Androscoggin County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Durham, 1883-1884 1883
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DURHAM.
Ten miles S. E. of Auburn. Term, of Strout's stage-line from No. Yarmouth on
Grand Trunk Railway; 25 miles from Portland. Part of the Pejepscot purchase.
Formerly called Royallsborough, from Col. Royall, of Medford, Mass., a large
proprietor. First settler, Charles Gerrish. Incorporated the 69th town, February
17, 1789. Contains about 17,000 acres. Population at time of incorporation,
about 700; 1850, 1886; 1860,1623; 1870, 1350; 1880, 1253. Valuation, 1860-Polls,
412; Estates, $459,376; 1870-Polls, 356; Estates, $482,861; 1880-Polls, 336;
Estates, $422,724.

Village of South West Bend is same as Durham P. O.

  Postmasters-J. H. Eveleth; South, C. C. Smith; West, S. W. Wilson.
  Selectmen-Alfred Lunt, L. S. Lambert. J. H. Merrill.
  Town Clerk-George E. Warren.
  Treasurer-Henry F. Newell.
  Collector-South, George Tuttle.
  Constables-George Tuttle, W. H. Douglass.
  School Committee-Samuel H. Dyer, Horace M. Beal, Henry Sylvester.

  Clergymen - Richard Wickett (Pownal), Cong.; vacant, Bap.; G. Plummer
(Lisbon), F. Bap.; West, A. C. Trafton, Meth.; South, N. Douglass (Brunswick),
Friends.

  Physicians-T. Robinson, J. L. Wright, Eclectic.

  Veterinary Surgeons-L. C. Robinson, Rufus Tuttle.

  Justices-W. D. Roak, Feb. 1, 1877; Ai Waterhouse, Aug. 1, 1878; Chas. C.
Smith, Mar. 6, 1878; B. W. Nason, July 15, 1876; W. K. Marston, March 10, 1880,
Quorum: J. H. Eveleth, Dec. 21, 1876, Trial: Ai Waterhouse, Dec. 18, 1878, Dedimus.

  Merchants-R. M. Strout, E. S. Warren, Grange store, R. H. Hascall, agent,
general stores. South-A.F. & A. Lunt, general stores. West, S. W. Wilson,
general stores. P. R. Strout, W. D. Roak, auctioneers.

  Manufacturers-Geo. H. Nichols, J. H. Davis, George Sewell, carriages; S. B.
Libby, cooperage; J. H. Eveleth, boots and shoes; David T. Gerrish, F. E.
Perkins, lumber. West, G. H, Marston, smith. South, R. Tuttle, J. Varney, W. P.
Davis, smiths.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Acacia, Tuesday, on or before full moon. P. of H. -Eureka, No.
7, L. C. Robinson, Master, Sat. Durham Brass Band. South-I. O. G. T.-Crystal
Rock, No. 67. West-Farmers' and Mechanics' Club, Charles W. Harding, president.

  Hotel-Durham House, Abner Merrill.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

MAINE STATE YEAR-BOOK,
AND
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL,
FOR THE YEAR
1883-84,
FROM APRIL 1, 1883, TO APRIL 1, 1884,

BY EDMUND S. HOYT.
PREPARED PURSUANT TO ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

PORTLAND: HOYT, FOGG &  DONHAM,
193 MIDDLE STREET.


Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1883, by HOYT, FOGG & DONHAM,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.


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