Skowhegan, Maine, USA
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Where is Skowhegan, Maine, USA? Skowhegan / skaʊˈhiːɡən/ is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 8,589. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuous state fair in the United States. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is an internationally known residency program for artists, though it is technically located in neighboring East Madison.
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The land was settled in 1773 as a part of Canaan. Colonel Benedict Arnold and his troops passed...Read MORE...
The land was settled in 1773 as a part of Canaan. Colonel Benedict Arnold and his troops passed...Read MORE...
1818 - Skowhegan State Fair
The Skowhegan State Fair was established in 1818. It is the nation's oldest consecutively running...Read MORE...
The Skowhegan State Fair was established in 1818. It is the nation's oldest consecutively running...Read MORE...
1868 - Destructive Fire in Maine - Loss $30,000.LEWISTON, Me., Saturday, Feb. 8. - In Skowhegan, last night, a fire destroyed the building known as ...Read MORE...
1886 - Skowhegan
Skowhegan is a prosperous manufacturing town lying on both sides of the great bend of the Kennebec...Read MORE...
Skowhegan is a prosperous manufacturing town lying on both sides of the great bend of the Kennebec...Read MORE...
1889 - Skowhegan
The oddity of its old Indian name has secured to Skowhegan a wider celebrity beyond the borders of...Read MORE...
The oddity of its old Indian name has secured to Skowhegan a wider celebrity beyond the borders of...Read MORE...
1906
Skowhegan, a post-village, capital of Smoerset co., Me., in Skowhegan township (town), on both...Read MORE...
Skowhegan, a post-village, capital of Smoerset co., Me., in Skowhegan township (town), on both...Read MORE...
1930 - KILLED BY BLAST OF DYNAMITESkowegan, Me., March 17. - Leroy McPhierson, 22, of Mapleton, Arlistook conty[sic], died at...Read MORE...
1948 - First Woman Senator
Skowhegan native Margaret Chase Smith is elected to the US Senate making her the first woman to...Read MORE...
Skowhegan native Margaret Chase Smith is elected to the US Senate making her the first woman to...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Chester A S BARKER
(8 October 1896, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 13 February 1934, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Evelyn Nancy BARKER
(15 November 1922, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 5 April 1986, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Robert Henry BARKER
(25 March 1900, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - May 1969, Littleton, Massachusetts, USA)
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Warren F BOWEN
(7 July 1897, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 24 March 1967, San Diego, California, USA)
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Walter Moody DAVIS
(10 November 1874, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 11 September 1947, Windsor, Connecticut, USA)
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Carlton Manley HOLT
(11 June 1880, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 13 March 1939, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA)
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Gertrude M SEDGLEY
(May 1879, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 1952, , Maine, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Alba ABBOTT
(1822, - 3 June 1894, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Lucia BARKER
(21 March 1929, , Maine, USA - 19 August 2001, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Chester A S BARKER
(8 October 1896, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 13 February 1934, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Evelyn Nancy BARKER
(15 November 1922, Skowhegan, Maine, USA - 5 April 1986, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Charles BARNES
(7 September 1846, Pittsfield, Maine, USA - 21 December 1903, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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George BIGELOW
(1774, - 21 May 1855, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Nathan BIGELOW
(1821, - 18 July 1855, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Joseph CLEVELAND
(1768, - 8 December 1858, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Mary Frances REGAN HILTON
(28 October 1902, , Maine, USA - March 1983, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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George B SANFORD
(28 February 1843, Manchester, Maine, USA - 23 February 1908, Skowhegan, Maine, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Chester A S BARKER (8 October 1896 - 13 February 1934) &
Mary Frances REGAN HILTON (28 October 1902 - March 1983)
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