Download or read book A Short History, of South Bristol, Maine (Classic Reprint) written by Nelson W. Gamage and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short History, of South Bristol, Maine In my attempt to record some events which I think may be interesting in connection with the early history of South Bristol, I have found it quite difficult, as the new town of South Bristol is so much connected with the old town of Bristol, especially near the line of division where, at the present, it is hard to tell in which some of the early settlers lived and in the matter of town officers, up to the separation in some cases it is hard to determine in which town they should be placed. This is also the case with soldiers of 1860 - 65. I have found it impossible to prepare pedigrees of nearly all of the early families, as so few have been interested in preserving family records. These records were started about 1915 before the division. Then, South Bristol was from McClintick's down. In regard to ship building in the northern part of the town, in several cases the writer is unable to decide whether the location of building should be in Bristol or South Bristol, as in many cases he has had to depend on the memory of men well advanced in years. My plan is, if ever this is printed, to put in some photographs of some of the oldest deeds where they belong. In several cases it is hard to separate the two towns, the old and the new, but we have tried to be correct, yet it has been hard to make it plain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.