Leon H. Tebbetts

1908 - 1997  (88 years)

• Name	Leon H. Tebbetts  [1]
  Birth	15 Jun 1908	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jun 1997	Portland, Cumberland, Maine   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I77583	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Mae Haskell,   b. 18 Jul 1915, China, Kennebec, Maine d. 10 Oct 1992, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1951	Maine   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F35866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Portland Press Herald (ME) June 7, 1997 Leon H. Tebbetts, 88, died at his home on Thursday. He was born in Lynn, Mass., a son of William Garfield and Lillian Turner Tebbetts. From age 12 until his death, he was productive as a writer, artist, publisher, movie maker and bookseller. For the past 40 years he had lived at 164 Water St. here. Mr. Tebbetts graduated from Portland's Deering High in 1927, attended Colby College for a year and worked for The Portland Newspapers until 1936. In 1930 he married Alice Cleaves of Chebeague Island. Five years later, he founded Falmouth Publishing House, which operated until 1955 in Portland, Manchester and Rockport. Mr. Tebbetts was an Army Air Corps Veteran of World War II. In 1950 he married Dorothy Haskell. She died in 1992. A son, Leon Garfield Tebbetts, predeceased him in 1955. His friend and publishing partner Ray Dostie had cared for him for the past five years, during which he wrote an autobiographical work about publishing in Maine. The book, completed three weeks ago, has been accepted for the archive collection at Bates College, along with copies of the other 187 books he published over the years. Surviving are a son, William of Portland; two sisters; Buelah Bourke of Portland and Eleanor Libby of Bradington, Fla.; four grandchildren, William Leon Tebbetts of Atlantic Beach, Fla., Derek Tebbetts of Portland, Steven Lunt of Winston Salem, N.C., and Deborah McNamara of Yarmouth; five great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces. _____ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record Name: Leon H Tebbetts Birth Year: 1908 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts State: Maine County or City: Cumberland Enlistment Date: 23 Jun 1942 Enlistment State: Maine Enlistment City: Portland Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 1 year of college Civil Occupation: Foreman, Warehouse (Warehouseman. ) Marital Status: Divorced, without dependents Height: 69 Weight: 123

  
  

• Sources

  [S22750] Descendants of William Hascall and Hannah Butler, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S31188] Marriage index, Maine, Leon H. Tebbetts and Dorothy M/ Haskell Webber.