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     Margaretta E. Coquillard was born on 11 November 1843 at St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ She was the daughter of Benedict Michael Coquillard Sr. and Sophia Mary Andre dit Clark. Margaretta E. Coquillard died on 6 May 1915 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 71.¹ She was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹

     Mary Ann Coquillard was born on 10 June 1834 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ She was the daughter of Benedict Michael Coquillard Sr. and Sophia Mary Andre dit Clark. Mary Ann Coquillard died on 6 April 1919 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, at age 84.¹ She was buried at Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.¹

     Matilda M. Coquillard was born in 1827.¹ She was the daughter of Benedict Michael Coquillard Sr. and Sophia Mary Andre dit Clark. Matilda M. Coquillard died on 2 September 1914.¹ She was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹

     Thomas Coquillard was born on 1 January 1851.¹ He was the son of Benedict Michael Coquillard Sr. and Sophia Mary Andre dit Clark. Thomas Coquillard died on 16 September 1873 at age 22.¹ He was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹

     Elizabeth Freeman Cornish also went by the name of Lizzie. She was born on 19 March 1850 at Centerville, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married Augustus D. Ayling on 22 December 1869 at Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Elizabeth Freeman Cornish died on 11 August 1939 at Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 89.¹ She was buried at Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.¹

     Mary Corser graduated in 1885 at Cornell University, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.¹ She married Harlow Stearns Gale on 1 October 1892.¹

     Alice Ann Costello was born on 1 October 1931 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.¹ She was the daughter of Russell Hill Costello and Jane H. Cassidy. Alice Ann Costello graduated in 1949 at Lewiston High School, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine. She graduated in 1954 at University of Maine, Orno, Maine, B.S. degree in education. She married Robert Edward Dillingham on 6 July 1957 at Maine. Alice Ann Costello died on 21 November 2008 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, at age 77.¹ She was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.¹

     Catherine Costello is the daughter of James Russell Costello Sr. and Janice Callahan. Catherine Costello married Edward Snook on 13 October 1984 at Maine.

     David William Costello is the son of James Russell Costello Sr. and Janice Callahan. David William Costello married Carie Ann Demauro on 15 February 1992 at Maine.

     James Costello Jr. is the son of James Russell Costello Sr. and Janice Callahan. James Costello Jr. married Debra (?)

     James Russell Costello Sr. was born on 14 June 1934 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Russell Hill Costello and Jane H. Cassidy. James Russell Costello Sr. graduated circa 1952 at Lewiston High School, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.² He graduated circa 1956 at University of Maine, Maine.² He married Janice Callahan on 12 July 1958 at Maine.² James Russell Costello Sr. died on 9 July 2015 at Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine, at age 81.^2,1

Following obituary for James Russell Costello Sr:

Jim Costello Sr., Sun Media Group's 'quiet leader,' dies at 81
BY REX RHOADES, SUN MEDIA WIRE

SCARBOROUGH — James Costello Sr., president and publisher of Sun Media Group, died July 9 after guiding the family-owned company in various management positions for more than 60 years.

Costello, 81, died at home, surrounded by his family, after a struggle with cancer.

He was remembered by his family as a loving, generous husband, father and grandfather who made his large family the center of his life.

Employees recalled him as modest and compassionate. His principles of honesty, decency, fairness and accuracy set the standard for the newspapers he led.

Costello was known throughout the industry as an innovator who computerized every aspect of the business. He directed and managed two press conversions, three mailroom conversions and several redesigns of the newspaper.

Under Costello’s leadership, the Lewiston-based company grew to include nearly 200 employees producing the daily Sun Journal, 12 weekly newspapers including The Forecaster, and operating a commercial printing division.

Jim Sr., as he was known to employees, was the third generation of Costellos to operate the family business. He was preceded by L.B. Costello from 1898 to 1959, and Russell H. Costello from 1930 to 1993.

Operation of Sun Media Group will continue under a team of family members representing the fourth generation of family ownership and management.

