Hancock County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Dedham 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 14, 2007, 5:50 pm DEDHAM Twenty-two miles N. N. W. of Ellsworth, on stage line to Bangor. Settled about 1810, by Nathan Phillips. First called No. 8, which included also Otis. Incorporated Feb. 7, 1837. Population-1840, 455; 1850, 546; 1860, 549; 1870, 448; 1880, 406. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 113; Estates, $94,388; 1870-Polls, 106; Estates, $102,752; 1880-Polls, 90; Estates, $98,308. Postmasters-Walter L. Parker; East, Brigham Haynes. Selectmen-P. P. Gilmore, Alfred Condon, H. P. Burrill. Town Clerk-H. P. Burrill. Treasurer-Daniel Condon. Constable-George P. Goodwin. Constable and Collector-O. C. Pinkham. School Supervisor-P. P. Gilmore. Clergyman-supplies, Cong. Justices-P. P. Gilmore, April 7, 1876, Quorum. Merchants-A. B. Harriman & Co., general stores. Manufacturers-~W. L. Parker & Co., long and short lumber and grist-mill, carding and planing mill; S. E. Peakes, wheelwright and carpenter; M. T. Gilmore, A. O. Burrill, smiths; W. B. Black, smith and carriage work; M. T. Gilmore, shingles; J. H. Withee, grist-mill. Newspaper Correspondent-P. P. Gilmore. I. O. G. T.-Crescent, No. 106, Tuesday. Hotels-Lake House, John P. Phillips; Dedham House, Robt. Johnson. 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/hancock/directories/business/1883/dedham296gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb