Peter Pineo

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My great-great grandmother was Margaret Ann Pineo (born Abt 1823 in
Nova Scotia, possibly Medford; died in Apple River on 9 May 1892)
married to Charles Vincent Green (Abt 1817-Bef 9 May 1892). Their
daughter Ada May Green married Havelock H. Mosher — they settled in
Apple River and had 11 children. I'm searching for Margaret Pineo's
parents, etc. In the meantime, I found a very interesting personal
sketch about Peter Pineo.

Sara V. Mosher

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We were soon overtaken by Mr. Peter Pineo, who invited us to his
habitation, eighteen miles distant from Annapolis, where we all
arrived in good spirits, though not a little fatigued with our
journey, for we had travelled, with all our baggage, fifty-four miles
in two days. We found Mr. Pineo very friendly and obliging, and
however he may be esteemed vain, conceited and self-important, yet
these shades in his character are without any mixtures of ill nature,
insolence, or severity, but rather tinctured with benevolence; and
his disposition to exalt himself is distinguished by acts of
generosity and the most hospitable exertions. The next morning we
dismissed our carriages and parted with the remainder of our
Cornwallis friends, determining to respose a little till some means
of futher conveyance should offer. Mr. Pineo sent an invitation to
Mr. Morse, the dissenting teacher of Granville, who attended with his
lady at dinner, and at the same time Mr. Formality [explained earlier
in the book] made his appearance with a request to accompany him
about five miles to his dwelling. After a serious consultation it was
agreed that I should officiate the next Sunday at the meeting-house,
and upon other occasions when I found myself disposed to perform
service at Granville.

From
"The Frontier Missionary: A memoir of the Life of the Rev. Jacob
Bailey, A.M., Missionary at Pownalborough, Maine; Corwallis and
Annapolis, N.S."

By
William S. Bartlet, A.M., Rector of St. Luke's Church, Chelsea,
Mass., and a Corresponding Member of the Maine Historical Society

Boston, Ide and Dutton, 1853.