Androscoggin County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Webster 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 28, 2007, 7:08 pm WEBSTER. Nine miles (Sabattus seven miles) E. of Auburn. First settled, 1774. Formerly a part of Lisbon, from which it was taken, and incorporated March 7, 1840. Population, 1850, 1110; 1860,890; 1870,939; 1880,980. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 237; Estates, $312,015; 1870-Polls, 218; Estates, $406,434; 1880-Polls, 261; Estates, $445,353. Postmasters-G. B. Smith; Sabattus, S. H. Wilkins. Selectmen-R. D. Y. Philbrook, James G. Jordan, Benj. F. Dennison. Town Clerk-Sabattus, J. W. Maxwell. Treasurer-James H. Jordan. Constables-Sabattus, J. H. Jordan, C. S. Drinkwater, S. R. Jumper, B. W. Haley, W. S. Maxwell; Webster, W. H. Nowell. School Supervisor-Sabattus, J. W. Maxwell. Clergymen-Sabattus, E. Dennett, Bap.; C. C. Foster, F. Bap. Physicians-Sabattus, Frank E. Sleeper, G. W. Gammon, All. Lawyer-Sabattus, S. L. Hill. Justices-Sabattus, S. L. Hill, Feb. 25, 1880; J. W. Maxwell, February 6, 1878; Kingsbury Donnell, Feb. 25,1879, Quorum. Merchants-Sabattus, L. S. Sawyer, E. Woodside, B. F. Dennison, Wm. O. Lake, general stores; E. H. Johnson, Ringham & Jordan, apothecaries; J. F. Davis, meats and groceries. Manufacturers-J. M. Niles & Son, harnesses; S. L. Hill, excelsior; Sabattus, Webster Woolen Mill 1, Charles Amback, supt.; S. L. Hill, R. D. Jones, lumber and grist mill; Webster Woolen Mill 1 1/2, Frank Amback, supt.; John Harper, woolens; W. H. Farrar, B. W. Haley, J. Hould, smiths; T. C. Billings, carriage repairer; Wm. Lake, tinsmith. Asso^tns-Masons-Sabattus-Webster, Thurs. on or before full moon. I. O. G. T.-Evening Star, Friday. Pilgrim Fathers. Pioneer Colony- W. E. Youland, governer, Wed. Hotels-Sabattus-Sabattus Rouse, Frank Spofford. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/directories/business/1883/webster157gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb