Robert McDonald “Reuben” DAME^[1]

1822 - 1839  (16 years)

• Name	Robert McDonald “Reuben” DAME
  Birth	22 Jul 1822	Limerick, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  DYNG	Y
  MILF	Y
  MILX	Aroostook War
  _UID	E55736FCB9EB425A971D4A0108077CFF371C
  Death	1839	Lowell, Penobscot, Maine
  Cause: Killed in battle
  Person ID	I346	main
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel DAME,   b. 4 Apr 1784, Waterboro, York, Maine d. 8 Mar 1872, Chebeague Island, Cumberland, Maine (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Miriam FERNALD,   b. 12 Aug 1785, Berwick, York, Maine d. 10 Apr 1852, Lowell, Penobscot, Maine (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1805	Berwick, York, Maine   [1]
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Aroostook War was an undeclared confrontation in 1838-39 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between British North America (Canada) and Maine. The dispute resulted in a mutually accepted border between the state of Maine and provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. It is called a war because not only were tensions high and rhetoric heated in Maine and New Brunswick, but troops were raised and armed on both sides and marched to the disputed border. Only the timely intervention of the U.S. and British governments prevented bloodshed by local militias.... Maine issued General Orders to recall the militia in May and June 1839, and they were replaced with regular U.S. Army troops. The permanent structures of Fort Fairfield and Fort Kent were begun later that summer. Major R. M. Kirby became commander of the post and three companies of the U.S. 1st Artillery Regiment. Four companies of the British 11th Regiment marched to the area from Quebec City to represent Canada. Meanwhile, New Brunswick armed every tributary of the St John River that flowed from the Aroostook Territory with regular and militia soldiers. In 1840, Maine created Aroostook County to administer the area. The United States and Britain agreed to refer the dispute to a boundary commission and although further clashes between their forces would continue, the matter was settled in 1842 by the Treaty of London, also referred to as the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that settled not only the Northeastern boundary but the boundary between Canada, Michigan and Minnesota as well.... The war, though devoid of actual combat, was not without casualties. Private Hiram T. Smith, from Maine, died of unknown causes while in service in 1828. He is buried in Maine on the side of the Military Road (U.S. Route 2) in the middle of the Haynesville Woods. Other Maine militiamen died of illness or injury while on the Aroostook expedition and dozens were unaccounted for, leaving their camps to go on patrol and never returning.«s76 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_War»

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA).