Hancock County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Deer Isle 1883
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DEER ISLE.

Thirty-five miles S. S. W. of Ellsworth. Settled l762, by Wm. Eaton. First
church established 1773, and Mr. Noble first preacher. Peter Powers ordained
first pastor 1785. Incorporated the 63d town, Jan. 30, 1789, and includes Little
Deer Isle, Great Deer Isle, and Eagle Isle. Population -1790, 682; 1850, 3037;
1860, 3592; 1870, 3414; 1880, 3266. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 738; Estates,
$362,520; 1870-Polls, 749; Estates, $417,211; 1880-Polls, 804; Estates, $373,182.

  Postmasters - F. H. Gross; North, Wm. P. Scott; South, B. F. Warren; Green's
Landing, Mrs. E. T. Collins; West, Peter H. Mills; Oceanville, C. H. S. Webb.

  Selectmen-G. W. Spofford, George H. Howard, Wilmot B. Thurlow.

  Town Clerk-Bentley P. H. Haynes.

  Treasurer-Belcher T. Torrey.

  Constables-Fred. Eaton, A. J. Beck, E. B. Spofford.

  School Supervisor-C. A. Spofford.

  Clergymen - 1st, C. L. Gates; 2d, vacant, Cong.; South, B. C. Blackwood,
Meth.; Green's Landing, vacant, Meth.; West, L. Collins, Bap.; Oceanville, Elder
Heath, Bap.

  Physicians-*F. B. Ferguson, E. A. Frink, All.

  Notaries-C. A. Spofford, December 16, 1881; Sullivan Green, December 16, 1881;
Charles A. Russ, July 2, 1879; H. P. A. Spofford, Feb. 1883.

  Justices-Peter H. Mills, Feb. 24, 1875; Sullivan Green, April 24,1878;
Franklin Closson, October 1, 1880; Geo. Tolman, Feb. 23, 1876; Geo. L. Hosmer,
Feb. 6, 1878; Seth Webb, Jan. 29, 1878; John S. Eaton, March 14,1879; W. H. H.
Spofford, Aug. 15, 1882, Quorum: Charles A. Spofford, Dec. 16, 1881; Franklin
Closson; Charles A. Buss, March 14, 1879; H. P. A. Spofford, January 7, 1880, S.
G. Haskell, January 26, 1881; Amos T. Richardson, February 23, 1881, Trial. 

  Commissioner of Wrecks-Jericho Bay, Geo. Tolman.

  Lawyer-C. A. Spofford.

  Merchants-H. T. Lufkin, G. H. Howard, S. & M. Pickering, A. O. Gross & Co., H.
J. Pickering, T. G. Pickering, J. W. Pressey, A. J. Beck, general stores; Miss
Ellen Higgins, millinery and fancy goods; George W. Higgins, jewelry; William R.
Sellers, provisions; S. G. Haskell, lumber and coal; E. Sylvester, Caleb W.
Haskell, John Foster, furniture.

  South, Downs & Small, fishing outfits; Joseph Robbins, Benj. Warren, general
stores; A. B. Warren, Rebecca Warren, millinery. Oceanville, L. B. Crockett,
general stores; Seth & C. H. S. Webb, fishing outfits. West, D. W. Fifield,
general stores. North, Levi Knights, John Weed, Samuel Low, general stores.

  Green's Landing, L. Collins, E. J. Russ, Geo. W. Redman, Fred'k Eaton, _____
Crowell, Thos. Warren & Co., Joseph Judkins, Paul Thurlow, Leman Thurlow,
general stores.

  Manufacturers-J. H. Lufkin, I. B. Higgins, John Green, smiths; S. B. Haskell,
sails; Charles A. Russ, granite. South, John Robbins, smith. Oceanville, Webb &
Co., packing. Green's Landing, Chas. A. Russ, Job Goss, Thurlow Brothers, Union
Granite Co., Charles Byard & Co., Small & Goss, Thurlow & Co., Owen & Magee,
granite; Lewis Packing Co.; Potter & Weighlington Packing Co.

  Telegraph Operators-A. O. Gross; Green's Landing, J. J. Spofford.

  Expresses-North, American, Geo. H. Howard, agt.; Boston & Bangor, Geo.
Higgins, agt.

  Masons-Marine, Tuesday on or before full moon.

  Hotels-H. R. Haskell, John W. Green.


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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