Lincoln County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Newcastle 1883
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NEWCASTLE.

Eight miles E. of Wiscasset. On Knox & Lincoln Railroad. Eighteen miles from
Bath. Included under the government of the Duke of York (see Bristol), and was
known as the town of Dartmouth or Sheepscot. An ancient settlement was
established, which flourished many years, until destroyed by the French and
Indians. Remains of old settlement are still seen. Incorporated the 12th town,
June 19, 1763. Population-1790, 886; 1800, 996; 1820, 1240; 1840, 2018; 1860,
1792; 1870, 1729; 1880, 1534. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 414; Estates, $648,991;
1870-Polls, 352; Estates, $697,981; 1880-Polls, 397; Estates, $827,108.

Woodbridge Corner, same as North Newcastle P. O.

  Postmasters-Joseph Emerson; Sheepscot Bridge, F. L. Carney; North, E. G.
Baker; Rosicrucian, Bradford Merry.

  Selectmen-Addison Austin, Isaac Dodge, David S. Preble.

  Town Clerk-Albert Glidden.

  Treasurer-Austin Hall.

  Constable and Collector-David S. Glidden.

  Constables-David S. Glidden, Lowell H. Sidelinger, Josiah Hodgkins.

  School Supervisor-James R. Malony.

  Clergymen-Charles E. Andrews, 2d, Cong.; Henry R. Pyne (Wiscasset), Epis.;
supplies, Advent; Sheepscot Bridge, vacant, 1st, Cong.; J. R. Clifford, Meth.

  Physician-J. T. Achorn, Hom.

  Justices-Artell Hall, Nov. 16, 1880; F. L. Carney, Feb. 25, 1879; Addison
Austin, Dec. 29, 1881; A. A. Hall; Howard E. Hall, Feb. 25, 1880, Quorum: Chas.
Weeks, Feb. 1, 1877; F. Irving Carney, Feb. 23, 1881, Trial.

  Merchants-S. D. Wyman, furniture; Gould Bailey, Albert Glidden, Thos. E. Gay,
A. Farnham, groceries; William Johnson, dry goods; A. S. Teague, coal; C. L.
Hiscock, boots and shoes. Sheepscot Bridge, F. L. Carney, general stores. North,
W. C. Ames, general stores. Damariscotta, Mills, David Boyd, Frank C. Haines,
general stores.

  Manufacturers-E. Otis, J. Lynch, Nathaniel Bryant, Alden White, Edmund Perkins
& Son, Calvin Dodge, Benj. Dodge jr., W. Dodge, Wilmot Shattuck, Horatio Dodge,
M. Malcomb, bricks; Charles L. Hiscock, boots and shoes; Royal Wright, tanner
and grist mill; N. Bryant, D. Shattuck, Austin Hall, John Lynch, lumber; F. L.
Carney, Austin Hall & Co., Edwin Flye, Eben Haggett, Addison Austin,
ship-builders; Robert Chapman, Crowell Hatch, smiths; John L. Thompson, painter:
S. D. Wyman, coffins and furniture; F. D. March & Sons, marble and granite workers.
North, Erskine & Son, E. G. Baker, lumber. Damariscotta Mills, Hayes & Wilder,
grist-mill; Diamond Match Co., B. A. White, supt., matches.

  Insurance Agents-D. W. Chapman, W. D. Webb.

  Station Agent-K. & L. R. R , Edwin F. Metcalf.

  Academy-Lincoln Academy, Charles A. Black, principal.

  Banks-See 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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