Oxford County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Bethel 1883
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BETHEL.

Twenty miles N. W. of Paris. On G. T. Railroad. Once called Sudbury Canada.
Settled 1774 by Nathaniel Segar from Newton, Mass. Incorporated June 10, 1796.
Area, 25,920 acres. Population-1840, 1300; 1850, 2253; 1860, 2523; 1870, 2286;
1880, 2077. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 579; Estates, $580,330; 1870-PoUs, 533;
Estates, $712,871; 1880-Polls, 597; Estates, $738,586.

  Postmasters-Leander T. Barker; West, A. S. Bean; South, Hiram Hodsdon.

  Selectmen-G. A. Hastings, E. G. Wheeler, W. R. Eames.

  Town Clerk-Leander T. Barker.

  Treasurer-Oliver H. Mason.

  Collector-Timothy H. Chapman.

  Constables-John B. Chapman, T. H. Chapman, S. K. Estes.

  School Committee-N. T. True, H. H. Hntchins, A. E. Herrick.

  Clergymen-S. L. Bowler, 1st church, David Garland, 2d, Cong.; S. Hooper,
Meth.; vacant, Univ.; West, vacant, F. Bap.; Bean's Corner, vacant, Bap.

  Physicians-J. A. Morton, C. W. Gordon, E. G. Wiley, J. A.Twaddle, W. L.
Russell, Charles D. Hill, All.

  Dentist-E. B. Tuell.

  Lawyers-David Hammons, S. F. Gibson, R. A. Frye, Foster & Herrick.

  Notary-Enoch Foster, jr., Nov. 7, 1877.

  Justices-E. G. Wheeler, March 16, 1882; R. A. Frye, Feb. 9, 1882; E. Foster
jr., Nov. 15, 1879; O. H. Mason, April 7, 1876; E. W. Woodbury, Aug. 13, 1879;
Hiram Hodgdon, April 30, 1881; Simeon W. Sanborn, Mar. 31,1881; W. E. Skillings,
Jan. 13, 1882, Quorum: David F. Brown, Dec. 29, 1881; David Hammons, March 14,
1879; S. F. Gibson, Nov. 17, 1879, Trial: R. A. Frye, E. W. Woodbury, Dedimus.

  Merchants-Woodbury & Purington, E. C. Rowe, G. P. Bean, Chas. Mason, Grover &
Burnham, Ceylon Rowe, J. H. Case & Co., C. Bisbee, W. E. Skillings, general
stores; W. H. Chandler, provisions and groceries; E. Twitchell, fish market; S.
D. & J. M. Philbrook, W. W. Mason, cattle brokers; O. H. Mason, S. A. Brock,
hardware; Sarah L. Hall, G. R. Wiley, druggists; E. & E. Curtis, Mary Burnham,
milliners; Chas. Mason, Ceylon Rowe, E. C. Rowe, C. Bisbee, ready-made clothing;
L. W. Russell, E. B. Goddard, furniture; George T. Lawrence, jeweler; W. W.
Mason, C. C. Bryant, butchers; S. M. Raymond, sewing machines; C. C. Bryant,
ice; West, A. S. Bean, Milton Holt, general stores; South, R. J. Virgin, corn,
flour and meal.

  Auctioneers-C. M. Wormell, W. H. Gordon, F. E. CARPENTER (Lockes Mills P. O.),
also proprietor of "Bonanza," the Great Eastern Stock Ranch, area, 700 acres.

  Manufacturers-W. E. Skillings & Co., spools, bobbins, and spool lumber; H.
Hodsdon, lumber; H. C. Barker, J. C. Billings, H. C. Andrews, carriages; S.
Robertson, furniture; E. B. Goddard, coffins and furniture; J. Lucas, A.
Twitchell, boots and shoes; D. F. Brown & Co., tanners; E. Richardson & Son,
staves, shingles; spool strips, and grist mill; J. S. Swan, spool stock; Eben
Kilborn, grist and sawmills; Hiram Young harnesses; J. C. Billings, J. L.
Dilloway, W. D. Hastings, L. F. Jones, smiths; North, Phineas F. Hastings,
smith; West, A. S. Bean, spool timber; William D. Mills, smith; E. G. Wheeler,
boots and shoes; Isaac S. Morrill, spools; Hapwood & Watson, salt boxes, and
spool strips; South, Hiram Hodgdon, lumber and excelsior; Hosea Ripley, shingles
and wood turning; R. J. Virgin, grist-mill; L. W. Russell, bedsteads.

  Barber-Fred. Clarke.

  Circulating Libraries-G. R. Wiley, Sarah Hall.

  Civil Engineer-D. S. Hastings.

  Livery Stables-Geo. A. Plaisted, T. C. Carter.

  Academy-Gould's Academy, Henry W. Johnson, principal.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Bethel, 2d Thurs. in each month; Oxford Chapter, 3d Thurs. I.
O. O. F.-Mt. Abram, Friday.   P. of S.-Bethel, No. 56, A.
W. Valentine, Master, Wednesday. West-P. of H.-Pleasant Valley, No. 136, D. B.
Grover, Master, Saturday.

  Hotels-Bethel House, W. F. Lovejoy & Son; The Elms, ______ Gibson.

  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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