Hancock County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Otis 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 16, 2007, 12:20 pm OTIS. Thirteen miles N. of Ellsworth. Named for Joseph Otis, one of the original proprietors. On stage-line from Bangor to Mariaville. Settled about 1808. Incorporated March 19, 1835. Population-1850, 124; 1860, 210; 1870, 246; 1880,304. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 49; Estates, $22,538; 1870- Polls, 60; Estates, $26,407; 1880-Polls, 88; Estates, $34,725. Postmaster-Lewis Jordan. Selectmen-J. J. Hopkins, Willard Fogg. William B. Remick. Town Clerk-Charles Otis. Treasurer-Charles Otis. Collector-Francis J. Jellison. Constables-O. C. Tibbetts, Francis J. Jellison. School Committee-Jason R. Grant, Geo. I. Moore, Willard O. Fogg. Clergyman-J. C. Ward, F. Bap. Justice-W. O. Fogg, March 9, 1882. Merchant-O. O. Tibbetts, general stores. Manufacturers-J. G. Remick, A. K. Hillier, Wm. B. Remick, long and short lumber; G. & G. G. Warren, Grafton Salisbury, smiths. Ellsworth P. O., J. J. & A. E. Hopkins, long and short lumber. 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/otis309gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb