Boston Post Gold-Headed Cane
The Boston Post Cane was distributed to approximately 700 New England towns by the Boston Post Newspaper in 1909. It was understood that the town would give the cane to the oldest resident of the town. It was to be passed on to the next oldest resident when the holder died. Here is the list of Boston Post Golden Cane recipients as we know at the present time.
|
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Cane awarded |
Age at death |
|
Ira Winn |
1818 |
09/09/1916 |
1909 |
98y09m6d |
|
John Alexander Pope Merrill |
04/18/1823 |
08/24/1918 |
1915? |
95y04m06d |
|
Washington Skillin |
09/14/1841 |
12/26/1930 |
1928 |
89y03m12d |
|
Christian Friese |
1855 |
06/05/1939 |
? |
84y01m15d |
|
Samuel D. Lincoln |
1849? |
07/19/1942 |
? |
93y10m26d |
|
Abigail Frances Merrill |
02/10/1853 |
10/08/1944 |
? |
92y07m28d |
|
Fred Richards |
|
|
? |
|
|
Dorcas Merrill Winslow |
01/15/1859 |
10/18/1962 |
1/15/1959? |
|
|
Flora Cook Norton |
08/14/1869 |
07/07/1969 |
3/27/1963 |
99y10m23d |
|
Sarah J. Woodbury Cleaves |
11/12/1871 |
01/13/1971 |
1967 |
99y2m1d |
|
Mary Jane Payson Hammond |
01/19/1874 |
01/02/1973 |
01/21/1972 |
98y11m17d |
|
Reuben Merrill |
03/28/1878 |
01/28/1979 |
1973 |
|
|
Henrietta R. Starling |
1881 |
05/20/1981 |
1979 |
100 |
|
Clarissa Carson |
12/09/1882 |
12/20/1984 |
10/14/1981 |
99y |
|
Sadie Adelaide Purnell |
09/04/1884 |
06/09/1993 |
11/25/1985 |
108y9m5d |
|
Arthur B. Lawson |
01/15/1886 |
06/01/1988 |
1986? |
102y |
|
Judith Benning |
02/08/1890 |
06/20/1989 |
4/1989 |
99y |
|
Arnt Schoning |
08/23/1890 |
01/05/1991 |
1990 |
100y |
|
Clara Jordan Anderson |
05/18/1889 |
07/26/1993 |
1991 |
104y |
|
Alma Fabricius Peterson |
07/06/1896 |
05/20/2000 |
01/06/1995 |
103y |
|
Margaret Deering Strout |
08/22/1898 |
11/09/02 |
09/2000 |
104y |
|
Barrett Nichols |
12/14/1901 |
10/02/02 |
||
|
Mabel Crockett |
|
03/03/2004 (99y) |
||
|
Ruth White |
08/08/2011 |
|||
|
Herbert Hamilton |
|
|
08/08/2011 |
|
Compiled from research by David Merrill, Pat Scharf and Lyn Sudlow from Town and Library records, obituaries, cemetery records and other sources.
We are missing a lot of dates.
If you have corrections or additional information, please contact Andi Jackson-Darling @ library@falmouth.lib.me.us
Thank you!








