Androscoggin County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Minot, 1883-1884 1883
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MINOT.

Five miles W. of Auburn. On Grand Trunk and Rumford Falls & Buckfield Railroads.
Formerly a part of Poland. Incorporated the 129th town, Feb. 18, 1802. Divided,
and Auburn incorporated, 1842. Population-1850, 1734; 1860, 1799; 1870, 1569;
1880, 1763. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 403; Estates, $546,581. 1870-Polls, 384;
Estates, $610,511. 1880, 473; Estates, $720,549.

  Postmasters-Mrs. R. F. Rounds; West, Gideon Bearce; Mechanic Falls, F. E. Dwinal.

  Selectmen- West, Gideon Bearce; Mechanic Falls, P. R. Cobb; Minot P. O., N. P.
Downing.

  Treasurer and Town Clerk-Mechanic Falls, C. H. Dwinal.

  Constable and Collector-Mechanic Falls, P. O., O. B. Dwinal.

  Constable-Mechanic Falls, Asa L. Downs.

  School Supervisor-Mechanic Falls. David Church.

  Clergymen-L. Reynolds (Anburn), Cong.; Geo. Hoit, Meth.; West, vacant, Union
church; Mechanic Falls, D. Church, Meth.; vacant, F. Bap.; vacant, Bap.

  Physicians-E. W. Russell, All.; Mechanic Falls, Charles H. Tobie, J. Walker, All.

  Dentist-A. W. Butler.

  Justice-S. W. Shaw, March 15, 1876, Quorum.

  Merchants-W. & R. P. Rounds, general stores. West. Moses Young, general
stores; West Minot Grange, L. T. Millett, agent, groceries, boots and shoes; J.
Parsons, corn and flour. Mechanic Falls, J. D. Curtis, dry goods, boots and
shoes; J. A. Bucknam & Co., general stores; J. C. Walker, E. A. Thomas,
apothecaries, books and stationery; C. E. Stevens, boots, shoes, crockery, and
groceries; W. A. Tobie, A. G. Tinkham, groceries: Mrs. S. K. Nichols, Miss S. C.
Thayer & Co., Mrs. S. R. Edwards, millinery and fancy goods; O. B. & C. H.
Dwinal, ready-made clothing, boots and shoes; C. B. Adams, fruit and
confectionery; Andrew W. Bridge, confectionery and news dealer; Charles O. Cole,
confectionery; Hawkes & Whitney, stoves, tin and hardware, and agricultural
implements; J. A. Bucknam & Co., merchant tailors and furnishing goods; J. A.
Bucknam & Co., Davis sewing machines, pianos and organs.

  Manufacturers-Freeman & Nelson, grist-mill; John H. Ayer, A. R. Giddings,
smiths; Benjamin Pulsifer, harnesses; Burnham & Morrill, corn packing: W. H.
True, carriages and lumber; John Massie, shoemaker. West, J. Parsons, flour and
corn; L. Dunham, S. DeCoster, A. E. DeCoster, carriages; F. E. Rowe, saw and
shingle mill; West Minot Cheese Factory; E. K. Verrill, smith; L. T. Millett,
loose and pressed hops.

  Mechanic Falls, E. F. Stevens, harness-maker; J. A. Bucknam & Co., clothing;
J. A. Bucknam, grist, saw and box mill; J. W. PENNEY, engineer and machinist;
manufacturer of steam engines and wood working machinery; Loring Edgcomb,
carriages; G. H. Butler, E. A. Saunders, smiths; Charles Harris, painter; J. A.
York, carriage and sign painter; Mrs. A. C. Horner, Mrs. J. N. Nason, Miss D.
Wilson, Mrs. E. A. Jordan, dressmakers; Hackett, Churchill & Co., ice; E. L.
Bailey & Co., butchers.

  Barber-Mechanic Falls, C. O. Cole.

  Insurance-Mechanic Falls, J. A. Bucknam & Co.

  Livery Stables-Mechanic Falls-P. R. COBB, teams for travelling men and
tourists, Waterman & Jordan, Jas. N. Nason.

  Asso'tns-I. O. O. F.-Monami, Monday; Orion, 2d & 4th Wed. Orion Encampment-No.
27, 2d and 4th Wed. G. A. R.-Tues. I. O. G. T.-Garfield, Monday. West-P. of
H.-West Minot Grange. Farmers' and Mechanics' Club of Minot and Bebron-S. P.
Cushman, president. West Minot Dairying Association-S. B. Atwood, president, G.
Bearce, treas.

  Hall-Mechanic Falls, Perkins, D. S. Perkins, proprietor. West, West Minot-J.
R. Bearce, janitor.

  Hotels-Mechanic Falls, Cobb's Hotel, P. R. Cobb.


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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