Hancock County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Sullivan 1883
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SULLIVAN.

Thirteen miles S. S. E. of Ellsworth. On shore stage-line from Ellsworth to
Cherryfield. Indian name Wakeag, signifying a seal. Once called New Bristol.
Settled, 1762. Incorp. Feb. 16, 1789, and named for one of the original
settlers. Population-1840, 649; 1850, 810; 1860, 862; 1870, 796; 1880, 1023.
Valuation, 1860-Polls, 207; Estates, $135,994; 1870-Polls, 210; Estates,
$141,954; 1880-Polls, 245; Estates, $193,477.

  Postmasters-Eugene Simpson; Hast, S. S. Hanna; West, George W. Pettengill.

  Selectmen-B. B. Havey. Nathaniel Noyes, George W. Ash.

  Town Clerk-*Nathaniel Noyes.

  Treasurer-Jabez S. Foster.

  Collector-Fred A. Noyes.

  Constables-J. W. Hill, B. C. Baker; East, H. O. Johnson; West, O. B. Ingalls,
A. Hackett, Charles Dyer.

  School Committee-Joshua B. Johnson, G. E. Simpson, Chas. P. Simpson

  Clergymen-John Johnson, Bap; J. H. Bennett, Meth; East, C. L. Banghart, Meth. 

  Physicians-Nathaniel Johnson, Thom.; Frederick W. Brigham, All.

  Notary-Cyrus Emery, Aug. 23, 1877.

  Justices-Oliver P. Bragdon, Jan. 26, 1881; Gilbert E. Sampson, April 10, 1882;
F. A. Noyes, Feb. 28, 1879; Cyrus Emery, Aug. 23, 1877; Thomas J. Hodgkins, Feb.
14, 1883, Quorum: George C. Lyman, April 21, 1880, Trial.

  Merchants-Eugene Simpson, Ambrose Simpson jr., Dunbar Bros., general stores;
Cyrus Emery, coal; East, J. T. Wallace jr., Geo. S. Bunker, Geo. W. Ash, Noyes
Bros., general stores; Mrs. Lizzie Dunbar, millinery; Fred A. Noyes; paints and
oils. West, G. W. Pettengill, Crabtree & Harvey, Simpson & Abbott, general
stores; Everett Gordon, confectionery.

  Manufacturers-Geo. C. Lyman, wheelwright: C. H. Preble & Co., smiths; D. S.
Wilson, Aaron Graham, coopers; White Bros., D. Wilson, Wilson Bros., concrete
paving; Geo. C. Lyman, grist mill.

  East, Reuben Smith, satinet cloth and dressing; J. T. Wallace jr., lumber;
Hermon Smith, grist mill; Fred. A. Noyes, painter; Geo. W. Ash, Sidney S.
Bunker, butchers; Edward Noyes & Co., bricks; Eben Preble, W. J. Lord, J. B.
Wilkinson, M. M. Urann, smiths; Smith Bean, shingles; James Ash, shoes; Sidney
S. Hanna, harnesses.

  West, Stimson Granite Co., John H. Stimson prop., paving, random, and all
kinds of granite; Crabtree & Havey, general dealers in granite; Abbott Quarry
Co., Simpson & Abbott, props., all kinds of granite; Joseph H. West, paving and
edgestone a speciality; George W. Pettengill, general dealer in granite; Charles
A. Watts, Wm. McKusick, H. H. Colson, Wm. P. Goodwin smiths; A. T. Tundy,
shoemaker.

  Barber- West, Everett Gordon.

  Insurance Agent-Thomas J. Hodgkins.

  Land Surveyor and Conveyancer-Gilbert E. Simpson.

  Livery Stables-Herbert L. Cleaves; West, Charles H. Dyer.

  Mining Companies - Milton Mining Co.-William D. Lewis, president; Horace T.
Starr, secretary; John Shoenbar, superintendent.

  Pine Tree Silver-John M. Corse, New York, president; W. O. Arnold, Bangor,
secretary.

  Sullivan Mining Co.-George B. Brown, Boston, president; Charles L. Perrin,
West Sullivan, secretary; M. S. Norton, superintendent.

  I. O. G. T.-Eagle, No. 117; East, Union, No. 114.

  Hotels-Waukeag House; Sullivan House, John U. Hill; West End Hotel, O. B.
Ingalls; Robertson House, Mrs. George S. Robertson.



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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