Franklin County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Avon 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 July 6, 2007, 3:31 pm AVON. Fifteen miles N. W. of Farmington, on line of Sandy River R. R. to Phillips. Settled, 1779. Inc. Feb. 22, 1802. Population-1850, 778; 1860, 802; 1870, 610; 1880, 571. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 162; Estates, $129,977; 1870-Polls, 141; Estates, $149,693; 1880-Polls, 146; Estates, $129,347. Post-office-Phillips. Selectmen-*Wilson C. Beal, Benjamin Butler, Timothy W. Vining. Town Clerk-Jonas A. Badger. Treasurer-Joel Wilbur. School Supervisor-J. A. Norton (Strong P. O.) Constable and Collector-Alvin J. Goodwin. Justices-Joel Wilbur, Feb. 25, 1880; Wm. T. Brackley, Feb. 6, 1878, Quorum. Mauufacturers--William T. Brackley, Wm. V. Libbey, long and short lumber; William Churchill, shingle mill; John S. Brawn, carpenter and carriage builder; Horace Beal, brick mason; William Goldsmith, house carpenter. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/franklin/directories/business/1883/avon255gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb