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Joseph H. Marie Junin was the first European settler murdered in Bangor, Maine.  Junin was a French merchant, trapper, and trader who was suspected of acting as a British agent in 1777, using his influence with Native American tribes to generate…

Constructed in 1868, the Receiving Tomb served as a storage facility for the bodies of citizens who died during the winter months when interments could not take place due to the frozen ground. Designed by architect, Charles G. Bryant.

Samuel Veazie, born in Portland in 1787, apprenticed to a baker at an early age but seeing no future in it, became a sailor. He is said to have made his first fortune “by clever use of his stowage rights aboard ship.” Through this method, he raised…

Rebecca Jane Billings Thatcher was the daughter of Caleb C. and Ann (Thoreau) Billings and a cousin to Henry David Thoreau. Rebecca's husband, George Thatcher, accompanied Thoreau on his travels referenced in the work, The Maine Woods.

The husband of Rebecca Jane Billings Thatcher, a cousin to Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau referred to George Thatcher as "the relative" who accompanied him on his trips in the word, The Maine Woods.

Charles A. Peavey and James H. Peavey were the grandsons of Joseph Peavey, inventor of the peavey logging tool that combined a solid socket cant hook with a pike to create a reliable, versatile tool used by workers in the logging industry.Demand for…

Job Collett was born on May 26, 1825, a native of Melksham, Wiltshire, England; the son of Thomas and Jane (Marks) Collett. The Collett family moved to Bangor, Maine around 1845. The Collett name first appears in the Bangor Maine City Directory in…

Lieutenant Charles A. Thatcher, son of George A. and Rebecca Billings Thatcher of Bangor, Maine, commander of the Union gunboat U.S.S. Gazelle, a side-wheel steamers, on the Red River, Mississippi, when he was attacked and killed by two Confederate…

Rufus Dwinel was a former mayor of Bangor and a millionaire lumber baron. His greatest competitor was Samuel Veazie whose pride, Dwinel is said to enjoy tweaking. Dwinel, was one of a group of prominent Bangor businessmen who organized the April 13,…

Erected in 1909 and is used for the Mount Hope Cemetery Corporation for their place of business, information and a resting place for visitors. The building is a typical turn of the century structure in the then popular English half-timbered style.…