“Jim was just a wonderful person to work with for more than 30 years,” said Jim Thornton, vice president and business manager for the company. “He was a quiet leader who built a chain of good people around him.”

Thornton pointed out that Costello took an important step for the business when he began buying weekly newspapers in 1987.

Costello, he said, had a background in the mechanical production part of the business and he always made sure the company had the latest equipment.

“He read people well, and he held everything together,” Thornton said.

Gerry St. Onge said he is proud to have drawn a Sun Journal paycheck for 67 years. When the Sun Journal made a technological change, a group of employees could have lost their jobs.

“(Costello) talked to us one on one. He said, ‘I promise you a paycheck for as long as I own this place and you want to work.’

“Imagine making a promise like that today,” said St. Onge, who was a Linotype operator at the time. “It’s been wonderful years. Working here has never been work.”

“He was the best customer I ever had,” said Norm Albert, a banking executive who met Costello in the 1970s, when Albert was working as a teller at Northeast Bank. Albert would remain banker, friend and golf partner of Costello for the rest of his life.

“He was the kind of guy who could borrow a million dollars on a handshake and always pay you back,” Albert said. “He was unbelievable; just an all-around good guy.”

Dario DiMare, a newspaper industry consultant and architect, said he has worked with newspapers all over the world, but he admired Costello more than any other publisher.

“That guy, if you look at all the family-owned newspapers, he stood out above and beyond for the way he could both love the family members he brought into the business and be firm with them,” DiMare said.

He said he has seen many family newspapers buckle under the pressure of running a business. “But I have never seen a family that stuck together, even in times of conflict, and do the right thing like the Costellos.”

DiMare added, “That’s the kind of stuff that doesn’t show up on resumes. I respect him so, so much.”

Dick Hare, a newspaper industry consultant and Sun Media Group board member, said Costello was “the most principled person I’ve ever met. He was a real gentleman and a real family person.”

Hare said it is unusual in his experience to have so many family members involved in a newspaper business and yet have them work harmoniously together. “Jim managed to keep that together with, of course, the support of his wife, Janice.”

Hare said Costello struggled to keep the Lewiston Evening Journal alive, even as the trend tilted toward morning newspapers. In 1989, Costello merged the Evening Journal with the Daily Sun into a virtually new morning paper called the Sun Journal.

He made good investments in the newspaper product, he was active in New England newspaper associations and he was in the forefront of technological improvements, Hare said.

“He was my good friend,” said Morley Piper, former executive director of the New England Newspaper Association.

“He was also the consummate newspaperman, with a keen eye for the business side and a penchant for leading-edge technological advancement. He carried on the family newspaper business, quietly expanding it and developing it into one of the newspaper industry’s most successful family-held properties.”

Distinguished Career
In 2009, Costello was inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame.

Costello began working at Sun Media in 1952 as a member of the press crew and in the composing room. He was named production manager in 1960, general manager in 1979, publisher and treasurer in 1983 and had been president and publisher of the Sun Journal since 1993.

In 1983, Costello started a Sunday edition of the Sun Journal, making it the first newspaper in Maine to offer color photographs and graphics.

Costello was a past president and board member of Tri-County Mental Health, St. Mary’s Hospital, Marcotte Nursing Home and Tri-County Health Planning Board.

An Army veteran of the European Theater from 1956 to 1957, he served on the boards of Northeast Bank, Northern Utilities Inc. and the Maine Criminal Justice Planning and Assistance Agency.

He is also a past president of the Maine Daily Newspaper Publishers Association and the New England Newspaper Association. In 2000, Costello received the Gannett Family Business of the Year award.

Sun Journal President and Publisher James Costello Sr., center, was inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame in 2009 at the organization’s annual meeting.

https://www.pressherald.com/2015/07/10/jim-costello-sr-sun-media-groups-quiet-leader-dies-at-81/
Posted July 10, 2015 Updated August 5, 2015.³

Following obituary for James R. Costello Sr.:

James R. Costello Sr.
1934 – 2015

SCARBOROUGH — James R. Costello Sr., 81, of Scarborough, died on Thursday, July 9, at home surrounded by family following a courageous eight-month battle with cancer.

