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CARIBOU - Margaret Grazebrook Sewall Page died March 1, 2005, at a Bangor hospital after a brief illness. Margaret was born Sept.19, 1914, in Old Town, the third of six children of James W. Sewall and Louise Gray Sewall.
     Margaret was raised and educated in Old Town. She was baptized, confirmed and married at St. James Episcopal Church, was a graduate of Old Town High School, Class of 1932, and the University of Maine, Class of 1936, where she was elected an All Maine Woman.
     Following university she worked as a cartographer at her father's mapping firm where, among her accomplishments, she composed the first topographic map of Cape Breton Highland's National Park whose boundaries had been negotiated by her father on behalf of the Canadian government. She remained interested in maps and mapping sciences throughout her life.
     During World War II she was a member of the Red Cross Ambulance Corps serving in Maine. In 1945, she married James H. "Bill" Page of Fort Kent. They moved to Caribou where she lived until her last illness.
     She was active in a number of educational, social and philanthropic organizations in central and northern Maine including the Old Town Library League, the Neeburban Club, the Shakespeare Club and the Social Club of Caribou. She remained a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Caribou from 1945 until her death.
     Margaret was predeceased by her husband, Bill; sister, Mary S Alden of New Harbor; and brothers, George T. Sewall of New York City and Daniel S Sewall of Old Town.
     She is survived by daughter, Belinda S. Page of Caribou, son, James H. Page and daughter-in-law, Liane E. M. Judd of Old Town, granddaughter, Alexandra S Weeks and husband, Marc Weeks, of Jacksonville, Fla. and granddaughters, Hannah Carter of Gainesville, Fla., and Madeleine S. J. Page of Old Town. She is also survived by a brother, Joseph Sewall of Castine; and sister, Elizabeth Gary of Buzzards Bay, Mass; four cousins, Louise G. Moody and Ruth Gray of Old Town, Nancy W. Atkinson of Falmouth and Sydney Klenk of Yarmouth; brother- in-law, Richard C. Alden of New Harbor; and many nieces and nephews.
     She was especially close to niece, Laura P. Mills, of Phoenix, Ariz. Margaret believed greatly in education, civic responsibility and doing things well, all better done if accomplished with enjoyment and a sense of adventure. She had a great impact on her family and many friends, and will be very much missed.

The funeral service for Mrs Margaret N. Starr, 65, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Hamilton’s Funeral Home. The Rev. Kenneth Buck will officiate and interment will be in the Park Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Starr, a resident of Clark County since 1944, had been residing in Battle Ground. She was born Feb. 6, 1891 in Milwaukee, Wis., and was a member of the Baptist faith.
Surviving are the widower, Oliver Starr, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Parson, Carson, Wash., Mrs. Dorothy Heumann, San Pedro, Calif., and Mrs. Mildred Letner, Grass Valley, Calif.: two sons, C.E. Starr, Denver, Colo, and Arthur L.E. Starr, Chicago; one brother, Franklin Sewall, Milwaukee; 12 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.²

Mrs. Maria Barton Key died yesterday at the convent of the Sisters of Bon Secour, West Baltimore street, from infirmities caused by old age. She was a daughter of Nicholas Sewall, of Cedar Point, St. Mary's county, Md. The homestead where she was born in 1911 was first obtained by the Sewalls in 1676, when it was patented to Mr. Nicholas Sewall, a step-son of Charles, third Lord Baltimore.
In 1833 she was married to Mr. Philip Barton Key, a kinsman of Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Her husband at that time lived in Georgetown. He was a son of Philip Barton Key, who represented Maryland In Congress from 1807 to 1813.
Mr. Key studied law with Francis Scott Key, and afterward removed to Louisiana, where he became prominent in State politics.
Eight years after the death of her husband, which occurred in Louisiana in 1854, Mrs. Key returned to the old homestead in St. Mary's county, which bad been left to her by the will of her brother, who died in 1861. Mr. Philip Barton Key, who died on September 26, 1896 at his home In Statesvllle, N.C., in the sixty-first year of his age, was a son of Mrs. Key. She had twelve children, of whom five survive her. They are Mr. Henry J. Key, Mr. William T. Key, Mrs. George C. Jenkins, Mr. Edward Key and Mrs. Henry Daingerfield, of Alexandria, Va.
The funeral of Mrs. Key will take place on Monday morning from the home of Mr. George C. Jenkins, Calvert and Chase streets. A high mass of requiem will be said at 10 o'clock at St. Ignatius' Church, Calvert and Madison streets. The pall- bearers will include Charles Morris Howard, Charles McHenry Howard, Edward Lloyd Key, and her three grandsons, Thomas C. Jenkins. Henry Daingerfield and Philip Barton Key. The Baltimore Sun, 11 December 1897.³

