Oxford County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Mexico 1883
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MEXICO.

Thirty miles N. of Paris. Terminus of stage-lines from Canton, Rumford, and
Byron. Incorporated the 226th town Feb. 13, 1818. Formerly called Holmanstown.
Population-1850, 482; 1860, 671; 1870, 458; 1880, 403. Valuation, 1860-Polls,
108; Estates, $34,722; 1870-Polls, 116; Estates, $92,539; 1880-Polls, 109;
Estates, $105,618.

  Postmaster-D. O. Gleason; Frye, Stiliman A. Reed.

  Selectmen-O. F. Trask, Erastus Hayes, Sewell Goff.

  Town Clerk-D. O. Gleason.

  Treasurer-*Henry W. Park.

  Constable and Collector-Daniel G. Taylor.

  School Supervisor-Leslie H. Harlow.

  Physician-V. M. Abbott, All.

  Justices-J. R. Trask, Quorum; H. W. Park, March 7, 1877; John R. Trask,
January 26, 1881; Stillman A. Reed, Trial.

  Merchants-D. O. Gleason, general stores; Henry W. Park; general stores and
agricultural implements.

  Manufacturers-Wm. M. Hall, Clark Houstln, smiths; Clark Houston, cant dogs; O.
P. Tucker, carpenter and builder; Charles K. Virgin, boots and shoes; Buckfield
P. O., Gilbert Barrett, steam mill, shingle, lath, dowell, saw and grist mill;
Charles Foster, tooth picks and cigar lighters; Dixfield P. O., John Griffiths,
carriage repairs; O. M. Howard, carpenter.

  Library Association-Alternate weeks.


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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