Oxford County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Mason 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 26, 2007, 12:04 am MASON. Thirty miles W. of Paris. Three and a half miles S. W. of West Bethel Depot, on Grand Trunk Railroad. Settled, 1826. Incorporated Feb. 3, 1843, from parts of Fryeburg Academy and Bachelder's, and all of Davis' grant. Population-1850, 93; 1860, 136; 1870, 127; 1880, 94. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 33; Estates, 21,847; 1870-Polls, 34; Estates, $30,004; 1880-Polls, 26; Estates, $27,446. Nearest P. O., West Bethel. Selectmen-J. Hastings Bean, Daniel Morrill, F. I. Bean. Town Clerk-J. C. Bean. Treasurer-Fletcher I. Bean. Constable and Collector-F. I. Bean. School Committee-F. I. Bean, Daniel E. Mills, J. H. Bean. Clergyman-J. E. Budden, Meth. Justices-*G. H. Brown, Nov. 30, 1881; J. Hastings Bean, Feb. 4, 1879, Quorum. Manufacturers-I. A. Bean, long lumber and spool stock; A. S. Bean, bobbins and spool stock. 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/mason399gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb