Lincoln County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Edgecomb 1883
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EDGECOMB.

Four miles S.E. of Wiscasset. On stage-route from Wiscasset to Boothbay.
Settled, 1771, by Samuel Trask and others. First called Freetown, from the
generosity of the lawyer who defended the original proprietors from other
claimants. Corporate name derived from Lord Edgecomb, a friend of the colonies.
Church formed, 1783. Benj. Chapman, first minister, settled, 1801. Incorporated
March 5, 1774. Included Westport until 1828. Population-1840, 1120; 1850, 1231;
1860, 1112; 1870, 1056; 1880, 872. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 231; Estates,
$179,225; 1870-Polls, 230; Estates, 202,428; 1880-Polls, 216; Estates, $189,440.

  Postmaster-Augustus Wilson; North, Woodbridge Clifford.

  Selectmen-Elbridge Huff, Ebenezer Trask, William W. Brown.

  Town Clerk-North, Woodbridge Clifford.

  Treasurer-Atwood S. Foster.

  School Supervisor-Alfred S. Sidelinger.

  Constable and Collector-Allen M. Burnham.

  Constable-Charles Huff.

  Clergymen-F. A. Palmer (Bootbbay), F. Bap.; North, Charles G. Holyoke, Cong.;
Rosicrucian P. O., J. R. Clifford (Sheepscott Bridge P. O.), Meth.

  Justices-Allen M. Burnham, Feb. 9, 1882; Ebenezer Chase, jr., Feb. 9, 1883,
Quorum.

  Merchants-William J. Williams, general stores. North, Woodbridge Clifford,
Alfred Patterson jr., general stores; Daniel P. Haggett, general stores
(Rosicrucian P. O.)

  Manufacturers-Edgecomb Ice Co., Boyd & Co., proprietors (Damariscotta Mills P.
O.); Lincoln Davis, Edward Page, smiths; Henry S. Page, R. S. Brier, Cushman
Page, bricks. North, Alfred S. Dodge, bricks; North Edgecomb Ice Co., William A.
Cochran, manager; Silver Lake Ice Co., J. B. Merrill (Wiscasset), proprietor,
ice; Erastus Cunningham smith; Mineral spring, Rosicrucian Spring Co., Joel E.
Dodge, agent.

  Library-Edgecomb Library Association, established 1861.


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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