¨ Ames, Carl and Winnie - local farmers, diaries of farm life
¨ Arey, Edmond - Captain and owner of schooner Mary T. Quinby
¨ Arey, Rufus “Mont” - first clarinetist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
¨ Armbrust, James P. - quarry owner, photographer, Civil War veteran
¨ Athearn, Charles - master granite carver
¨ Black, Joseph - quarry owner
¨ Bodwell, Joseph R. - quarry owner and Maine governor
¨ Booth, John and William - quarry owners-operators
¨ Calderwood, John - first Calderwood family on island
¨ Carver, John - sea captain, businessman
¨ Carver, Lafayette - Civil War
¨ Carver, Reuben - boat builder-owner, businessman
¨ Carver, Thaddeus - one of the island’s first settlers
¨ Calderwood, Ivan/Isabel - author of Vinalhaven books-teacher
¨ Calderwood, Joe - recluse
¨ De Laski, Dr. John - physician, pioneer in the ice age theory
¨ Drew, O.V. - postmaster, Cascade Bowling Alley proprietor, silent movie theater
¨ Dyer, Howland - Captain of Veto, assisted burning Royal Tar, lighthouse keeper
¨ Dyer Sr., Les - Maine State Lobstermen’s Association
¨ Earle, Dr. Ralph P. - local physician, started Island Community Medical Services
¨ Gould, Alice Lawry - writer, librarian
¨ Greene Family - Evergreen Farm, Bates College
¨ Hall, Elliot - first president of historical society
¨ Hokanson, Leonard - world renowned pianist
¨ Hopkins, Theophilous - first doctor on island, Mayflower descendent
¨ Hopkins, Watson - lighthouse keeper
¨ Lane, Edwin - fish factory-“Lane and Libby”
¨ Lane, Timothy - owner of sloops/schooners, Lane’s Island named for father Benjamin
¨ Libby, Thomas J. - Civil War veteran, businessman
¨ Littlefield, Rev. William - minister, blacksmith
¨ Lyons, O.P. - first band, businessman, first newspaper
¨ Merrithew, Will - photographer
¨ Mills, Silas - farmer
¨ Perry, John - Revolutionary War “hero”
¨ Philbrook, Ansel - caretaker of Hurricane Island
¨ Philbrook, Charles - captain of “Ruth M.” passenger and freight boat, ferry Captain
¨ Roberts, Edgar - Civil War veteran, net factory superintendent
¨ Roberts, Edwin - brother of Edwin, Civil War veteran, businessman
¨ Roberts, Elisha - owner and master of schooner “Harvester”
¨ Smith, Albra Vinal - musician, music teacher
¨ Smith, Kilton, - musician, Boston Symphony Orchestra
¨ Vinal, Harold - poet, founder of Voices magazine
¨ Vinal, William - early town leader
¨ Walker, E. P. - businessman
¨ Walls, Frederick S. - businessman, son-in-law of Moses Webster, Civil War veteran
¨ Webster, Moses - quarry owner
¨ Winslow, Frank H. - photographer
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