Franklin County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Temple 1883
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TEMPLE.

Five miles W. of Farmington. Terminus of stage-line from Starks to West
Farmington Depot and Temple. First settled, 1796. Once called No. 1, of Abbott's
purchase. Incorporated June 20, 1803, and named for town of same name in New
Hampshire, from which the early settlers' emigrated. Population-1850, 785; 1860,
726; 1870, 640; 1880, 580. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 150; Estates, $113,509;
1870-Polls, 156; Estates, $161,981; 1880-Polls, 150; Estates, $160,245.

  Postmaster-Mills. Abel Chandler.

  Selectmen-R. S. Sampson, A. W. Farmer, Edwin Sawyer.

  Town Clerk-*John Sylvester.

  Treasurer-George A. Locklin.

  Constable and Collector-Mills, Aaron Farmer.

  School Supervisor-William P. Deane.

  Clergymen-E. Gerry jr. (Farmington), Meth.; Wm. T. Pettigrove, Bap.

  Justices-Henry Kennison, June 2, 1881; John Sylvester, July 1, 1881, Quorum.

  Merchants-William W. Small, Abel Chandler, general stores.

  Manufacturers- Stephen Savage, carpenter; H. & J. Russell, excelsior and
staves; O. T. Gleason, Edwin Thurston, saw mills; Locklin & Savage, carriages;
John Sylvester, smith; Charles Wright, grist mill.


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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