Born on June 14, 1934, in Lewiston, son of Russell Hill and Jane Cassidy Costello, he graduated from Lewiston High School and the University of Maine. He served in the U.S. Army European Theater of Operations 1956-1957.

He was married to Janice Callahan on July 12, 1958. Together they had five children and eight grandchildren. You were likely to find James on a golf course in Naples, Fla., or summering at Pine Point. James was a talented athlete and a fierce competitor. Among many of his sports accomplishments, he shot his age while golfing at age 78 and made three holes-in-one, two occurring two weeks apart in 2013. He also won the Wyndemere Senior Club Championship in 2007. James looked forward to family vacations and his fishing trips with friends. He shared his enjoyment of sailing, golf, skiing at Mt. Abram and Sugarloaf, tennis and woodworking with his family.

James joined the Sun Journal in 1952, working part time in the press room and composing room. He was named production manager in 1960. He was named general manager in 1979, publisher and treasurer in 1983, and president and publisher in 1993, a position he held until his death.

James demonstrated his commitment to the newspaper industry and his community through his involvement. James has been past president of the Maine Daily Newspapers Publishers Association and the New England Newspaper Association, past member of the Advisory Board of the American Mutual Insurance Company, member of the board of directors of Northeast Bank, campaign chairman and past president of the Lewiston-Auburn United Way Fund, past member of the Governor Curtis State Mental Health Program, past president and governing board member of the St. Marguerite d’Youville Pavilion, past president and member of the board of directors of Tri-County Mental Health Planning Board, past president and Governing board member of the St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, past director of Northern Utilities Inc., past director of the Maine Criminal Justice Planning and Assistance Agency, past chairman of the Lewiston Police Commission, past treasurer of the Festival by the Lake, past member of the Advisory Board for Fleet Bank, member of the board of directors of Falmouth Country Club, and a lifelong, active member of St. Joseph’s Parish.

James is survived by his loving wife, Janice, of 57 years; his five children, Catherine Snook and her husband, Edward, of Auburn, James Jr. and his wife, Debra, of Lewiston, Stephen and his wife, Mary Ellen, of Lewiston, David and his wife, Carie, of Falmouth, and Maureen Wedge and her husband, David, of Westbrook; eight grandchildren, Edward (Ted) Jr., Meghan and Anna Snook, Kevin, Stephanie and Courtney Costello, and Caitlin and David Costello; one sister, Jane Wellehan of Portland.

He was predeceased by his parents; and his sister, Alice Dillingham.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation for the care and compassion James received from Central Maine Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Hospice of Southern Maine. Special thanks to Dr. William Lee for his extraordinary care of James. The Costello family is very grateful for his kindness, concern and support.

https://www.sunjournal.com/2015/07/11/james-r-costello-sr/
Posted 11Jul2015.² He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.¹

     Jane Mary Costello was born on 29 July 1938 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.^1,2 She was the daughter of Russell Hill Costello and Jane H. Cassidy. Jane Mary Costello graduated circa 1956 at Lewiston High School, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.² She married Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. on 1 August 1959 at Maine. Jane Mary Costello graduated circa 1960 at Bates College, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, B.A. in English.² She lived in 1960 at Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine.² She died on 25 January 2019 at Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, at age 80.^1,2 The cause of death was pulmonary fibrosis.²

Following obituary for Jane Costello Wellehan:

Jane Costello Wellehan

PORTLAND – Jane Costello Wellehan, Mother, Grandmother, Life Adventurer, 80, of Portland died Jan. 25, 2019 at home with family following a 19-month journey with pulmonary fibrosis marked by grace, good humor, and abundant love given and received. She was born July 29, 1938, in Lewiston, the youngest of Russell Hill and Jane Cassidy Costello’s three children.