Following high school Marietta attended the Gorham State Teachers College, where she earned her bachelor of science in education. She taught for a short period of time in Kittery, Maine, and spent most of her teaching career at the Wentworth School of Portsmouth, N.H. Marietta retired after 36 years of teaching, but devoted herself to education her entire life.
Marietta was a longtime communicant of Corpus Christi Parish of Portsmouth, where she was active in the Altar Society. She often volunteered for Meals on Wheels and at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital. She was a member of the Seacoast Retired Teachers Association, where she held several offices over the years.
When Marietta wasn't volunteering her time, she enjoyed spending time outdoors in her garden, caring for her houseplants, or traveling.
Marietta is survived by her cousins, Eleanor Piskadlo, Janice Hazelton, Dawn Reilly, Sara Lovo and Pauline Emery.²

GLORIOSO, Marion E. (Sewall) Of Wellesley, August 17, 2015 at age 93. Beloved wife of the late John A. Glorioso, Jr. Mother of Michael S. Glorioso and his wife Renee of Wellesley. Grandmother of Ashley and Marisa Glorioso of Wellesley. Sister of the late Colbert Sewall. Also survived by her nephew and nieces. Mrs. Glorioso served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.⁴

Mrs Marjorie Sewall Burling, 86, a resident of Brewster, died Wednesday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.
She was the wife of Francis Paul Burling, who died in 1978.
Mrs. Burling was born, raised and educated in Waltham. She attended Wheaton College and Katherine Gibbs.
After graduating in 1938, she went to work at Harvard University as a secretary, until she married in 1942 and began to raise a family.
In 1962 she was on the ground floor of the birth of the Cape Cod National Seashore, where she was the executive secretary to the superintendent for nearly 20 years.
Mrs. Burling was a communicant of the Church Of the Holy Spirit in Orleans, a founding member of the Lower Cape League of Women Voters, a trustee of the Cape Cod Symphony and trustee of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
She traveled abroad to England many times, with the latest trip two years ago. She also attended the Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, in 1936.
In 1991, she received the Joshua A. Nickerson Society Award for community service.
Surviving are three sons, Stephen Burling of St. Mary's, Ga., Richard Burling of Marshfield and Peter Burling of Grandville, Ohio; a sister, Virginia Adams of Longmeadow; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Monument Beach, Orleans.
Burial will follow in Orleans Cemetery.⁴

MARK W. SEWALL—The largest and oldest concern in Bath, Sagadahoc County, dealing in coal, wood, ice and petroleum, is the firm operated by Mark W. Sewall, under the firm name of M.W. Sewall & Company. The firm employs more than a score of hands and has a capacity of over 78,000 tons of coal in its bins and motor trucks.
Mark W. Sewall is a native of Bath. He was born in that city, January 26, 1867, the son of Edward and Sarah Elizabeth (Swanton) Sewall, the former a prominent shipbuilder and one of Bath’s leading and progressive citizens. Following his early education in the public schools of his native city, Mr. Sewall took a short course in a business college, after which he entered the employ of the Maine Central Railroad as a clerk in the cost department. After a short experience as a clerk, Mr. Sewall journeyed to the West and for two years worked on a cattle ranch. He returned to Bath in 1887 and bought out the coal business of J.F. Hayden, which he has carried on up to the present day under the firm name of M.W. Sewall & Company. Mr. Sewall is the sole owner of this extensive and flourishing business, to which he ever gives his personal attention. He is a member of the Colonial Club.
In 1890, Mark W. Sewall married Rachel F. Thompson, daughter of Joseph A. Thompson, of Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Sewall are the parents of three children: 1. Donald C., a graduate of Bowdoin College; married Marguerite Mongo; they have one child, a boy. 2. Edward, graduate of Yale University; married Millicent Clifford; has two children, a boy and a girl. 3. Joseph T; entered Annapolis, but did not graduate; married Gara Dunton. All three of Mr. Sewall’s sons served with distinction in the World War.
Today's company can be seen at http://mwsewall.com/history.²