Cumberland County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Cumberland 1883
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CUMBERLAND.

Ten miles N. E. of Portland. On Maine Central and Grand Trunk R. Rs.
Incorporated in 1821, prior to which date it formed a part of North Yarmouth.
Population-1850, 1656; 1860, 1713; 1870, 1626; 1880, 1619. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 390; Estates, $455,540; 1870-Polls, 399;  Estates, $511,920;
1880-Polls, 415; Estates, $556,460.

  Postmasters-J. N. Dunn; Center, Everett L. Blanchard; West, L. H. Wilson;
Chebeague Island, Elenor Hamilton.

  Selectmen-N. M. Shaw, Jos. Harris; Chebeague, Clinton M. Hamilton.

  Town Clerk-Center, David L. Blanchard.

  Treasurer-Solomon P. Merrill.

  Constable-Center, Levi Lufkin.

  School Supervisor-Horace C. Sawyer.

  Clergymen-Benjamin Freeman, Meth.; Center, T. S. Perry, Cong.; West, J. E.
Budden, Meth.; vacant, Univ.; Chebeague Island; True Whittier, Meth.

  Physicians-Center, Charles F. Moulton, All.; Chebeague Island, S. E. Root, All.

  Justices-Hollis St. Clair, Feb. 25,1880; Daniel Stowell, Jan. 19, 1877; David
L. Blanchard, Sept. 19, 1881; J. E. Jenks. Sept. 12, 1879; A. R. Littlefleld,
April, 27, 1882, Quorum.

  Merchants-J. E. Dunn; Center, Blanchard Bros., Charles H. Blanchard; West, N.
B. Wilson & Son, general stores; Chebeague Island, Hamilton & Co., general
stores and fish bait; J. H. Crockett, groceries.

  Manufacturers-Center, Silas M. Rideout, carriages and smith work; John Adams &
Son, smiths; Simeon Farwell, Frank S. Merrill, painters; John N. Farwell,
William E. Wilson, carpenters and builders; Merrill Bros., canned goods; West,
Wilson & Leighton, saw, stave, and grist mill; Hollis Mountfort, saw and stave
mill; Levi Morrill, stave mill.

  Live Stock Breeders-Center, Geo. Blanchard & Co., proprietors Broadmoor Farm;
Jerseys, Berkshires, and Oxford Downs (see advt. colored page).

  Greeley Institute-Center, Vacant, Principal.

  Hotels-Chebeague Island, J.E. Jenks; West, Charles Leighton.


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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