Jane attended Lewiston High School and graduated from Bates College with a B.A. in English. She married Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. of Lewiston in 1959. They were married 40 years. The young couple moved to Portland in 1960. Jane had prayed that her first child would be a girl, and she was blessed with six daughters. The household buzzed with activity; boisterous basement concerts were a favorite winter activity. The family spent every summer since 1967 at Scarborough’s Pine Point Beach, and Jane made the season magical. A ping pong table dominated the living room and a vast assortment of ice cream dominated the freezer.

Jane was a vibrant, passionate woman who saw beauty everywhere. Driving her children in the family station wagon, “Look girls, look!” was her constant refrain as she pointed to an intriguing cloud, a piece of the ocean, or an old cemetery. Every holiday was a cause for merriment. Even Washington’s Birthday was celebrated, with silhouettes of the first president taped to doors and axe-shaped sugar cookies.

Community service at every level was an essential part of Jane’s life. She loved leading Brownie and Girl Scout troops for 13 years. She worked as a volunteer chaplain at Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital. Jane was among the first Catholic women to serve communion in Portland and one the first women to read the Epistles to the congregation during Mass at Sacred Heart Parish. A very active member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 35 years, Jane sponsored many other recovering women through the last year of her life. She served on nonprofit and corporate boards including Community Health Services, Community Counseling Center, Portland Ovations, Sebago Inc., and Sweetser. Portland Ovations, which presents a wide variety of performing artists and education and outreach programs, was one of Jane’s deepest commitments. Jane was a board member for 29 years and served as board secretary for 17 years. She created a fund to help ensure the organization’s future. Jane generously supported many arts and social service agencies, both major, established organizations and newer grassroots efforts. She had a special interest in helping women in transition.

Jane was passionate about all the arts. She collected work by Maine artists and donated her significant art collection to Bates College Museum of Art. She also established the Jane Costello Wellehan Endowment to support the Museum. Jane was a talented photographer who took thousands of photographs and studied at Maine Photographic Workshops (now Maine Media Workshops). A committed traveler, Jane explored five continents and six of the seven seas. She loved learning about people, places, and cultures that were new to her. Jane also loved Disney World and delighted in many trips there with her children and grandchildren. One of her greatest joys was her trips with each grandchild when they turned nine and 15.

Jane had a gift for friendship; she nurtured many friendships that spanned decades and developed new friendships her whole life. She had the unusual quality of accepting people as they are. Jane adored animals, especially her beloved Labradoodle Obie. Jane was kind, classy, generous, a fabulous dresser, a fierce game player known to utter an occasional expletive during Skip-Bo or mahjong, and wickedly funny. She was a spiritual searcher, a voracious reader, and an avid gardener and knitter. Her final knitting project was her pink pussy hat, which she wore proudly in the 2017 Women’s March as she marched with friends, daughters, and granddaughters.

Jane is survived by her six daughters, three sons-in-law; and 10 grandchildren: Sheila Wellehan of Cape Elizabeth; Katie Wellehan of West Linn, Ore. and her sons Aidan and Noah Clark; Jane Wellehan and her husband David Ruff of Portland and their daughters Bridget and Maggie; Mary Wellehan of Portland and her daughter Lila; Deirdre Lacambra and her husband Mark of Seattle, Wash. and their children Sophia and Jack, and Shauna Damboise and her husband David of Yarmouth and their children Madeline, Amelia, and Jake. She is also survived by her cousin Joanne Bresciani of Wellesley, Mass., who was like a sister to her. Jane was predeceased by her parents; and her siblings, Alice Dillingham and James R. Costello Sr.

Her family would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Palminteri of Chest Medicine Associates; her Comfort Keepers caregivers, especially Janice Ash and Farah Paradise, and the staff of Hospice of Southern Maine for their devotion and compassion.

Visiting hours honoring Jane’s life will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, at Jones, Rich & Barnes Funeral Home, 199 Woodford Street, Portland. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Sacred Heart/Saint Dominic Parish, 65 Mellen Street, Portland. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, 672 Stevens Avenue, Portland.

https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/01/28/jane-costello-welleha/
Posted January 28, 2019.² She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine.¹

     Louis Bartlett Costello was born on 14 September 1876 at Wells, York Co., Maine.¹ He graduated in 1898 at Bates College, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine. He married Sarah May Bracket, daughter of James S. Brackett and Flora Ella Russell, on 14 February 1900.

Wikipedia entry for Louis B. Costello:

Louis Bartlett Costello (September 14, 1876 – May 6, 1959) was an American banker and newspaper publisher who served as general manager and then president of The Lewiston Daily Sun and Lewiston Evening Journal in Lewiston, Maine. He began his career in journalism while still a student at Bates College and, by the end of his life, was a leading press figure in the state.

For nearly a half century, Costello was one of the most prominent members of the Lewiston-Auburn community. In addition to running its largest morning and afternoon papers, he was a longtime trustee of both Bates College and the Androscoggin County Savings Bank, serving as the latter institution's president from 1931 to 1939. He was an active Freemason and member of the United Baptist church.

Early life and education
Costello was born in Wells, Maine on September 14, 1876.[1] His father was Nicholas H. Costello (c. 1842–1885), a sea captain who drowned when Costello and his sister were young.[2][3][4] In 1889, his mother, Annie Hill Costello (1842–1927) remarried William S. Wells, a prominent York County lumberman who later served in the Maine House of Representatives.[4][5]

Costello attended Berwick Academy and gave an oration at the school's 1894 class day.[6][1] Thereafter he attended Bates College, where he was elected president of his senior class. He and Sadie Brackett, a fellow member of the class of 1898, wrote for The Bates Student.[7] He was also a competitive debater and, after graduation, would participate in organizing a chapter of Delta Sigma Rho on Bates' campus.[1][8] Costello and Brackett married in Lewiston on February 14, 1900 and had two children, Louise (b. 1902) and Russell (b. 1904).[9][10]

Career
Newspapers
In 1898, Lewiston publisher George W. Wood purchased the five-year old Lewiston Daily Sun, merging it with his weekly Maine Statesman, and hired Costello as the paper's business manager. Thanks largely to the arrival of Rural Free Delivery in the region, which allowed for wider distribution within the Lewiston-Auburn city and town area, circulation increased from around 2,000 copies per day to 8,000 over the following two decades.[10] In 1926, Wood acquired the Lewiston Evening Journal and promoted Costello to treasurer and general manager of the papers' publishing company.[1] Costello served in this position until Wood's death in 1945, when he took over as owner and president.[11] By this time, the Sun and Journal were the fourth and fifth most-read dailies in the state with circulations of 27,480 and 14,088, respectively.[12]

Costello was generally conservative in his management style.[13] He took interest in new technological developments, investing in a trained photography department in the 1930s, but strongly resisted the growth of non-print media, going as far as firing his general manager, Frank S. Hoy, when Hoy purchased the license for radio station WLAM without permission.[14][15] Though the Sun grew during an era of political domination by the Maine Republican Party and historically embraced an "independent Republican" label, Costello stressed the importance of journalistic objectivity to those who worked under him.[16][13] His papers gained a reputation for being socially progressive but not so much as to alienate readers averse to change.[10][13] Writing under the headline "A Leaf Out of My Notebook," he shared with Sun readers reports of his and Sadie's cross-country travels.[1] All the while, he remained devoted to his home state, with editorials focused on portraying local communities in a positive light.[13] During his tenure, he served for a time as president of the Maine Daily Newspaper Publishers Association and of the Maine Members of the Associated Press.[17][18][19]

Banking
Costello was named a trustee of Androscoggin County Savings Bank in 1916 and remained on the board until 1956.[1] Androscoggin was the largest savings bank by assets held centered in Lewiston and one of the largest in the state.[20] In 1931, Costello was elected president of the bank when incumbent William J. Crawshaw resigned due to ill health.[21][22] He served in this position for eight years, seeing it through the Great Depression, including its accepting of Emergency Banking Act aid in 1933.[1][23]

