Aroostook County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Masardis 1883
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MASARDIS.

Fifty miles N. W. of Houlton. First settled in 1833 by Thomas Goss of Danville,
Me., followed in 1835 by John Knowlen. In 1838-9, several families from Oldtown,
Me., moved in. The first goods were brought into the place in 1838, by Joseph
Pollard from Oldtown, hauling five tons for a distance of twenty miles, on
hand-sleds, there being no roads completed until 1841. Roswell T. Knowlen was
the first child born in the town. On stage-line from Patten to Ashland. Once
called No. 10, Range 5. Incorporated March 21, 1839. Population-1860, 190; 1870,
169; 1880, 212. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 34; Estates, $19,801; 1870-Polls, 40;
Estates, $39,479; 1880-Polls, 52; Estates, $42,304.

  Postmaster-Miss L. M. Knowlen.

  Selectmen-W. H. Rowe, N. D. Smith, F. H. Knowlen.

  Town Clerk-F. W. E. Goss.

  Treasurer-C. G. Quincy.

  Constable and Collector-L. Goding.

  School Committee--Wm. H. Rowe, Wm. Cowperthwaite, E. Trafton.

  Clergyman-Lionel Watson (Ashland), Epis.

  Physician-E. D. Daren.

  Justices-Joseph Pollard, May 24,1877, Quorum; W. Cowperthwaite, Trial.

  Merchants-Joseph Pollard, S. W. Reed, dry goods and groceries; L. M. Knowlen,
millinery and dry goods.

  Manufacturers-F. W. E. Goss, furniture; Joel Morrill, smith; C. F. Clayton &
Co., starch factory.

  Associations-I. O. G. T.-Star of Bethlehem, No. 341, Saturday; Juvenile
Temple-Gem of the Hills, Saturday.

  Hotels-Joseph Pollard; C. G. Quincy.


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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