ Lottie G Mother 82 Wd Canada Canada Canada none
| Cemetery: |
Forrest Edwards is buried in Forrest Edwards' Cemetery , Otisfield ME.
New
Storage Holds Apples for Late Sale
Otisfield Layout in Quonset Design
The new apple storage house on the Forrest Edwards farm at Otisfield is
reported to have met completely the past Winter the objective of this
well-known and progressive orchardist of northern Cumberland County.
Fruit is held until late Winter and early Spring and is marketed on
order through a firm in Ayer, Mass.
Constructed of wood with segment roof in the quonset type of design,
the building is connected with the packing house and all requirements
in handling the fruit are conveniently together.
A modern cooling system controls temperatures in storage. The fruit as
it is gathered is sorted and boxed in standard containers before
stacked high under the round roof.
Women Pack Fruit
As the apples are shipped, women pack them from stock, and the boxes go
out by truck. Stacks of boxes in the storage room are built up as much
as 16 tiers high. While the orchards grow chiefly the McIntosh, Edwards
has the Delicious and Yellow Delicious, Cortland, and some Baldwin
trees.
Orders may approximate a thousand bushels at one time.
Up-To-Date Orcharding
Edwards makes use of all up-to-date methods in handling his extensive
orchards. He doesn't know how many trees he has, nor of each kind. He
destroys old trees each year and sets out young stock. A development is
use of a spray to hold the fruit on the trees a little after the usual
time for dropping. The chemical will work for seven days but at the end
of that time picking must start.
The Edwards' farm has been in operation for years. The house is a
beautiful example of architecture dating back before the turn of the
century. Edwards' father, Dominicus, raised cattle and corn. The
property always has been maintained in quality condition. A charming
feature in season is the rock-walled rose garden in the form of a
triangle at the main entrance to the yard. The big house sets at the
west of the garden.
Edwards
Will Leaves $20,000 to Cemetery
A $20,000 trust fund for care of the South Otisfield Cemetery is to
come from the $285,000 estate of Forrest L. Edwards, Otisfield,
according to his will, on file in Probate Court.
His brother, Dr. Dayton J. Edwards (315 East 68th St.)New York, a
cousin, Milton M. Allen, Otisfield, and two nieces, Zilba A. Hoare,
Toronto, and Marguerite Clowes, Gardiner, are to receive the remainder
of the estate.
To Dr. Edwards will go the Edwards farm with equipment in Otisfield,
and a small lot in Casco on condition that "the lumber on the heater
piece northeast of my buildings, bounded by the main road and the road
to the Girl's Scout camp, shall never be cut."
One third the remainder is to go to cousin Milton Allen, and the other
two thirds in equal shares to Nieces Zilba Hoare and Marguerite Clowes,
and Dr. Edwards.
The South Otisfield Cemetery Association is to use income from the
$20,000 for upkeep of the cemetery.
Robert B. Dow, Norway, was named executor.
source: undated newspaper
clippings from the scrapbook of Irene (Cole) Crockett, from the
collection of Carolyn (Crockett) Edwards