Civic life
Costello was a United Baptist, a designation common among Maine members of the Northern Baptist Convention into the twentieth century. He was a founding member of the Lewiston United Baptist Church. In the early 1920s, he served on the building committee for that congregation's now-demolished English Gothic home at the corner of Bates and Main streets, where Sadie taught religious school for many years.[1][24] In 1932, he was named second vice president of the Maine United Baptist Convention; that year, convention delegates passed resolutions praising the United States' involvement in the World Disarmament Conference and opposing repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[25]

He was also a Freemason, having served as a past master of Rabboni Lodge No. 150 and as a member of the Knights Templar fraternal order.[1][10]

Later life and death
On June 15, 1952, in recognition of his achievements, including more than 30 years of service on Bates College's board of trustees, Costello was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by university president Charles Phillips.[7] Other recipients honored at the ceremony were New Jersey Governor Alfred E. Driscoll, financier Frank Altschul, filmmaker Louis de Rochemont, and clergyman Daniel A. Poling.[26]

After a period of prolonged illness, Costello died at Central Maine General Hospital on May 6, 1959. Following services at the Bates College chapel, he was buried in Riverside Cemetery, alongside his wife, who preceded him in death two years earlier.[1] In his will, he left $5,000 each (equivalent to $43,853 in 2019) to Bates and the Lewiston United Baptist Church.[27] As a result, the Costello Room in Bates' Chase Hall was named in his honor.[28]

His son, Russell, succeeded him as president of the Daily Sun company and oversaw the merger of The Sun and Evening Journal into the Sun Journal in 1989. Russell passed the presidency of the paper on to his son, James, upon his own death in 1993.[29] In 2017, the Costellos announced the sale of the Sun Journal to MaineToday Media owner Reade Brower.[30]

The Costello family home at 45 Campus Avenue was purchased by Bates College and provided office and student organization space for a number of years before being torn down in 2014. The site is currently occupied by the school's Bonney Science Center.[7][31]

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Louis Bartlett Costello died on 6 May 1959 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, at age 82.¹ He was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.¹

     Louise Costello was born on 27 May 1902 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.¹ She was the daughter of Louis Bartlett Costello and Sarah May Bracket. Louise Costello married Elis Johanes Wickman in 1925. Louise Costello died on 9 December 1990 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 88.¹ She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange Co., California.¹

     Maureen Ann Costello is the daughter of James Russell Costello Sr. and Janice Callahan. Maureen Ann Costello married David Lincoln Wedge on 3 November 1990 at Maine.

     Russell Hill Costello was born on 22 October 1904 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.¹ He was the son of Louis Bartlett Costello and Sarah May Bracket. Russell Hill Costello married Jane H. Cassidy on 5 May 1928 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. Russell Hill Costello died on 8 June 1993 at Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, at age 88.¹ He was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine.¹


Sun Journal Newspaper - About Us (2018)

Sun Media Group’s origins date back to the May 20, 1847 publication of a weekly newspaper called the Lewiston Falls Journal.Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, later a governor of Maine, was one of the founders, along with William Waldron, a printer by trade. Francis Lane edited what started out as a literary journal, and subscriptions in that first year sold at $1.50.

In February 1857, the Journal published a 27-day run as a daily newspaper to cover the Auburn murder trial of George Knight, who was accused of stabbing his wife Mary while she slept at their home in Poland. It went into full-time daily publication in April 1861 under Nelson Dingley Jr., a former employee who had become owner and publisher in 1857.

The Civil War years gave the new Lewiston Daily Evening Journal added impetus as Lewiston-Auburn readers hungered for news of the turmoil wracking the nation. The community had grown rapidly in the industrial revolution and new textile mills were supplying uniforms to the North’s soldiers.

By the turn of the century, 70 percent of the community’s workforce were mill employees.

The Journal Magazine was added to the Saturday afternoon paper in the late 1890s, a literary venture that enjoyed great popularity almost 100 years later.

In the early days, the magazine circulated throughout New England and even to Washington, D.C. It was also in the 1890s — Feb. 20, 1893 — that a new paper was born in Lewiston-Auburn, The Lewiston Daily Sun, founded by Henry Wing of Lewiston.

