Hancock County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Swan's Island Plantation 1883
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SWAN'S ISLAND PLANTATION.

Thirty-six miles S. of Ellsworth, and ten miles S. of Tremont, with which it has
communication by boat. Population-1860, 492; 1870, 570; 1880, 765. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 93; Estates, $21,829; 1870-Polls, 99; Estates, $27,805; 1880-Polls,
130, Estates, $49,856.

  Postmaster-Mrs. M. B. Gott.

  Assessors-D. E. Sprague, J. W. Staples, I. J. Stockbridge.

  Clerk-Levi B. Joyce.

  Treasurer-John Staples.

  Collector-John Staples.

  Constables-David E. Sprague, J. W. Staples.

  School Committee-C. H. Joyce, I. J. Stockbridge, L. B. Joyce.

  Clergymen-Supplies, Meth.; vacant, Bap.

  Justices-Benj. Smith, Dec. 29, 1881, Quorum: *O. L. Joyce, Dec. 12, 1879, Trial.

  Merchants-John Staples, George F. Tilden, Michael Stinson, general stores.

  Manufacturers-B. J. Staples, H. W. Joyce, C. E. Staples. Joseph Mosher, fish
barrels; H. D. Joyce, James Joyce, boat-builders; Samuel T. Whitney, J. H.
Hutchinson, Israel Sprague, carpenters and builders; Mrs. C. E. Staples, Mrs. D.
H. Sprague, Miss Adelia M. Joyce, Mrs. Addie M. Barbour, dressmakers; Mrs. Susan
Torry, tailoress; Mrs. E. K. Joyce, Mrs. C. E. Joyce, pants and vests; J. S.
Reed, C. W. Stockbridge, smiths.


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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