The Usher Family
Descendants of the Abijah Usher family of Hollis and Bonny Eagle made a recent visit to the historical society for family research. They brought several interesting family photographs which we scanned. See the above image of Abijah Usher born 1813. He was the grandson of the first Abijah Usher who came from Massachusetts in the 1700’s. We were able to fill in some gaps in their family history and provide great photos and information from the 1936 Hollis High yearbook.
Also, we had a photo of the senior class on their New York and Washington DC trip in April that year. These annual class trips were a rite of passage and major civics events for both Buxton and Hollis students. Their mother, Consatance Jones, described in her diary the extensive fundraising the class did to fund that bus trip and her careful assembly of her outfit for the trip. The family was especially thrilled to, for the first time, see the image of their mother, Constance Jones, on the trip as they only had the diary description. See the photo excerpt above with her fourth cousin Iva Usher. Yearbooks are a great resource for us. Your historical society has all the Buxton and Hollis High yearbooks, but needs more Bonny Eagle more yearbooks. We have about 30% of them.