Oxford County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Andover 1883
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ANDOVER.

Thirty miles N. W. of Paris Hill. Terminus of Woodman & Tattle's stage-route
from Bryant's Pond on Grand Trunk Railroad, twenty-one miles. Twelve miles south
of Rangeley Lakes. Settled by Ezekiel Merrill, 1789. First mills erected in
1791, by Col. Thomas Poor. First church formed, 1801. First minister settled,
Rev. John Strickland. Incorporated the 158th town, June 23, 1804, under the name
of East Andover. Population-1850, 710; 1860, 814; 1870, 799; 1880, 780.
Valuation, 1860-Polls, 164; Estates, $91,153; 1870-Polls, 181; Estates,
$114,712; 1880-Polls, 209; Estates, $122,252.

  Postmasters-John H. Wardwell; South, H. D. Abbott.

  Selectmen-A. A. West, John F. Talbot, Olney A. Burgess.

  Town Clerk-C E. Cushman.

  Treasurer-Wm. H. Talbot.

  Collector-O. B. Poor.

  Constables-Silvanus Poor, Joshua Sewall, H. A. Mills.

  School Supervisor-M. F. Carson.

  Clergymen-Charles Dame (Falmouth), Cong.; supplies, Meth.

  Physician-W. W. Barnes, All.

  Justices-William H. Talbot, May 13, 1880; J. L. Ripley, Nov. 25, 1879;
John H. Wardwell, Quorum.

  Merchants-J. W. Eaton, apothecary; John H. Wardwell, H. A. Mills, general
stores; Mrs. C. H. Ottignon, millinery and fancy goods; South, Hanson Hodgman,
general stores.

  Manufacturers-J. L. Ripley & Co., grist and sawmill; O. P. & Geo. Smith, steam
mill, lumber, dowells, and grist mill; Peter Duran, carriages; J. L. Ripley,
doors, sash and blinds; Joseph Stone, H. L. Newton, boots and shoes; H. E.
Hutchins, Timothy Hastings, smiths; J. C. Merrill, Frank Merrill, J. W. Clark,
J. O. Chapman, Joseph W. Morton, carpenters and builders; F. M. Thomas, boat
builder; South, H. R. Cushman, edge tools.

  Civil Engineer-H. L. Ripley.

  Guides-H. L. Newton, F. P. Thomas, Geo. Thomas, John ~W. Newton, Geo. Newton,
Charles Cutting, M. E. Cutting, Eli Cutting, Greenleaf Averill, C. E. Marston.

  Telegraph Operator-John H. Wardwell.

  Hotel-A. W. & F. P. Thomas; J. A. French; Summer Boarding Houses, Charles E.
Cushman, J. W. Clark, Silvanus Poor, Chas. T. Poor.


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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