Kennebec County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Monmouth 1883
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MONMOUTH.

Sixteen miles S. W. of Augusta. On Me. Cent. Railroad, forty-eight miles from
Portland. First settled in 1775. Has been called Freetown, Bloomingborough, and
Wales. Incorporated Jan. 20, 1792, and named in honor of the battle of Monmouth.
Population-1850, 1025; 1860, 1854; 1870, 1744; 1880, 1520. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 447; Estates, $501,989; 1870- Polls, 403; Estates, $592,068;
1880-Polls, 486; Estates, $609,042.

  Postmasters -A. Beal; North, J. W. Foss; Mast, S. H. Jones; South, J. W. Jordan.

  Selectmen-Otis W. Andrews, Howard Stetson, C. E. Frost.

  Town Clerk-C. J. Bragdon.

  Treasurer-Frank H. Beal.

  Constable and Collector-G. H. Getchell.

  Constables-J. W. Goodwin, Seth Fogg.

  School Committee-J. G. Gott, H. O. Pierce, H. M. Blake.

  Clergymen-John B. Carruthers, Cong.; O. S. Pillsbury, Meth.; supplies, Bap.;
South, vacant, F. Bap.; East, O. S. Pillsbury, Union Church; North, O. S
Pillsbury, Union Church.

  Lawyer-North, Jesse Jeffery.

  Physicians-D. E. Marston, H. M. Blake, M O. Edwards, All.

  Justices-Ambrose Beal, July 15, 1876; J. G. Smith, Dec. 21, 1880; James M.
Watson, Sept. 12, 1878; Jesse Jeffery, Dec. 18, 1878: John W. Jordan, April 16,
1879; B. T. Hathaway, March 18, 1881; H. R. Tinkham, Dec. 16, 1881, Quorum.

  Merchants-A. Beal, dry goods and groceries; Edwards & Flaherty, apothecaries
and general stores; C. C. Jaquis, apothecary and groceries; M. E. Frost,
millinery; A. A.Fillebrown, stoves, tin, hardware and crockery; W. W. Woodbury,
O. S. Edwards, boots, shoes and hats; O. F. Frost, corn, &c; J. H. Gilman,
cattle broker; O. F. Frost, bees and fancy poultry; Mason J. Metcalf, lumber.
East, S. H. Jones, general stores. North, G. W. King, J. Gordon, general stores.
South, J. W. Jordan, general stores.

  Manufacturers - A. A. Luce, W. W. Woodbury, clothing; Dudley, Owen & Co.,
moccasins; F. Rideout, E. Wilson, carriages; C. P. Bragdon, shingle mill,
coffins and caskets; W. Cook, monuments and gravestones; Llewellyn Safford,
pottery; S. W. Jackson, P. Grierson, smiths; E. Wilson, jeweler; Mason J.
Metcalf, saw and grist mill; E. L. Harlow, boots and shoes.

  North, J. R. King, webbing; Emery & Waterhouse, shovels, hoes and axes; G. S.
Fairbanks, heel and toe irons; Moses Stevens, tanner of sheepskins; M. Turner,
smith; J. R. King, agent, saw mill; Nahum Spear, carriages; J. Gordon, grist
mill; Mackenzie, Drugan & Stewart, roller skins. East, Henry J. Norris, shingle
and saw mill.

  Livery Stables-A. J. Davis, David A. Pinkham.

  Academy-Monmouth Academy, inc. 1803.

  Insurance-W. S. Woodbury, W. W. Woodbury.

  Asso'tns-P. of H.-Monmouth, No. 39, Tuesday; I. O. G. T.-Crystal Stream,
Friday. North-Masons-Monmouth, 1st Wed. in the month.

  Hotel- Cochnewagan House, D. A. Pinkham.


Additional Comments:

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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