Notable Births & Deaths for Damariscotta ...

Below is our list of notable people who were born, died or were buried in the area surrounding Damariscotta. Please note that while we are collecting data on an ongoing basis, it's a big task and it's unlikely that our list will ever be more than a sample.

• Orison Blunt
  • Inventor, businessman. He was born in Gardiner (ME) on July 27, 1815 (a Thursday) and died in New York (NY) on April 21, 1879 (a Monday) at the age of 63. He is buried at Green - Wood Cemetery (Kings County, New York).
  • Gardiner is located 18 miles [29 km] to the northwest of Damariscotta.
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Orison Blunt<1>
• Effie Carlton
  • Composer, composed the song 'Rock a Bye Baby'. She was born in Rockland (ME) on March 4, 1856 (a Tueday) and died in Boston (MA) on January 7, 1940 (a Sunday) at the age of 83. She is buried at Mt. Feake Cemetery (Middlesex County, Massachusetts).
  • Rockland is located 21 miles [33.8 km] to the east of Damariscotta.
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Effie Carlton<1>
• James Weldon Johnson
  • Composer, social reformer, diplomat. He was born in Jacksonville (FL) on June 17, 1871 (a Saturday) and died in Wiscasset (ME) on June 26, 1938 (a Sunday) at the age of 67. He is buried at Green - Wood Cemetery (Kings County, New York).
  • Wiscasset is located 7 miles [11.3 km] to the west of Damariscotta.
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial: James Weldon Johnson<1>
• Abigail Kane Ottmann
  • Actress. She was born in Philadelphia (PA) on July 10, 1883 (a Tueday) and died in Augusta (ME) on February 17, 1966 (a Thursday) at the age of 82. She is buried at St. Marys Cemetery (Kennebec County, Maine).
  • Augusta is located 22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest of Damariscotta.
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Abigail Kane Ottmann<1>
• Silas Stillman Soule, Captain
  • Abolitionist, Kansas Territory Jawhawker. He was born in Bath (ME) on July 26, 1838 (a Thursday) and died in Denver (CO) on April 23, 1865 (a Sunday) at the age of 26. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery (Denver County, Colorado).
  • Bath is located 16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest of Damariscotta.
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Silas Stillman Soule, Captain<1>

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The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.me.us/

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