WORCESTER, Harlan L.

1868 - 1948  (79 years)

• Name	WORCESTER, Harlan L.
  Nickname	Harley
  Birth	11 Aug 1868	Columbia Falls, ME
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 27507267
  _COLOR	11
  Death	22 Jan 1948	Columbia, ME
  Burial	Columbia, ME
  	Address: Columbia Cemetery
  Person ID	I15796	Puffers
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	WORCESTER, Alfred Small,   b. 9 Dec 1833, Columbia, ME d. 27 Feb 1915, Columbia, ME (Age 81 years)
  Mother	CONLEY, Irene Worcester,   b. 8 Nov 1847, Columbia, ME d. 13 Mar 1911, Columbia, ME (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1866	Columbia, ME
  Family ID	F10798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	NASH, Rena Blanche,   b. 12 Jun 1870   d. 25 Jun 1912 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1898	Columbia, ME
  Family ID	F10543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	SMITH, Lucy C.,   b. 9 Apr 1885, Columbia, ME d. 1944 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	3 Sep 1930	Columbia, ME
  Family ID	F10544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  He died a tragic death at 79, shot and killed in his home in Columbia along with his step daughter's daughter, Glenice Ellingwood, a young mother. His step daughter's estranged husband, Thomas Drinkwater of Bangor, was the killer. The stepdaughter, Alice (Dorr) Drinkwater, 41 in 1948 , then shot and killed her husband to protect her dead daughter's baby and herself. A state trooper, Maynard Lindsay of Harrington, a personal friend of Harley, was seriously wounded at the scene but eventually recovered. Some newspaper accounts said that the baby was Alice's, but I'm pretty sure it was her daughter's. The day after the shootings, the court in Machias quickly cleared Alice of the mandatory charge of manslaughter in the death of her husband.