Cumberland County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Casco 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 June 30, 2007, 8:56 pm CASCO. Thirty miles N. W. of Portland. On stage-line from Portland to Bridgton, also on stage-line from Oxford on G. T. Railroad to Edes Falls. Taken from Raymond and incorporated March, 1841. Population-1850, 1046; 1860, 1116; 1870, 998; 1880, 908. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 258; Estates, $212,695; 1870-Polls, 258; Estates, $241,486 1880-Polls, 237; Estates, $265,259. Cook's Mills, in west part of town; P. O. same as Casco. Postmasters-John E. Holden; South, W. Dingley, jr.; Webb's Mills, James Taylor. Selectmen-Solomon M. Gay, Cyrus Scribner, George Murch. Town Clerk-Lyman W. Holden. Treasurer-D. C. Smith. Constable and Collector-E. A. Barton. School Supervisor-Frank H. Mayberry. Clergymen-Vacant, Cong. Union Church; Orrison Gammon, Gen. Prov. Bap.; Webb's Mills, vacant, F. Bap. Lawyer-James Tolman. Physicians-Charles H. Young, All.; Webb's Mills, Albion Cobb, All. Dentist-W. L. Haskell. Justices-Lyman W. Holden; Albion Cobb; Wm. F. Cook, March 30, 1882: J. E. Holden; Jordan B. Mitchell, Feb. 6, 1878; E. A. Barton, Jan. 26, 1881, Quorum; Geo. Burgess; Horace B. Harmon, April 19, 1877, Trial. Merchants-S. Decker, John E. Holden, general stores; Miss Mary J. Brackett, millinery and fancy goods; Webb's Mills, Taylor & Dyer, general stores; J. H. Sawyer, stoves, tin and hardware; M. F. Winslow, corn and flour; South, William Dingley jr., & Son, general stores. Manufacturers-W. M. & R. Cook, lumber, boxes, and shook; John C. Whitney, Wm. Hall & Son, coffins and caskets; Wolff & Reessing, corn canning; Richard Mayberry, saw and grist mill Webb's Mills, Wm. Duran, carriages and ax-handles; Taylor & Spiller, ax-handles and spokes; Winslow Brothers, staves and shook; M. F. Winslow, grist and shingle mill; J. E. Brown, rims and seat rails; J. Tenney, boots and shoes; John McLellan & Co., corn canning; South, Fred. A. Dingley, clothing; S. C. Watkins, carriages. 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/cumberland/directories/business/1883/casco229gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb