Cumberland County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Deering 1883
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DEERING.

On Maine Central, Portland & Rochester, and Portland & Ogdensburg Railroads, and
Portland Horse Railroad. Joins Portland. Taken from Westbrook, and incorporated
Feb. 16, 1871. Named in honor of James Deering, a distinguished Portland
merchant. Population-1880, 4324. Valuation-Polls, 961, Estates, $2,194,096;
1880-Polls, 1168; Estates, $2,585,825.

  Postmasters-C. A. Hayden; Woodfords, C. M. Legrow; East, Hattie O. Knight;
Stroudwater, Andrew Hawes.

  Selectmen-George B. Leavitt, D. D. Chenery, T. J. Riggs.

  Town Clerk-T. J. Riggs.

  Treasurer-Elias M. Jacobs.

  Constable and Collector-Almon Leach.

  Constables-George H. Bailey, Almon Leach, Josiah W. Smith, D. D. Chenery.

  School Supervisor-Cyrus B. Varney.

  Clergymen-C. A. Hayden (All Souls Church), Univ.; Woodfords, vacant, 1st; S.
W. Adriance, 2d Cong.; W. W. Baldwin, Meth.

  Physicians-A. M. Parker, All.; Woodfords, Chas. W. Foster, A. P. Topliff,
Charles B. Perkins, All.; M. Seavey, Hom.; J. M. Buzzell, Ecl.

  Dentists-Woodfords, H. H. Tukey; Allen Corner, C. R. Davis.

  Veterinary Surgeon-Woodfords, Geo. H. Bailey.

  Notary-H. T. Blackstone, Sept. 22, 1882.

  Justices-E. P. Briggs, October 3, 1877; D. Torrey, Feb. 1, 1877; Geo. C.
Codman, July 1, 1881; Andrew Hawes, Feb. 9, 1882; Moses G. Dow, March 7, 1877;
F. C. Nash, Feb. 1, 1877; W. M. Payson, February 8, 1877; Frank G. Stevens, Dec.
31, 1877; Daniel D. Chenery, Feb. 6, 1880; Joseph H. Clark, Jan. 22, 1879; E. W.
Knight, Mar. 14, 1879; Abner T. Smith, Apr. 16, 1879; Wm. H. Waldron, July 5,
1880; George Libby, Sept. 2, 1880; Cyrus Greene, March 10, 1881; Reuel Small,
March 18,1881, Quorum: Manasseh Smith, Nov. 30, 1881; Andrew J. Chase, Sept. 16,
1875; E. P. Sherwood, April 27, 1882, Trial.

  Merchants-J. W. C. Roberts, Frank Bros., Estate of Levi Cram, general stores;
Albert Torrey, variety store; Charles Ramsay, nursery stock; O. A. Hill
(Portland P. O.), proprietary medicines; J. E. Weeks, milk; A. Torrey, fancy
goods.  Woodfords, Royal Leighton, James Parker, general stores; G. Jefferds,
fish market; H. B. Webb, stoves and tinware; A. Huntington, patent medicines and
chewing gum; Otis Varney, pressed hay and straw; H. C. Moody, fruit and
confectionery; Charles S. Foss, apothecary; C. M. Legrow, fancy goods; L. C.
Young, merchant tailor; Deering Tea Store, Fred Whyley, prop., fancy groceries;
E. E. Smith, groceries; Almon Leach, wood, coal, hay and straw; C. S. Goddard,
nurseryman and florist; M. H. Kane; millinery and fancy goods.  Allen Corner,
Leighton & Cobb, general stores; William Morton, W. E. Morton & Co., nurserymen,
seeds and plants; Edward Knight, market gardener; O. F. Blake, Cobb Bros.,
butchers.  East, Guptill Bros, general stores.  Stroudwater, Andrew Hawes, Mrs.
Mary S. Thunborg, general stores; L. B. Chapman, nursery; G. H. Chapman, A. P.
Chapman, fruit trees and nursery stock; Walter Fickett, flour and grain; A. W.
Berry (P. O., Portland), wood and coal.  Nason Corner, C. D. Nason, general
stores.  Congress street, near city line, FOREST CITY NURSERY, Thos. Jackson,
proprietor (Portland, P. O. Box 1234).

  Manufacturers-C. E. Morrill, wool pulling and tanning; A. J. Bucknam, tanner;
Stevens & Smart, britannia ware; Freeman Kenney, butcher; John Bell & Co.,
granite works; Leighton & Liberty, marble and granite works; Sewell P. Winslow,
hulled corn; T. R. Mathews, carpenter; Ferdinand Bailey, painter; V. B. Bray,
contractor and builder.  East, Geo. Russell, Geo. E. Merrill, ship-builders;
James Lucas, bricks; James C. Morton, James W. Lunt, smiths; Amasa Cobb,
carriage smith.  Deering Bridge-PORTLAND STONE WARE CO., fire brick, drain tile,
etc. (see advt. front of book). Stroudwater, Walter Fickett, grist-mill; Stevens
& Co., grist-mill and salt; Portland Packing Co., hermetically sealed
vegetables, fruits, meats and sweet corn; John Bates, carpenter; George W.
Patterson, smith.  Pride's Bridge, Winslow Packing Co., hermetically sealed
meats and vegetables.  Woodfords, Silas Buzzell, carriages; James Davis, Hodsdon
& Hall, carriage painters; J. F. Cobb, carriage wood work; H. B. Webb, tinware;
G. Jefferds, harnesses and carriage trimming; Ferdinand Burnell, boots and
shoes; A. Huntington, chewing gum; F. R. Bennett, C. Watson, Peck & Son, Hiram
Hinkley, painters; Cummings Rogers, J. F. Small, Linus Seely, carpenters;
Blackstone & Smith, masons and builders; C. O. Crockett & Co., smiths. 
Brighton, C. W. Belknap & Son, tripe factory; Berry & Worster, painters.  Allen
Corner, Chas. Spiller, smith; George L. Marston, carriages; G. D. Hamblin,
mowing machines; Edward Phinney, steam grist mill.  Nason Corner, William Lucas,
Daniel Hamblet, bricks; N. F. Hamlin, spring-beds.  Libby Corner (Portland P.
O.), Thompson & Fowler, pork packers; Higgins & Bachelder, blacksmiths: C. P.
BENNETT, boats (see advt. colored page); Henry Hanson, marble.

  Barbers-Wm. H. Barnett; Woodfords, W. W. Harmon.

  Expresses-Hodgdon & Hawkes; J. D. Scamman, prop.; American- Woodfords, E. P.
Pennell, agent.

  Library- Woodfords-Deering Public, Wednesday.

  Livery Stable-S. P. Winslow; Woodfords, A. E. Huston.

  Schools-Westbrook Seminary and Female College, James P. Weston, D. D.,
president; Woodfords-Deering High School, F. B. C. Bobbins, principal.

Station Agent-Westbrook Junction, J. E. Moore.

Stenographer-(Portland P. 0.), Pitman Pulsifer.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Woodfords Corner, Deering, 2d Monday. East, I. O. G.
T.-Illsley, Tues.; Woodfords, Oak, Fri. Allen Corner-I. O. G. T.-Maple Moon.
Mon.; Pride's Bridge-P. of H.-Presumpscot, every Sat.


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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