• Caleb was one of Brewer’s oldest and prominent citizens. He was a man of considerable wealth . . . who engaged in the land and lumber business.

• Like his brothers, he learned the trade of ship carpenter and for years practiced that trade. He also helped build the first bridge across the Penobscot river, connecting Bangor to Brewer.

• In 1832 he went to New Orleans, partly due to his health, but also to find his brother (Horace ???) who lived in that area. He returned to Brewer briefly and returned to New Orleans in 1836. After working that winter and saving his wages, and then travelled up the Missippi River. He ended up in New Albany, IN where his brother Horace was working in building steamships. Caleb stayed and worked with his brother during the summer and fall. Then he travelled east, crossing the Allegheny mountains and traveling by canal to Baltimore and Philadelphia.

• R. H. HOLYOKE, SHIP TIMBER AND SPARS – headquarters and storage plant in Brewer; a dealer in hackmatack, ship knees, masts, spars, deck plank and ship timber, generally, wharf piles, railroad ties, spruce poles, bean poles, oak lumber of all thickness, spruce dimension, and pine and hemlock boards. While the property was devoted to the interests of this business, much of it was disposed of at various times. It has been in the posses­sion of the Holyoke family and its lineage for more than a century, the business having been established by Caleb and his brother Robert Holyoke in 1842. Over time the enter­prise has been controlled and successfully conducted by Hol­yoke & Baker, Frank H. Holyoke & Co., and R. H. Holyoke, who assumed total control about five years later.

• While in Boston, he met a ship Captain who advised hime to invest his savings in merchandise and ship it to Brewer. Taking the Captain’s advice, he bought a large assortment of merchandise and brought it to Brewer storing it in his grandmother’s barn. Caleb built a building at the end of the toll bridge and began a business there dealing with spars, knees and other lumber. His partner was I.S. Johnson and they worked together until Johnson’s retirement. Caleb’s brother Robert then joined the firm until 1854, and became the Holyoke, Baker Co. (Caleb Holyoke, Joseph Baker and Zenas Lawery). This firm diisolved in 1863. Caleb started a new company (C. Holyoke & Son) with his eldest son Frank and they worked together until 1871 when Caleb retired.

• He was Director of Traders Bank of Bangor for 26 years.

• Elected to the Maine Legislature in 1869.

• In 1890, he and Mrs. Catherine Hardy gave a pulpit and three pulpit chairs for use in the First Congregational Church's sanctuary … known as the Old Orrington Church, the first church to be organized on the river.



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• Also goes by the name of “Abby.”

• There’s another record that records her wedding date as “19 Nov 1842,” while another as "9 Dec 1842."

• Another record lists her middle initial as "L"

• Also known as the Widow Rogers, from a previous marriage.