Aroostook County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Benedicta 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, 9:06 pm BENEDICTA. Forty-four miles south-west of Houlton. On stage line from Matawamkeag to Patten. West half of No. 2, R. 5. Organized as Benedicta Plantation. Incorporated in 1872. Named in honor of Bishop Benedict Fenwick, of Boston, who purchased it of the State of Massachusetts. Settled 1834 by David and Joseph Leavitt. Population-1870, 413; 1880, 302. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 59; Estates, $17,776; 1870-Polls, 69; Estates, $41,741; 1880-Polls, 68; Estates, $42,810. Postmaster-John J. Curran. Selectmen-Michael Crowe, T. H. McEvoy, J. D. Doyle. Clerk-Michael Brodrick. Treasurer-Edmon Woodlock. Collector-Patrick Brannen. Constable-John D. Doyle. School Committee-Fenton McEvoy, T. H. McEvoy, M. J. Brodrick. Clergyman-James Cairns, Rom. Cath. Merchants-J. J. Curran, D. Darcey, general stores. 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/aroostook/directories/business/1883/benedict161gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb