Cumberland County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Freeport 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, 10:50 pm FREEPORT. Seventeen miles north-east of Portland. On Maine Central Railroad; First known as Harraseeket. Formerly a part of North Yarmouth, Incorporated the 64th town Feb. 14, 1789. Name derived from the openness of its harbor. Divided in 1808, and Pownal set off. Population-1850, 2629; 1860, 2792; 1870, 2457; 1880, 2279. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 682; Estates, $821,460; 1870-Polls, 594, Estates, $912,053; 1880-Polls, 569; Estates, $979,038. Postmasters-J. H. Banks; South, Charles Jones. Selectmen-T. J. Curtis, H. P. Dennison, George H. True. Town Clerk-Edward S. Soule. Treasurer-J. A. Briggs. Constable and Collector-I. D. Byram. Constables-James H. Banks, S. S. Soule. School Supervisor-E. Russ. Clergymen-P. B. Wing, Cong.; A. C. Herrick, Bap.; vacant, F. Bap.; South, H. Ilsley, (res.), C. G. Burnham, Cong. Physicians-D. D. Spear, J. G. Pierce, All.; O. W. Norton, Ecl. Lawyers-Samuel Clark, E. W. Mitchell, H. G. Sleeper, D. C. Reed. Notary-E. C. Townsend, February 6, 1878. Justices-E. W. Mitchell, Nov. 30, 1881; Seth Bailey, Dec. 8, 1876; Asa Bailey; J. E. Davis, Feb. 6, 1880; H. G. Sleeper, July 15, 1876; E. C. Townsend, March 22, 1876; James H. Banks, January 29, 1878; P. C. Pinkham, Jan. 26, 1881, Quorum. Merchants-Gore & Davis, Ells, Kilby & Co., E. S. Soule, general stores: C. M. Ballard, stoves, etc.; M. C. Merrill, J. F. Thomas, apothecaries; Mrs. M. W. Field, millinery; P. C. Soule, meat and produce; Rufus M. Dill, dry and fancy goods; South, W. H. Soule, general stores; North, Ward & Townsend, general stores. Manufacturers-Briggs & Cushing, ship-builders; Freeport Boot and Shoe Co., H. E. Davis & Co., Dennison & Lewis, S. E. Cushing, L. M. Bailey, M. V. B. Jordan, shoes; Ira S. Coffin, photographer; W. M. Curtis, painter: J. P. Merrill, machinist; H. B. Tuttle, H. W. Noyes, smiths; J. W. Merrill, David B. Soule, Geo. W. Coffin, carpenters; South, W. K. Lewis & Co., packing; Emery Jones, ship carver; J. K. Weston, smith. Barber- Charles H. Tuttle. Florists-John Burr; South, Otis L. Coffin. Livery Stables-F. & A. W. Mitchell, A. H. Kilby; South, Emery Jones. Insurance-J. C. Kendall. Library-Social Library, No. of vols., 750, W. M. Curtis, librarian. School-Free High School, Wm. E. Sargent, principal. Freeport Cornet Band-H. E. Davis, leader; Cushing, S. E. Cushing, leader. Asso'tns-Masons-Freeport, Monday on or before full moon; K. of P. -Harraseeket, Wed.; South, Rock Reform Club-John L. Taylor, Pres., 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/cumberland/directories/business/1883/freeport233gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb