Kennebec County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Vassalborough 1883
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VASSALBOROUGH.

Twelve miles N. N. E. of Augusta. On Maine Central Railroad. Settled about 1760,
by emigrants, chiefly from Cape Cod. Inc. April 26, 1771. Sidney set off in
1792. Population-1850, 3099; 1860, 3181; 1870, 2919; 1880, 2621. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 669; Estates, $737,920; 1870-Polls, 696; Estates, $1,130,348;
1880-Polls, 800; Estates, $1,188,980.

  Postmasters-E. W. Bush; East, J. S. Butterfield; Riverside, G. L. Randall;
South, J. R. Whitehouse; Cross Hill, Eldridge Austin; North, Geo. H. Ramsell;
Seward, C. S. Perkins.

  Selectmen-*Greenlief Low; North, Warren A. Evans, Edwin C. Barrows.

  Town Clerk-North, E. F. Lincoln.

  Treasurer-East, J. S. Butterfield.

  Constables-E. M. Dunham, Geo. Gibson; North, Wm. Soule, R. G. Burgess;  East,
J. G. Bradley;  Riverside, A. A. Robbins, H. H. Snell.

  Constable and Collector-North, George H. Ramsell.

  School Supervisor-E. C. Barrows.

  Clergymen-W. B. Eldridge, Meth.; North, F. G. Chutter, Cong.; E. H. Boynton,
Meth.; I. E. Hill jr., Bap.; M. Charland, Cath.; East, E. H. Boynton, Meth.;
Riverside, W. B. Eldridge, Meth.; Cross Hill, W. B. Eldirdge, [sic] Meth.

  Physicians-East, C. B. Cates; North, B. L. Tibbetts, F. H. Libby, All.; F. A.
Roberts, Hom.

  Lawyers-East, John Mower; North, H. A. Priest.

  Justices-E. W. Bush, Jan. 19, 1877; A. M. Bradley, March 6, 1878; Henry A.
Priest, April 1, 1881; William Murray; B. L. Tibbetts; Geo. L. Randall, Feb. 4,
1879; James E. Mills, June 21, 1880, Quorum: J. Mower; Wm. Murray, Jan. 7, 1880;
G. L. Randall, April 21, 1880, Trial: J. Mower; E. W. Bush; B. L. Tibbetts,
Dedimus.

  Merchants-E. W. Bush, Eben Frye, G. W. Ward, E. A. Whiting, dry goods,
groceries and produce; E. M. Dunham, groceries; Mrs. J. R. Day, dry and fancy
goods. North, Wellington Crowell & Son, Burgess Bros., R. G. Thomas, I. P.
Burgess & Co., Howard G. Abbott, groceries; E. F. Lincoln, fancy goods and
books; H. A. Priest, A. J. Weston, dry and fancy goods; G. H. Hawes, hardware,
stoves and tinware; R. C. Burgess & Co., meats and groceries; Miss H. Bassett,
Miss N. Emery, millinery; Isaac Jenkins, jewelry; F. H. Libby, apothecary,
paints and oils; Herbert & Hawes, meats and fish.

  East, G. H. Cates & Co., dry goods and groceries; Emery Bragg, groceries.
Riverside, G. L. Randall, grange store, J. P. Clark, agent, groceries. Cross
Hill, E. Austin, dry goods and groceries. Seward, C. S. Perkins, dry goods and
groceries.

  Auctioneer-A. M. Bradley.

  Manufacturers-J. N. Atwood, pottery; E. F. Wyman, carriages; Portland Packing
Co., S. E. Dill, agent, canned corn. North, Vassalboro Woolen Mills, R.
A.Clougher, agent, woolens; Horace Priest, Grant Bros., carriages; J. M.
Kitchen, J. G. Durgin, boots and shoes; John Bush, tailor; Miss A. Hawes, Miss
L. H. Bassett, dressmakers; Clark & Walker, smiths. East, Vassalboro Mills
Company, flour, meal, and lumber; C. O. Davies machinery and lumber; Butterfleld
Brothers, lumber; Geo. Bullock, harnesses; J. D. Jaquith, H. Hamblen, carriages;
Isaac Hussey, smith. Seward, Benjamin Wing excelsior; Orrison Warren, smith.
Riverside, A. S. Forest, brooms and broom handles.

  Barbers-North, H. B. Scribner.

  Express Agents-E. M. Dunham; Riverside, J. B. Wentworth.

  Insurance Agents-East, A. M. Bradley & Son.

  Photographer-North, C. C. Hartwell.

  Printer-North, Charles Crowell.

  Real Estate Broker-E. W. Bush.

Livery Stables-George Ayer; North, Wm. Murray & Son.

Oak Grove Seminary and Commercial College-E. H. Cook, Principal.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Neguemkeag, Thurs. on or before full moon. North,
Masons-Vassalboro, Tues. on or before full moon. C. W. T.-Union Band, 1st and 3d
Mon. Riverside-I. O. G. T.-Riverside, Sat. P. of H.-Cushnoc, No. 204, O. P.
Robbins, Master.

  Hotels-S. Gibson; North, Murray’s Hotel, Wm. Murray; East, Revere House, A. M.
Bradley.


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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