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Obadiah Trask Keeps Remarkable Memory at 90 in Bath
Obadiah Trask, born October 25, 1820 in Edgecomb Maine, celebrates his ninetieth birthday in Bath Winneganee district. The article recalls his early life in Maine, work in Bath area mills, and details on historic Bath landmarks including Tallman and Shepard houses and plans for a new Bath to Kennebec telegraph cable.
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Lower High Street
Winneganee
Obadiah Trask
Wiscasset
Boston
Obadiah
Card
Bath
Winnerance
William M. Rogers
William Rogers
Mousehead Lake
Trask
William Bowers
Glazier
Augusta
Bow Township
New York
New Orleans
West Indies
Winneganee Mills
Mr. Trask
Brunswick
New Meadows
West Bath
Blind Crossing
Mill Pond
Whiskeay
Thorne’s Head
Kennebec
War Department
Witlout
Day's Ferry
Kennebec River
Peleg Tallman
Tallman
Oak
Front Streets
Samuel Strout
Bath Lodge of Owls
Washington, Summer, Front
Oak Streets
William King
William Sylvester
Peter Tallman
Washington Street