Kennebec County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Winthrop 1883
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WINTHROP.

Ten miles W. S. W. of Augusta. On Me. Cent. Railroad, 54 miles from Portland,
and 84 from Bangor. First settled, 1765. Plantation name was Pondtown. Incorpor.
April 26, 1771, and named for Gov. Winthrop. Embraced the town of Readfield
until 1791. First represented in general court, in 1783, by Jonathan Whiting.
Post-office established in 1800. Population-1850, 2154; 1860, 2338; 1870, 2229;
1880, 2146. Valuation, 1860- Polls, 567; Estates, $769,018; 1870-Polls, 575;
Estates, $1,122,839; 1880- Polls, 616; Estates, $1,125,317.

  Postmasters-*Elliott Wood; East-Geo. A. Wadsworth.

  Selectmen-Elliott Wood, Rutillas Alden, T. H. White.

  Town Clerk-B. R. Reynolds.

  Treasurer-J. M. Benjamin.

  Constable and Collector-Albert C. Carr.

  Constables-Josephus Stevens, Albert C. Carr, John A. Stanley, J. L. Metcalf;
East, John E. Brainard.

  School Supervisor-A. R. Crane.

  Clergymen-W. F. Obear, H. S. Loring (res.), Cong.; J. C. Prescott, G. F. Cobb,
Meth.; vacant, Friends; vacant, Univ.; East, A. R. Crane, Bap.

  Physicians-A. P. Snow, C. W. Taggart, All.; C. A. Cochran, Hom.

  Dentists-C. H. Barker jr., B. F. Sleeper.

  Lawyers-L. T. Carleton, M. S. Spear.

  Notary-J. M. Benjamin, Oct. 3, 1877.

  Pension Claim Ageut-L. T. Carleton.

  Justices-Charles A. Wing, January 18, 1878; Francis Fuller, April 19, 1877;
John May, April 19, 1877; L. T. Carleton, Nov. 30, 1881; N. R. Pike, Jan. 19,
1877; Elliott Wood, August 17, 1876; John E. Brainard, Feb. 20, 1878; Franklin
Wood, April 24, 1878, Quorum: Henry Woodward, Jan. 12, 1877; J. M. Benjamin,
July 13, 1881; Franklin Wood, Dec. 12, 1879, Trial; John May, Dedimus.

  Merchants-H. Woodward & Co., dry and fancy goods; E. O. Kelley, dry and fancy
goods, books and stationery; Newland Bishop, W B. Bonney, grange store, D. N.
Gower, agent, A. H. Bailey & Co., Kelley & French, groceries; Charles D. Wood,
grain; L. O. Cobb, stoves, tin, hardware agricultural tools and crockery; R. A.
Rice, hardware and groceries; H. Woodward & Co., millinery and fancy goods; C.
P. Hannaford, apothecary and groceries; E. R. Campbell, apothecary; B. R.
Reynolds, books, stationery, paper-hangings and picture frames; Thos. A.
Pinkham, saloon; Wheeler Bros., jewelry, silverware, and firearms; Sumner Soule
& Son, Henry E. Morton, boots, shoes, hats and caps; N. Lunt, dry and fancy
goods, boots and shoes; Henry Penniman, dry goods and clothing; M. Hall,
furniture, crockery, carpets, glass and tinware; Levi Jones, corn and feed;
Grover & Bailey, J. M. Weeks, meats, fish, and provisions; Thomas Davis,
confectionery and fancy groceries.

  Auctioneers--B. S. Kelley, E. S. French.

  Manufacturers-W. E. Whitman, agricultural implements; Winthrop Mills Company,
John McIlroy, agent, cotton warps and bed blankets; C. M. Bailey's Sons & Co.,
oil-cloths; C. A. Wing, H. E. Morton, boots and shoes; H. Penniman, clothing; H.
A. & A. A. Stanley, Charles Stanley & Son. J. L. Wellman, carriages; E. H.
Jackson, N. Pinkham, H. V. Dudley, J. E. Clark, smiths; G. A. Gatchell, H.
Penniman, tailors; John A. Stanley, printer; Winthrop Cheese Factory, Albert C.
Carr, president; W. F. Lacroix, Geo. A. Jewett, Geo. Morton, Chas. V. Webster,
masons; F. H. McIntire, F. Tinker, carpenters; C. W. Dillingham, coffins, &c; E.
O. Coffin, photographs; George W. Spaulding, harnesses; Geo. F. Fairbanks, L. M.
Berry, painters; M. Hall, furniture and upholstery; Henry Winslow, C. M. Jones,
print blocks; East, S. W. Parlin & Co., boots and leather; Thomas H. White,
carpenter.

  Barber-J. T. Flanders.

  American Express Co.-A. E. Wheeler, agent.

  Insurance and Real Estate Broker-Franklin Wood.

  Livery Stables-S. Morrill, Wm. Frost, E. A. Wood.

  Telegraph-Daniel F. Hagerty, operator.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Temple, Mon. on or before full moon; R. A. C.- Tues. on or
before full moon. Y. M. C.A. P. of H.-Winthrop, No. 209, W. H. Keith, Master.
Reform Club-Winthrop. A. O. of U. W.-Montana, No. 2. West, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Club-W. H. Keith, president, Thursday. G. A. R.-Post No. 21, Albert
H. Frost. I. O. O. F.- Crystal, No. 94.

  Hotel-Winthrop House, Webb & Richaadson.

  Banks and Newspaper-See tables.


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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