BLACKSMITHS Stephen Van Buskirk who resided at (code 52) gave his occupation as a blacksmith in the 1841 census. Benjamin Weatherbie was also listed in an 1871 directory. John Arbing bought a half acre in Freetown Village (code 40) from Peter Taylor in February 1877 for $38.93. He operated a blacksmith shop here and was an agent for Mowers and Reapers and other farm equipment. In 1883 he sold part of his lot to William MacCaull who succeeded him as the blacksmith. Mr. MacCaull carried on the trade there for many years. Mr. Woodside of Summerside operated the shop for a few years after Mr. MacCaull retired. In 1881 Nelson Woodside operated a blacksmith shop in Mill Valley . David Rogers bought the farm (code 38) where Leonard Paynter now resides, in February 1854. He resided there until 1869. David was a hard worker. In addition to his farm work he carried on the blacksmith trade and was willing and ready to help out his neighbors. Later, when he took over Wright's Mills he continued as a blacksmith and built a shop to carry on this trade in addition to milling. Gay Sears was a blacksmith who came to work in Freetown in the early 1900s. After pursuing his trade in Freetown for many years at a shop on the Main (code 62), he moved to Gardiner, Me. William Baker , a brother-in-law of Sears , took over the management of the blacksmith shop at this time. A few years later he sold the shop to Abijah Burns and moved to Gardiner where he owned and operated a blacksmith shop. Abijah carried on blacksmithing until his death in 1934 when his son Stewart took over. Stewart continued to operate the shop until his death in 1964. The shop has since been torn down and the ground landscaped by Ralph Waugh who lived there for awhile. The property is now owned by Garth Drummond . Edmund Crosby Maxfield a son of Timothy Maxfield operated another blacksmith shop in Lower Freetown (code 121). It is not known when he left Freetown , but he was settled in Fortune Cove before the 1880 census was printed. There he operated a blacksmith shop in the original Fortune Cove school building. Russell W Reeves operated a blacksmith shop and woodworking business after he sold his farm to Austin Scales in 1923. He carried on for a number of years till he retired. Andrew Paynter moved to Freetown in the 1930s. He opened a third blacksmith shop in Freetown Village. This was operated until Andrew retired. In his time he also did carpentry work. Another Freetown blacksmith was Sterling Andrews . In addition to these shops, Mr. Peter Barwise at Ross' Corner , Johnny Mulligan at Kinkora , Mr. Glover at Glovers Corner , and Thomas Condon at Mill Valley all operated blacksmith shops to serve the farmers in the Freetown area. ' ifflM Blacksmith Shop in Lower Freetown , owned by Abijah Burns and son, Stewart, in front of shop. 79 •