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    Boats, Wharves and Houses on the Dennys River, c. 1880

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    Aaron Hobart's house in Edmunds dominates this a view from the belfry of the Congregational Church in Dennysville. The Lower Bridge links the two towns, while the warehouse and lumber beside Allan's wharf, and the schooner and houses along Fosters Lane on the distant shore, testify to the prosperity the communities in the late nineteenth century. Photograph by Dr. John P. Sheahan of Edmunds.

    Aaron Hobart, son of Isaac, Sr., erected his home on the point of land across the Dennys River from the Lincoln estate, which had been occupied by Samuel Scott when the Lincolns came, and by Nathaniel Hobart between about 1790 and 1796. This residence was built in the usual pattern for that time, the large, two-story main house being added in 1838 to the smaller, previously-built ell. Aaron married (1) Mary Kilby, daughter of William and Mary (Wilder) Kilby, and (2) Catherine Eastman, daughter of Thomas, Sr., and Elizabeth (Wilder) Eastman, and had several children. This dwelling changed hands many times before being purchased by Neil and Nellie (Walker) Mclaughlin, who lived there for about sixty years.

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    Portrait of Aaron Hobart

    Boats, wharves and houses on the Dennys River, c. 1880; Aaron Hobart's house in Edmunds dominates this a view from the belfry of the Congregational Church in Dennysville. The Lower Bridge links the two towns, while the warehouse and lumber beside Allan's wharf and the schooner and houses along Fosters Lane on the distant shore testify to the prosperity the communities in the late nineteenth century. Photograph by Dr. John P. Sheahan of Edmunds.
    Allan's Wharf and Dennys River 1881; Detail view of T.W. Allan's Wharf in Edmunds and his shipyard on Foster Lane across the Dennys River in Dennysville, Also visible along Foster Lane are the John Sheahan House , behind the spars of the schooner, and the Bela Reynolds House at the end of Foster's Lane. Aaron K. Hobart's house in Edmund, Maine; Aaron K. Hobart built his house in Edmunds adding an imposing two story front section to Samuel Scott's original dwelling, which served as an ell. Dennysville's Lincoln House appears in the distance, across the Dennys River. Houses, Wharves and businesses on the Dennys River in 1861; Aaron Hobart house and T.W. Allan's wharves in Edmunds across the river from the Lincolns, with the Kilby and Allan shipyard and Blacksmith Shop line the opposite shore, in this detail from the map of Washington County published by Lee and Marsh in 1861.