Knox County ME Archives History - Businesses .....St. George 1883
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ST. GEORGE.

Thirteen miles south of Rockland. On stage-lines from Port Clyde and Tennant's
Harbor to Rockland. Originally a part of Cushing. Set off and incorporated Feb.
7, 1803. Population-1850, 2217; 1860, 2716; 1870, 2318; 1880, 2875. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 553; Estates, $343,152; 1870-Polls; 527; Estates, $403,342;
1880-Polls, 687; Estates, $523,266.

  Postmasters-J. E. Wiley; Tennant's Harbor, W. E. Sheerer; Port Clyde, Samuel
Trussell; Martinsville. F. O. Martin.

  Selectmen-Alexander Kellar, Aaron Watts, John H. Long.

  Town Clerk-David Seavey.

  Treasurer-Robert Long.

  Constables-Tennant's Harbor, C. A. Glidden; Martinsville, Josiah
Hupper.

  Collector-Josiah Hupper.

  School Supervisor-Albert Woodside.

  Clergymen-J. A. Kalloch (Rockland), 1st Bap.; SoutJi, L. D. Hill, 2d Bap.;
Tennant's Harbor, F. A. Vinal; Martinsville,-Mitchell (St. George P. O.)

  Physicians-Tennant's Harbor, Albert Woodside, All.

  Notaries-Franklin Trussell, Feb. 23, 1875; Whitney Long, April 21, 1875.

  Justices-R. Long, March 7, 1877; Franklin Trussell, Feb. 23, 1876; C. A.
Glidden, March 17, 1880, Quorum:  Nelson Hall, April 7, 1876, Trial.

  Merchants-John E. Wiley, Robison Brothers, J. A. Ewell, general stores;
Tennants Harbor. R. Long & Son, Stephen G. Hart, Josiah Whitehouse, H. C. Tracy,
W. E. Sheerer, L. W. Seavey, Long Cove Granite Co., general stores; G. W.
Rawley, T. L. Williams, Lemuel Ludwig, groceries; W. Fuller, stoves and tinware;
O. F. Pierson, millinery: John A. Fuller, junk; James Rawley, fish market;
Martinsville, Frederick O. Martin, J. A. Wiley.

  Port Clyde, Samuel Trussell, Rufus Bennett, Chas. W. Stimpson, general stores;
Franklin Trussell, T. T. Tufts & Co. (wholesale), fish; Clark's Island, C. U.
Keen, general stores.

  Manufacturers-Port Clyde, Stimpson & Co., ship-builders; Hupper & Martin, ice;
Burnham & Morrill, canned lobsters; Tennant's Harbor, S. H. Jackson, St. George
Sail Loft Co., sails; Long Cove Granite Co., Clark's Island Granite Co.,
granite; C. & G. Wall, granite workers; John Snow, Fred Snow, smiths; W. Fred
Hart, painter; Atlantic Granite Co., Emery, Tilson & White, granite quarry and
contractors; C. A. Glidden, carpenter and builder.

  Auctioneers-Nelson Hall, Samuel Trussell.

  Marine Railways-Tennant's Harbor, St. George Railway Co.; Port Clyde, C. W.
Stimpson & Co.

  Wrecking Master-Samuel Trussell.

  Livery Stables-Tennant's Harbor, Tracy & Mathews, L. Sukeforth, Warren Clark.

  Asso'tns-St. George Cornet Sand, Thomas Hawkins, leader; Masons-Tennant's
Harbor-Eureka, Thursday on or before full moon; Tennant's Harbor Cornet
Band-William Allen, leader; Union Temperance Soc.

  Hotels-Port Clyde, St. George Hotel, Wm. Lyndes; Ocean-House, Geo. Gilman.

  Newspaper-See separate table.


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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