Lewiston-Auburn was then a community of 40,000 people. The Sun, in a first-day editorial, had kind words for its competitor, but a few years later the competition for readers brought about an intense rivalry.

Neither paper lacked for news in the turbulent years that followed the Spanish-American War and World War I, but each paper continued to place a high priority on community news, sometimes throwing in dashes of gossip that made good conversation topics. The industrial base and population grew, and workers had a paper when they woke up in the morning and also when they left the mills in the afternoon.

George B. Wood became owner of The Sun in 1898 and, soon after, brought his nephew Louis B. Costello into the business as general manager.

The offices moved that year from Lisbon Street to 104 Park St. where Sun Media Group newspapers are still located.

In 1926, Wood and Costello bought the Journal from the Dingley family and moved the operation from the Dingley Building on Lisbon Street to the Park Street location.

L.B. Costello’s son, Russell H. Costello, joined the company as production manager in 1930. L.B. Costello inherited the paper when Wood died in 1945.

Russell H. Costello succeeded his father as president and publisher in 1959. He died in 1993.

His son, James R. Costello Sr., joined the company in 1952 and was named president and publisher in 1993. He died in 2015.

A fourth generation of Costellos, the children of James Sr., managed the company until 2017. James R. Costello Jr. as vice president, production; Stephen Costello, vice president, advertising and marketing; David Costello, vice president, technology; and Maureen Wedge, vice president, human resources.

Advances in computer technology brought an end to the “hot metal” linotype, or lead process, era beginning in 1971 and the newspapers have experienced constant change since then to improve and quicken writing, editing and production processes. By the end of the 1990s, Sun Journal editors were “paginating,” or composing, entire pages on computer screens and sending them directly to production.

The 1980s saw historic changes in the newspapers’ product. In October 1983, following an extensive study involving many employees, a new Sunday newspaper was born, called “Sunday/Sun Journal.”

The new product concentrated on providing news and features to readers in the Sun Media Group circulation area, putting emphasis on color photography and graphics.

On June 3, 1989, 128 years of rich tradition and history ended when the Journal merged with The Sun into a virtually new morning paper called the Sun Journal. Declining readership of the afternoon paper, brought about mainly by changing lifestyles and reader habits, were among causes for the merger.

The desire, according to Publisher James R. Costello Sr., was to make better use of staff while producing a better newspaper.

Prior to the merger, the Journal went through a redesign process that made greater use of color, becoming a trendsetter and award-winning paper among New England dailies.

The new Sun Journal, and its Sunday edition, stressed community news coverage within their circulation areas of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.

The Sun Journal has continued to be a leader in local news and, over the years, has received numerous awards for writing, investigative reporting, editorials, photography, graphic design and advertising as well as Maine and New England Newspaper of the Year awards.

The Sun Journal was also named one of the “World’s Best-Designed” newspapers and listed as one of the top ten in the United States by the Society of News Design in 2000.

The Sun Journal is one of Lewiston-Auburn’s largest employers and is committed to the economic and cultural improvement of the region it serves. Many of the company’s employees play an active role in service to their communities.

The company has focused on diversification efforts over the years. Several weekly newspapers, commercial printing and other print and web-based products were added to its portfolio to offer customers various options for receiving local news and information, as well as marketing their businesses.

A new name — Sun Media Group — was announced in 2007 to serve as an umbrella to unify the Sun Journal with all of the individual companies owned by the Costellos, including Sun Press, The Bethel Citizen, The Forecaster publications, Rumford Falls Times, Advertiser Democrat, The Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser, The Rangley Highlander, The Penobscot Times, American Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Maine Women Magazine, 95 North and My Gen.

On Aug. 1, 2017, Sun Media Group was sold to Reade Brower, a mid-coast media executive and entrepreneur who also owns MaineToday Media, which includes the Portland Press Herald, Waterville Sentinel and the Kennebec Journal. He is also the owner of Alliance Press, a commercial printing company in Brunswick, and publishes four weeklies in midcoast Maine: The Free Press in Rockland, The Courier-Gazette in Rockland, The Camden Herald and The Republican Journal in Belfast.

In 2016, Brower and Chris Harris, former president of Upper Valley Press in New Hampshire, purchased The Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus in Vermont.

When the Sun Media Group sale was announced, Brower said “these are landmark Maine institution newspapers. We’re really all excited about creating a family of newspapers in Maine that the community can rely on for news they can trust.”

https://www.sunjournal.com/aboutus/.²

     Stephen Costello is the son of James Russell Costello Sr. and Janice Callahan. Stephen Costello married Mary Ellen Ciak on 7 June 1986 at St. Joseph 's Roman Catholic Church, Endicott, Broome Co., New York.

     James Franklin Cotter married Lorretta Marie Ziegenbalg, daughter of Ernest Hans Ziegenbalg and Estrella Harn Booher, in 1955 at Texas.

     Carol Ann Cotterill was born on 25 April 1947 at Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.¹ She was the daughter of Leslie Vernon Cotterill and Virginia Marie Reyna. Carol Ann Cotterill died on 3 August 2016 at Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, at age 69.

     Glenn Edward Cotterill was born on 25 April 1895 at New York. He married Hazel Marie Nickerson circa 1924. Glenn Edward Cotterill died on 5 November 1962 at age 67.

     Karen Marie Cotterill is the daughter of Leslie Vernon Cotterill and Virginia Marie Reyna.

     Leslie Vernon Cotterill was born on 31 December 1925 at Dryden, Tompkins Co., New York.¹ He was the son of Glenn Edward Cotterill and Hazel Marie Nickerson. Leslie Vernon Cotterill married Virginia Marie Reyna, daughter of Albert Edward Reyna and Martha Aileen Brewer, on 28 September 1946 at Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.² Leslie Vernon Cotterill died on 31 January 1996 at Spring Hill, Hernando Co., Florida, at age 70. He was buried at Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, Tompkins Co., New York, Plot: Lot 22 Section 97.

     Nancy Lee Cotterill is the daughter of Leslie Vernon Cotterill and Virginia Marie Reyna.

     Jeffrey A. Cottrell married Laurie Lynn Squires, daughter of Robert Gordon Squires and Anita Rae Nicely, on 21 June 1980 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota.¹ Jeffrey A. Cottrell and Laurie Lynn Squires were divorced on 27 May 1981 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota.²

     Johanna Viola Coulson was born on 28 October 1896 at Snohomish Co., Washington. She married Clarence Russell Perkins, son of Jonathan Raymond Perkins and Alfrieta Twombly, on 26 August 1913 at Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington. Johanna Viola Coulson died on 29 February 1972 at Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, at age 75. She was cremated.

     Thresa Counsil married Steven J. Nichols, son of Arthur S. Nichols and Eva J. Maddox, between 1977 and 1978 at Oklahoma.

     Nancy Ann Counts was born in 1858 at Reynolds, Reynolds Co., Missouri. She married William Thomas Christopher in 1874.¹ Nancy Ann Counts died in 1887 at Jeff, Perry Co., Kentucky.

     Gary Duane Couse was born on 6 February 1930 at Nebraska.^2,3 He was the son of Phillip Andrew Couse and Garnet Fellows.¹ Gary Duane Couse married Ruth Anna (?) on 10 October 1952. Gary Duane Couse died on 25 May 1994 at age 64.³ He was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska.³

     Phillip Andrew Couse was born in 1900 at Nebraska. He married Garnet Fellows, daughter of George Elbert Fellows and Minnie Inez Lilly, circa 1925.¹ Phillip Andrew Couse died in 1952.² He was buried at Riverview Cemetery, McCook, Red Willow Co., Nebraska.²

     Richard Couse was born on 5 November 1927 at Nebraska.² He was the son of Phillip Andrew Couse and Garnet Fellows.¹ Richard Couse died on 2 May 1935 at age 7.² He was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska.²