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    Bela R. Reynolds House, Narrows Road, Dennysville, Maine

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    Bela R. Reynolds house at the end of the Narrows Road, now called Foster Lane.

    Bela R. Reynolds operated the packet boat to Eastport from a wharf at the foot of his property, and the Packet Wharf at the town (Lincoln's) dock. He was married to Deborah, daughter of Ebenezer C. Wilder C., who lived with him in their house at the end of the Narrows Road, as Foster Lane was originally called. Rebecca Hobart writes in her history of Dennysville and Edmunds: "Starting in 1821, in an open 20 foot boat, he continued his service, using larger boats in later years, until he drowned a few feet from his own wharf, on May 3, 1853."

    Contemporary Photographs of the Dennys River AreaPhotos for Map

    Bela R. Reynolds House on the Narrows Road, now Foster Lane; Cape style house built by Bela R. Reynolds for himself and his wife Deborah (Wilder), daughter of E.C. Wilder, Sr., in the 1820's. Bela Reynolds operated a packet service to Eastport from a wharf at the foot of the hill where his house in located, where he drowned, a short distance from shore, on May 3rd, 1853.
    Gravestone of Deborah Reynolds and infant daughter, 1834, Dennysville Cemetery; The inscription reads: Map of the Dennys River Narrows, c. 1825; Lot map of the village of Dennysville, with Bela R. Reynolds house lot at the Narrows on the Dennys River.