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    Theophilus Kilby House, Dennysville, Maine

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    Theophilus Kilby House, Water Street, Dennysville, Maine. This was later the home of Irving and Florence Kilby and later members of the Juska/Mahar family. In 1881, the house was occupied by Alfred Kilby, son of Theophilus.

    Theophilus Kilby, son of William and brother of John, built his home on the hill beyond his father's house. The property was handed down from father to son, Alfred Kilby, and to grandson Irving Kilby. After being owned a few years by Alton and Bessie Curtis, the residence was purchased by William and Muriel (Mahar) Juska, for use as a summer home. In the late 19th century the barn was moved a hundred feet farther up the hill from the house.

    Contemporary Photographs of the Dennys River AreaPhotos for Map

    Theophilus Kilby House, Dennysville, Maine, Modern View
    Skating Party on the Dennys River in front of the Theophilus Kilby house and barn, in the 1880's; View of skaters, men, women and children, on the Dennys River with the Theophilus Kilby House and Barn on hillside above. Photograph taken by John P. Sheahan in the 1880's, directly across from his house on the Edmunds side of the river. Kilby House and Barn in Dennysville across the Dennys River from John P. Sheahan House in Edmunds; Detail of map of Dennysville Village with the Kilby House, Dennys River, and Dr. John P. Sheahan House on the River Road in Edmunds, from the Colby Atlas of 1881. Alfred Kilby was living at the time in the house built by his father Theophilus. Marriage Certificate of Irving and Florence Kilby, February 11, 1906.; Certificate of Marriage between Irving Kilby and Florence Coggins, who married at the home of the bride's parents in Pembroke, Maine, on the eleventh of February, 1906, by the Reverend Mr. Smith, witnessed by A.B. Coggins and Mrs. A.B. Coggins. They moved to Dennysville to live in the Theophilus Kilby house on Water Street.