Oxford County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Hebron 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com September 25, 2007, 11:04 pm HEBRON. Six miles S. E. of Paris. On Portland and Oxford Central R. R. Seven miles from Mechanic Falls on Grand Trunk Railroad. Plantation name Shepardsfield, in honor of the original proprietor. Incorporated 78th town March 6, 1792, and named from Scripture. Oxford set off Feb. 27, 1829. Hebron Academy incorporated, 1804. Population-1792, 550; 1850, 839; 1860, 895; 1870, 744; 1880, 601. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 207; Estates, $218,566; 1870-Polls, 165; Estates, $222,180; 1880-Polls, 146; Estates. $189,113. Postmasters-E. S. Dunham; East, Isaac W. Marshall. Selectmen-S. P. Cushman, A. C. Tubbs, H. N. Merrill. Town Clerk-(West Minot P. O.), *Z. L. Packard. Treasurer-(West Minot P. O.), Z. L. Packard. Constable-James D. Sturtevant. School Supervisor-S. D. Richardson. Clergymen-S. D. Richardson, Bap.; East, Robert Scott, F. Bap. Justice-George Cobb, Feb. 14, 1879, Quorum. Merchants-E. S. Dunham; East, Frank Davis, general stores. Manufacturers-Solomon M. Rowe, smith; West Minot P. O., G. W. Bearce, painter; A. P. Given, carpenter. Hebron Academy--W. W. Mayo, principal. Asso'tns-P. of H.-Hebron, H. A. Cushman, Master; S. of I.-Union, No. 23, H. C. Berry, pres.; I. O. G. T.-Mountain Home, Fri.; East-I. O. G. T.-Sure Haven, Sat. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/oxford/directories/business/1883/hebron396gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb