The Civil War veterans of the 27th Maine (with their honored guests and family) held an annual reunion on the 27th of August (unless it fell on a Sunday), beginning in 1882. This recent purchase brought to light the fact that Company C, which had been raised in Buxton and Hollis, also held their own reunions.
Their first meeting was held on Saturday, Jan. 14th, 1893, at the Knights of Pythias Hall in Buxton Center, where a permanent organization was formed. Captain Joseph F. Warren was elected President, Henry A. Chadbourne, Vice-Pres., James M. Hopkinson, Secretary, and John Martin, treasurer. 17 former members of the Company were present during the afternoon business meeting.
[see write-up in the Biddeford Weekly Journal, Jan. 20, 1893, pg 2]
Their first meeting was held on Saturday, Jan. 14th, 1893, at the Knights of Pythias Hall in Buxton Center, where a permanent organization was formed. Captain Joseph F. Warren was elected President, Henry A. Chadbourne, Vice-Pres., James M. Hopkinson, Secretary, and John Martin, treasurer. 17 former members of the Company were present during the afternoon business meeting.
[see write-up in the Biddeford Weekly Journal, Jan. 20, 1893, pg 2]
The above postcard was addressed to "B A Dow" of Standish Maine. The postmark is smudged, but was in Sept. 1899, and would have been for the seventh annual reunion. This man, Benjamin Ayer Dow, was not a 27th Maine veteran, but belonged to the 17th Maine Infantry, and apparently was an invited guest.
The Biddeford Weekly Journal, at times, would mention these reunions in their Buxton notes. They were still active in 1907, when a meeting was written about in the Sept. 20th issue of the newspaper. It was noted that, out of 100 men in Company C, 30 were left, and 11 were present at the annual reunion.
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