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History of Bucksport, (Hancock County) MaineOur database does not include an historic photo for Bucksport, (Hancock County) Maine, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Charles Whitney Coombs Charles Whitney Coombs, musician, was born at Bucksport, Maine, Dec. 25, 1859; sen of L. Augustine and Caroline (Whitney) Coombs. He was educated in Europe. For five years he studied music under Speidel and Seifriz in Stuttgart. He spent a year in Italy and Switzerland, and in the autumn of 1884 went to Dresden, where he studied composition with Draeseke, organ with Janssen, and voice production with Lamperti. In 1886 he visited Paris, and gave much attention to the French school, having been previously almost entirely under German influences. Later he spent a year in England studying church music. He had charge of the music in the American church at Dresden, 1887-91, and on his return to America took up his residence in New York city where he was engaged as organist and choir master in the church of the Holy Communion and as professor in the New York college of music. He composed the cantata The Vision of St. John, and many songs and anthems. |
Maine Facts: Hancock County Facts: Seat: EllsworthEstablished: 1790 Formed from: Lincoln county MA
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: BUCKSPORT, a commercial post-village of Hancock co., Maine, on the left bank of the Penobscot, 16 miles S. from Bangor. It has an excellent harbor, and is extensively engaged in the lumber trade, shipbuilding, and the fisheries. It is estimated that more than 1000 tone of shipping were built here in 1852. The harbor has a depth of from 4 to 5 fathoms. Population of the township, 3318. Bucksport is situated 17 meters above sea level. |