Cumberland County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Yarmouth 1883
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YARMOUTH.

Eleven miles N. E. of Portland. On Grand Trunk and Maine Central Railroads.
Formerly part of North Yarmouth. Incorp. Aug. 8, 1849. Population-1850, 2144;
1860, 2028; 1870, 1872; 1880, 2021. Valuation, 1860 -Polls, 476; Estates,
$930,841; 1870-Polls, 468; Estates, $1,034,336; 1880-Polls, 503; Estates,
$1,022,670.

  Postmistresses-Lucy V. Groves; Yarmouthville, Mrs. L.M. Haskell.

  Selectmen-J. H. Humphrey, D. L. Mitchell, Asa E. York.

  Town Clerk-L. R. Cook.

  Treasurer-~W. H. Marston.

  Constables-G. R. Libby, Chas. T. Grant, D. M. Lawrence.

  Collector-W. W. True.

  School Supervisor-D. L. Mitchell.

  Clergymen-Central, E. W. Sanborn; 1st Parish, Joseph Torrey, Cong.; A. A.
Smith, Bap.; supplies, Univ.

  Dentists-H. A. Merrill, Henry Evens.

  Physicians-J. M. Bates, A. H. Burbank, W. W. Thomas, C. T. Torrey, All.;
Richard Mace, Ecl.; J. C. Gannett, Hom.

  Lawyers-Barnabas Freeman, E. D. Freeman.

  Justices-B. Freeman, Dec. 28, 1876; John Noyes, April 24, 1878; P. N.
Blanchard, Feb. 24, 1875; E. D. Freeman, Feb. 1, 1877; Daniel L. Mitchell, Feb.
2, 1881, Quorum: Charles Humphrey, March 6, 1878, Trial: Giles Loring, Barnabas
Freeman, Dedimus.

Merchants-W. C. Sweetser, Gooch Bros., James R. Hopkins, general stores; W. H.
Marston, dry and fancy goods and clothing; John L. Wright, A. H. Parsons & Co.,
Mrs. Susan H. Greenleaf, J. M. Gooding, groceries and provisions; W. N.
Richards, boots, shoes and dry goods; A. L. Loring, flour, grain, &c.
(wholesale); L. R. Cook, M. C. Merrill, drugs, medicines, books, stationery and
fancy goods; J. V. R. Coombs, George H. Lovell, stoves and tinware; L. B. Hall,
H. D. Brackett, boots and shoes; Charles L. Blake, confectionery; Gad Hitchcock,
coffins; Lyman Walker & Son, David M. Lawrence, coal; W. M. Walker, jewelry and
glassware; W. E. & N. D. Bucknam, Andrew Leighton, hay dealers; Wm. F. Bennett,
fish market; E. L. Baker, ice. 

  Manufacturers-Royal River Manufacturing Co., cotton warp and seamless bags,
Freeman, Shaw & Co., lessees; A. L. Loring, flour and grist mill; J. Buxton &
Co., M. C. Merrill, proprietary medicines; Blanchard Bros., Loring, Chadsey &
Poole, Hutchins & Stubbs, ship-builders; Winslow Packing Co., corn canning;
Forest Paper Co., G. W. Hammond, agent, wood pulp; Benj. Poster, John Brooks,
earthern [sic] ware; Lewis Gurney, printer; C. H. Weston, machine shop; N. W.
Corliss, stove polish; W. Scott Brown, Wm. Lunt, carriages; B. True, W. H.
Marston, tailors; N. Grant & Sons, blocks and cigar boxes; McQuillan & Young,
long and short lumber, planing and wood-turning; Henry B. Hitchcock, Seabury
Bros., Gad Hitchcock, W. B. Allen, painters; J. H. Doughty, J. B. Dennison, H.
W. Caswell, A. O. Sands; smiths; Seabury, Grant & Co., wood filling; P. L.
Allen, carriage, wood work and trimmer; Hermon Seabury, house and ship-joiner;
Soule & Curtis, ship-joiners; G. E. Coombs, confectionery; Ellery Waterhouse,
granite quarry; Geo. H. Jefferds, harnesses and carriage trimmer; Gad Hitchcock,
coffins and caskets; Hodsdon Bros. & Co., ladies and misses boots and shoes; T.
G. Cleaves, boots and shoes, custom and repairs; H. W. Caswell, improved dump
wagons; Joseph Raynes, cigars.

  Barbers-Isaac Johnson, Charles L. Blake.

  Stable-True & Russell.

  High School-A. J. Curtis, principal.

  Insurance, Fire-Chas. Humphrey.

  Expresses-American, Joseph Raynes, agent; Kingsley's, to Portland.

  Libraries-Ladies'; Ladies' Upper Corner.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Casco, Tues. on or before full moon; Cumb R. A. C., Wed., on
or after full moon;  K. of P.-Wescustogo, No. 33, Thursday.

  Hotel-Baker House, D. S. Moody.


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.


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