The Snow Family of Danforth

As far as I can tell, the Snow Family came to the Danforth area, from Massachusetts in the early 1800's. In Founders Cemetery, located by the boat landing on Route 169 In Danforth is where Major Reuben Snow is buried. He was the son of Nathaniel Snow and Mary Watts. Major Snow married Ann Guernsey.

Major Snow and Ann gave birth to a son whose name was Frederic Reuben Snow on April 12th 1835. On the 7th of January of 1860 in Danforth, Frederic married Harriet Boober Snow of Springfield, Maine. She was was born May 28th, 1838. 

Harriet Boober Scribner

Reuben Snows name appears on the application to the state of Maine to incorporate Danforth as a Town on July 7th, 1860. Other names that appear on this list are Joseph Butterfield, William Butterfield, George Crabtree, John P. Decker, Joseph Lessley, Cyrus Schillenge, and Seth Stinchfield. I am not sure which Reuben Snow that this is but I am presuming that it is the elder. 

A letter to the state dated November 10th, 1868 is recorded in the State Archives. It is a recommendation for Reuben Snow to be appointed to the office of Trial Justice within Washington County. Signing the recommendation is Joseph Lessley. 

I am actively researching this family at this time and will update this page as more information becomes available. A theory that I am working on is that this family is where the origins of the name for Snow Mountain in Danforth. At the peak of Snow Mountain there is still the Snow Farm Road and the Snow Farm is still an active cattle farm being owned and operated by the Apgar Family. 

Northern Maine. Where nothing ever happens!

Northern Maine. Where nothing ever happens! It is so boring right. Well, I would have to say, that could not be further from the truth. Here are just a few things that have taken place!

Did you know that Danforth, Houlton, Presque Isle, Madawaska and Caribou were almost part of Canada and there was an International Incident in which the State of Maine declared war on Great Britain! This was called the Aroostook War. One of the men who so instrumental in getting the border of Maine and Canada established at their present location, was an American by the name of Daniel Webster. To this day there is still an island between New Brunswick, Canada and Maine that is still technically involved in a boundary dispute as to which country it actually belongs to. This Island is called Machias Seal Island.

From the Treaty of Paris, Article 2

And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries, from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands...

...by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river Saint Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river Saint Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other shall, respectively, touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean, excepting such islands as now are or heretofore have been within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.

A lot of things have taken place, from Champlain wintering on the St. Croix River and his expedition nearly getting wiped out because of disease and starvation. Even a German spy attempting to blow up a railroad in Vanceboro.

There was a POW camp in Houlton, where German soldiers were kept during World War II. This was known as Camp Houlton. It housed 1,100 German Soldiers from October 1944 to May 1946.

Danforth had a prominent visitor stop in on the train. His name was none other than U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

So when you say that nothing ever happens in Northern Maine, well, that is not true. Northern Maine is full of History.

I would like to add, that some of the best stories of Northern Maine are passed down from generation to generation. If you have a story of Northern Maine that you would like to share, send me and email at mailman9394@gmail.com I would love to hear your story and look into the details to see what I can find.