Aroostook County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Linneus 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 29, 2007, 3:45 pm LINNEUS. Nine miles S.W. of Houlton, on line of the old "Military Road." Terminus of stage line to Houlton, and to Island Falls via Oakfield. First settled by Daniel Neal from New Brunswick. Originally granted by Massachusetts to endow a Botany Professorship. Inc. March 19, 1836, and named after the botanist. Population-1850, 562; 1860, 785; 1870, 1008; 1880, 917. Valuation - Polls, 200; Estates, $77,270; 1870 - Polls, 213; Estates, $117,917; 1880-Polls, 193; Estates, $151,349. Postmaster-L. C. Sprague. Selectmen-Benj. Alexander, J. D. Gove, Charles O. Bither. Town Clerk-Williain H. Howard. Treasurer-William H. Howard. Collector-John Taylor. Constables-J. H. Blethen, Benj. F. Hutchinson, D. M. Clough. School Supervisor-Robert Boyd. Clergymen-F. H. Buhar, F. Bap.; A. A. Lewis (Houlton), Meth. Physician-Robert Boyd, All.; A. P. Bennett, Oculist. Justices-H. H. Ward, July 2, 1879; Ira G. Hersey, Jan. 26, 1881; Benj. Alexander, Feb. 8, 1877, Quorum: J. H. Clough, Jan. 26, 1881, Trial. Merchants-Benjamin Alexander, L. C. Sprague, general stores. Manufacturers-J. H. Blethen, D. T. Sawyer, B. F. Hutchinson, smiths; Benjamin Alexander, lumber and steam mills; Bradbury Bros., shingle and grist mill; George L. Byron, honey; J. B. & C. A. Risteen, carriages. Hotel-Aroostook House, W. H. Howard;_____, John D. Logie. 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/linneus177gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb