Oxford County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Hiram 1883
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HIRAM.

Thirty-six miles S. S. W. of Paris. On Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad,
thirty-six miles from Portland. Settled in the year 1774. Incor. Feb. 27, 1814.
Named by Timothy Cutler, an early settler, in honor of "Hiram, King of Tyre."
Population-1850, 1210; 1860,1283; 1870,1393; 1880,1,452. Valuation, 1860-Polls,
293; Estates, $240,158; 1870-Polls, 352; Estates, $300,170; 1880-Polls, 367;
Estates, $393,116.

  Postmaster-John W. Hubbard; East, Ephraim E. Hanson; South, John Durgin.

  Selectmen-F. L. Watson, Joseph Edgecomb, J. Everett Stuart.

  Town Clerk-East, Ephraim Wentworth.

  Treasurer-East, Christopher Allen.

  Constable-James Ridley.

  School Supervisor-East, J. L. Bennett.

  Clergymen-Zenas Crowell, Cong.; A. P. Sanborn, Hezekiah Chase, Meth.; vacant,
F. Bap.; I. J. Mead, Univ.

  Physicians-East, J. L. Bennett.

  Notary-L. A. Wadsworth, July 15, 1881.

  Justices-James L. Hill, Feb. 24, 1879; John H. Spring, Dec. 31, 1878; James
Evans, April 27, 1882, Quorum; S. D. Wadsworth, Jan. 22, 1879; L. A. Wadsworth,
Trial: L. A. Wadsworth, Dedimus.

  Pension Business-John H. Spring.

  Merchants-John W. Hubbard, A. & P. B. Young, general stores; Joseph
Butterfield, confectionery. East, E. L. Hubbard & Co., Roscoe G. Greene, Clark &
Evans, general stores; Annie E. Morrill, N. S. Pingree, millinery; E. R. Martin,
stoves, hardware and tinware. South, E. Libby, general stores.

  Manufacturers-Lemuel Cotton, axe-helves; Silas Hale, blacksmith; A. & P. B.
Young, grist, saw, stave, and planing mill, and shooks; Wm. C. Clemons, carriage
repairs; George W. Osgood, Elias Gould, Wm. H. Clemons, carpenters; John H.
Spring, Wm. H. Clemons, stone masons.

  East, Roscoe G. Greene, clothing: Flint & Burnell, stave and planning mill; E.
R. Martin, tinsmith; J. D. Wilder, liquid slating and blackboards; Chas. F.
Howard, D. Morrill, smiths; N. R. Flint, Francis H. Tibbetts, ax-helves; James
N. Foss, house and sign painter; Christopher Allen, James L. Hill, Wm. Bertwell,
carpenters ; Royal A. Mybry, Tobias Cole, stone masons; Jas. L. Hill, J. E.
Stuart, masons; B. K. Brazier, shoe-maker.

  South, Jordan Stacy, grist, stave, and planing mill; Eugene Stanley, stave and
planing mill; Isaac S. Gould, mason; H. Mason, carriage wood-work and repairs;
Geo. Milliken, lumber and saw-mill; Haley Bros., carriages; Chas. H. Wales, Wm.
F. Ordway, Jacob Ridlon, stone masons.

  Cornish P. O., E. W. Barker, jeweler; Samuel D. Wadsworth, stave and planing
mill; James Edgecomb, breeder of Oxford Down sheep

  Insurance-East, James Evans; Cornish P. O., S. D. Wadsworth.

  Station Agent-P. & O. R. R., C. E. Hubbard.

  Asso'tns-East-P. of H.-Mt. Cutler, No. 152, E. Wentworth, Master, Saturday; I.
O. G. T.-Phenix, Wednesday.

  Hotel-Mt. Cutler House.

  Summer Boarding Houses-Spring Mansion, Marshall Spring; Wadsworth Mansion,
Mrs. L. W. Hubbard.


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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