Carlos Pierce

p. 129-130

“Carlos, b. [born] May 20, 1831. Began his career in business at a very early age. When very young, he was subject of a very remarkable Providence. In 1848 a large granite store in Federal street, Boston, fell down with a crash, burying everything in its ruins. He had been employed in the store, and after the confusion was not to be found. […] After a while, faint groans were heard, and guided by the sound of his voice, they finally succeeded in rescuing him, more dead than alive […]. […] Soon after this occurrence, he engaged in business with his brothers Charles W. and George, in Boston. June 24, 1858, he m. [married] Mary Ann, [dau.] daughter of Col. W. Mills, of Bangor, Maine. […] He returned to Stanstead in 1863, and bought the Kilborn farm and other pieces of land, amounting in all to 600 acres, which, with the buildings and improvements he made, involved an expense of $150,000. […] The business of obtaining a charter for a railroad to pass through these lands was entrusted mainly to Mr Pierce; and such was the labor attending his efforts that his overtasked system gave way, and he died of brain fever, Aug. 20, 1870.”

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 8130
Date : 22 mai 1863
Deed of Sale by Charles Alexander Kilborn, Trader of the Township of Stanstead, to Carlos Pierce, Merchant Trader of Boston (Mass.), now actually of the Township of Stanstead.

Résumé : Vente de plusieurs parcelles du lot no 1 du 9e rang du Canton de Stanstead : « …distinguished Firstly as the rest, residue and remainder of the Lot Number One in the Ninth Range […], after deducting there from such parts and portions thereof as may have been at any time or times heretofore sold or disposed of by the late Charles Kilborn Esquire in his life time of Stanstead deceased, to Erastus Lee and Others, also another portion thereof heretofore sold by Alexander Kilborn to Levi Spalding and Stephen Foster, also another piece thereof heretofore sold by the said Alexander Kilborn to the said Levi Spalding. And also another tract or parcel of said Lot […] heretofore conveyed by the said Charles Alexander Kilborn to one Carlos F. Haskell [voir acte # 7852] […] all of which said several tracts of land with the premises thereon made and erected […] the said residue supposed to contain about one hundred and thirty five acres in superficies more or less […]. Secondly [plus ou moins deux cents acres du lot no 2 du 9e rang] and Thirdly and lastly [un terrain d’environ 6 acres au nord-ouest du lot no 2 du 10e rang ; à l’ouest du “highway” avec des exceptions et plusieurs détails] ». Les terrains sont vendus pour la somme totale de 25 000 dollars [somme colossale !! ; de loin la plus grosse transaction identifiée jusqu’à maintenant]. [Actes # 8131 à 8134 règlent une série de dossiers impliquant C. A. Kilborn]

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 8833
Date : 9 novembre 1865
Deed of Sale by Ozro Morrill, Esquire of the Township of Stanstead, to Carlos Pierce, Esquire of the same Township.

Résumé : Vente d’une partie du lot no 1 du 9e rang du Canton de Stanstead : « …supposed to contain one acre of land more or less and being the same as heretofore to wit on the [19th December 1843] acquired by the said Ozro Morrill from Levi Spalding […] commencing on the West side of the road leading up the hill towards the Plain, at a point parallel with the centre of a certain stone wall and running West along the centre of said wall to the board fence as it now is, thence Northerly on a line with said fence up and over the hill to land owned by Alexander Kilborn, thence Easterly along said fence to the highway, thence Southerly on the road down the hill to the place of beginning […] ». Le lot est vendu pour la somme de 100 dollars.