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Tide Mill Farm, Edmunds, MaineDescription
A contemporary image of Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds, Maine (formerly part of Trescott) showing the site of the tide mill erected by Robert Bell around 1765. The 19th century farm house replaced an earlier structure built by the Crane family, but occupied by the Bells, which burned on March 23, 1882.Photograph Details
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Robert Bell, who emigrated from Scotland in 1765, discovered the site with the aid of the Passamaquoddy Indians, and proceeded to build a tide mill, operating both a saw and grist mill. Rebecca Hobart writes: "William Bell, son of early resident Robert, owned mills with Colonel John Crane, and later, with John Crane Jr. The third mill, erected in 1870, replaced two earlier ones, which had burned or been torn down. Joseph Bell, son of William, bought the Crane house which burned March 23, 1882, while occupied by the Bell family. The residence which has been the homestead of five generations of the Bell family was built by Joseph on the site of the original Crane house."Collection
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For a summary of the history of the Bell family in Edmunds, Maine see Rebecca W. Hobart, Dennysville 1786-1986 . . . and Edmunds, Too!", 2nd Edition, published by the Dennys River Historical Society, 1995, p. 100.
