0722 Jessie Bryan TREFETHEN

Biography:

Born & Resided on Peaks Island, Maine ^{[Source 36: Maine Vital Records - Births]}
Miss Jessie B. Trefether lives in the Trefethen Homestead at Peaks Island wirere she was born. It is a Cape Cod house built by her great-grandfather, Henry Trefethen of House Island for his two oldest children, in 1844. Sheattended the Peaks Island School and the Portland High School, and she has a B. A. degree from Mount Holyoke College. She went to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, for three years and was awarded a Cresson Scholarship for European study and travel. She taught Art in boarding schools for girls; and while teaching at the Knox School, Cooperstown, New York, received an appointment to the Fine Arts Department, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. She is now an Associate Professor Emeritus of Oberlin College. Along with teaching and painting, she has more than usual interest in Early American Architecture, Antique Furniture, Crafts, and the Civilization that produced them. She is a ninth generation Trefethen in New England, and is a part of the tradition about which she writes. She is also a direct descendant of George Cleeves who founded Portland in 1633, and Peaks Island was a part of his domain. She has become a painter of Maine rocks against the sea, and she writes about the land where she belongs. This paragraph from the introduction to the book mentioned in Source 11.
“The Homestead” built by Henry TREFETHEN of House Island in 1844 for his two oldest children.
The Davies Woods Before the Hurricanes of 1950 - 1952. Painted in Water Color by Jessie B. Trefethen, 1940.
Wrote Trefethen: the family and the landing
Was also a teacher and artist.
Daily Eastern Argus, June 21, 1901
Daily Eastern Argus, June 21, 1901 Graduation Article

SOURCES:

11. TREFETHEN, Jessie B.- Correspondence, Peaks Island, Portland, Maine. Author of “Trefethen: the family and the landing”

18. Direct contact with subject, family or descendant

36. TREFREN, Leitha S.¹³²¹- Correspondence, 135 Clover Lane; Medford, Oregon 97501. Leitha passed away during February, 2001

39. Alice STINSON⁰⁶³⁸ (Mrs. Lyall)- Correspondence, 11530 La Maida St., North Hollywood, California 91601

Maine Vital Records - Birth

“Trefethen: the family and the landing”

Portland Public Library Digital Commons

Jessie Bryan TREFETHEN0722 (13 June 1883 - 1978) Never Wed

Jessie Bryan TREFETHEN⁰⁷²²
(13 June 1883 - 1978)
Never Wed