Knox County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Vinalhaven 1883
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VINALHAVEN.

Fifteen miles E. of Rockland. First called South Fox Island. First permanent
settlement, 1765. Incorporated, June 25, 1789, and named in honor of John Vinal,
Esq., of Boston. North Haven set off, 1846. Population-1850, 1252; 1860, 1667;
1870, 1851; 1880, 2855. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 324; Estates, $198,803;
1870-Polls, 402; Estates, $264,960; 1880-Polls, 783; Estates, $470,514.

.  Postmaster-David Vinal.

  Selectmen-D. H. Glidden, T. C. Creed, Jonas Mills.

  Town Clerk-Justin S. Hopkins.

  Treasurer-P. A. Hunt.

  Collector-E. F. Allenwood.

  Constables-E. F. Allenwood, Warren Gray.

  School Committee-Wm. H. Littlefield, J. Hopkins, R. Green.

  Clergyman-Collamore Purington, F. Bap., Union Church.

  Physicians--E. H. Lyford, E. A. Smith, P. J. Conroy, All.

  Notaries-Jas. Roberts, Dec. 5, 1877;  F. S. Walls; J. Smith Hopkins.

  Justices-W. H. Vinal, Feb. 11, 1880; M. H. Kiff; James Roberts, Apr. 19, 1877;
Fred Walls, Jan. 26, 1881, Quorum: W. H. Littlefield; James B. Currier, Nov. 25,
1879; John H. Ames, April 21, 1880, Trial.

  Merchants-David Vinal, E. L. Roberts, Lane & Libby, Bodwell Granite Co.,
general stores; Chancy Noyes, corn and meal: S. G. Webster, C. B. Smith, meats
and groceries; James McDonald, Rufus Arey, meats and fish; Lane & Libby, fish;
W. F. Coombs, stoves and tinware; Frank M. Brown, O. B. Jones, John Hopkins,
groceries; E. C. Merriam, millinery and fancy goods; H. Y. Carver, Jas. Amburst,
restaurants; H. M. Roberts, news-dealer; Lyford & Ginn, apothecaries; Bodwell
Granite Co., coal, wood and lumber; Bodwell Granite Co., ice; David R. Manson,
fruit and variety store.

  Manufacturers-American Net and Twine Co., E. L. Roberts, agent, horse nets; S.
T. Pease, Hiram Clara, boots and shoes; P. O. Crandall, harnesses; J. W. Jones,
canned lobsters; Leroy Smith, tailor; G. R. Doak, jeweler; W. H. Brown, Gould B.
Thompson, Eliot Tolman, Job Tolman, painters; Joseph Tyler, Asa Winslow, smiths;
A. P. Green, M. Mosman, Frank Finney, Wm. Vinal, carpenters and builders; A. P.
Green, coffins and caskets; Bodwell Granite Co., John S. Hopkins, granite;
Bodwell Granite Co., granite polishing works; Joseph Black, Vinal & Son,
pavings; Mrs. L. J. Barton, Miss Letitia Dolham, dressmakers.

  Barbers-D. R. Manson, Calvin Castiner.

  Express-Vinalhaven and Rockland, H. M. Roberts, agent.

  Livery Stable-F. S. Walls.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Moses Webster, second Tuesday in each month; Atlantic R. A.
C., third Thursday; I. O. O. F.-Star of Hope, Monday. I. O. G. T.-Granite,
Saturday; G. A. R.-Lafayette Carver Post, No. 45; K. of H.-Island City.

  Hotels-McDonald House, Jas. McDonald; Ocean House, F. M. Lane;
Granite Hotel, William Weeks.


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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