Cumberland County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Harrison 1883
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HARRISON.

Forty miles N. W. of Portland. Terminus of steamboat line from Sebago Lake
station on P. & O. Railroad, also on stage-line from Norway to Bridgton, and on
stage line from Bridgton to Waterford. Formed from parts of Otisfield and
Bridgton, and incorporated 160th town, Mar. 8, 1805. Named in honor of Harrison
Gray Otis, Esq., of Boston. First town meeting held in 1805 at house of
Nephthali Harmon. Joel Simmons, Moderator; Samuel Willard, Clerk; Samuel
Willard, Benjamin Foster, Stephen Stiles, Selectmen; Nathaniel Burnham,
Treasurer; Samuel Scribner, Constable. First preacher, Nicholas Bray.
Congregational and F. B. churches organized, 1826. First saw mill and grist mill
built by James Sampson. William Carsley first child born in town, April 14,
1793. Population -1850, 1460; 1860, 1252; 1870, 1219; 1880, 1168. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 294; Estates, $247,147; 1870-Polls, 307; Estates, $304,635;
1880-Polls, 343; Estates. $315,826.

  Postmasters-Asa P. Whitney; Bolster's Mills, M. Hancock.

  Selectmen-Joshua Howard, Robert Wells, John Johnson.

  Town Clerk-Thos. R. Sampson.

  Treasurer-Albion K. Morse. 

  Constable and Collector-William Chute (Bolster's Mills).

  School Committee-H. H. Cole, Alphon. Moulton, S. Loton Weston.

  Clergymen-Vacant, Bap.; N. Lincoln (No. Bridgton), Cong.; L. W. Raymond, F.
Bap.; Bolster's Mills, J. H. Snow (South Waterford), Meth.; J. W. Twort
(Raymond), F. Bap.

  Physicians-H. H. Cole, All.; G. W. Brown, Ecl.; Bolster's Mills, S. L. Weston,
All.

  Lawyers-C. A. Chaplin; Bolster's Mills, O. G. Cook.

  Dentist-A. W. Taylor.

  Justices-C. A. Chaplin, April 19, 1877; Alphonzo Moulton, April 16, 1879,
Quorum: O. G. Cook, April 24, 1878; Nathaniel Pinkham, March 14, 1879; Nathaniel
H. Seavey, April 1, 1881, Trial; C. A. Chapin, Dedimus.

  Auctioneer-Bolster's Mills, C. E. Stuart.

  Merchants-Jordan & Brooks, T. R. Sampson & Son, general stores; Clara E.
Libby, Jordan & Brooks, millinery;  N. N. Caswell, corn, meal, etc.; Kneeland &
Gray, groceries, jewelry, cutlery, &c; Sarah A. Thorn, fancy goods and
confectionery; McIntire and Johnson, meat market; E. K. Whitney, nursery stock;
Bolster's Hills, M. Hancock, grange store, general stores.

  Manufacturers-Eastern Wire Co., P. Tolman & Co., proprietors; T. H. Ricker &
Son, wood and iron machinists; S. H. Dawes lumber and cooperage; A. S. Pitts,
George W. Roes, smiths; W. V. Carsley, Silas K. Kneeland, W. W. Kneeland, Joseph
Fogg, carpenters; Luther C. Blake, stoves and tinware; Edward Bray, painter;
Jordan & Kimball, shook; Emery & Gerry, clothing; Edward Bray, undertakers
goods; Charles H. Eaton, carriage repairs; E. M. Dudley, harnesses; S. K.
Kneeland, staves and turnings; Burnham & Morrill, canned goods; P. Tolman & Co.,
lumber; N. N. Caswell, grist-mill; J. E. Woodsum, shingles; S. F. Tibbetts, W.
H. Webb, boots and shoes; Richard Twitchell, mason; J. T. Seavey, S. T. Whitney,
stone cutters.

  Bolster's Mills, Moses Hicks, F. H. Stevens, smiths; Leander Dorman, carriage
repairs; E. G. Coy, planing and sawing mill; Darius Brown, shingles; Reuben
Cobb, harnesses; Joseph Greenbanks, wool carding; Cyrus Scribner, long and short
lumber; O. V. Edwards, carpenter; Weston & Andrews, evaporated apples; F. H.
Pike, clothing.

  Barber-George Wilbur.

  Land Surveyor- C. A. Chaplin.

  Music Teacher-Miss Nancy Hobbs (instrumental).

  Asso'tns-Farmer's Club-Jas. G. Whitney, president; A. Moulton, secretary. P.
of H.-Lakeside, No. 63, A. Moulton, master, Saturday. Reform Club. Bolster's
Mills-P. of H.-Crooked River, No. 32, W. W. Andrews, Master. Reform Club.
Harrison Brass Band.

  Hotel-Elm House-O. A. Kneeland.

  Libraries-Village Library; Reform Club Library; Bolster's Mills, Bolster's
Mills Library.

  Livery Stable-O. A. Kneeland.


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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