Hancock County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Hancock 1883
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HANCOCK.

Nine miles S. E. of Ellsworth. On stage-line from Ellsworth to Cherryfield, and
Bangor to Calais. Settled in 1764. Made up from parts of Sullivan, No. 8
township, and Trenton. Incorporated Feb. 21, 1828. Population -1850, 960; 1860,
926; 1870, 974; 1880, 1093. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 215; Estates, $133,236;
1870-Polls, 244; Estates, $163,904; 1880-Polls, 286; Estates, $177,534.

  Postmasters-Alfred B. Crabtree; North, James M. Butler; South, O. W. Young.

  Selectmen-R. I. Wooster, Samuel Stratton, G. P. Cline.

  Town Clerk-Jeremiah Stratton.

  Treasurer-E. L. Stratton.

  School Committee-Fred. I. Phillips, Edgar W. Young, B. I. Wooster.

  Constables-Elijah Stratton, Marcus Mullen; North, Benjamin Shute; South,
Leonard Wooster.

  Clergymen-Charles Woodcock, F. Bap.; vacant, Bap.; North, T. Batchelder
(res.), vacant, Bap.

  Physician-North, E. O. Bush, All.

  Justices-O. W. Young, Mar. 6, 1878; E. L. Stratton, Feb. 13, 1878; Samnel N.
McFarland, October 1, 1880; J. M. Butler, March 9, 1882; A. B. Crabtree, Feb.,
1883; T. J. Hodgkins, Feb. 1883, Quorum.

  Merchants-Lemuel Crabtree, Henry G. Wooster, Peletiah Moore, O. W. Young,
Eleazer Crabtree, general stores.

  Manufacturers-H. M. Hall, staves and short lumber; A. Crabtree, Almas Foss,
boots and shoes; L. O. Collins, L. H. Springer, smiths; J. M. Butler, Stephen
Monegan, L. J. Keef, wheelwrights.

  Mining Companies-Early Dawn Silver-S. K. Whiting, Ellsworth, president; A. F.
Drinkwater, treasurer.

  Grant Silver - H. M. Hall, Ellsworth, president; E. K. Hopkins, Ellsworth,
secretary.

  Hancock Silver-John G. Webster, Boston, president; Jesse Moulton, Boston,
treasurer.

  Heagan Silver-Alex. Fulton, Ellsworth, president; Geo. W. Fiske, Ellsworth,
secretary.

  McFarland Silver-Henry Whiting, Ellsworth, president; A. W. Cushman,
Ellsworth, secretary; F. A. McLaughlin, superintendent.

  Robert Emmett Silver-H. Whiting, Ellsworth, president; George A. Parcher,
Ellsworth, secretary; P. Mullan, superintendent.

  Western Union Silver-Chas. T. Collamore, Bangor, president; Harry C. Bliss,
Bangor, secretary.

I. O. G. T.-Pleasant Home, Sat.

  Hotel-McFarland House, S. N. McFarland; Copperapolis House.


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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