Oxford County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Oxford County 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 23, 2007, 9:19 pm OXFORD COUNTY. Originally the northern part of York and Cumberland. Incorporated the 7th county, March 4, 1805. Large part of Franklin taken from Oxford, 1838; two towns now in Androscoggin taken off in l854. Area, about 1700 square miles. Population-1830, 27,538; 1840, 32,115; 1850, 35,463; 1860, 36,698; 1870, 33,488; 1880, 32,625. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 8286; Estates, $7,834,162; 1870-Polls, 8,390; Estates, $9,794,066; 1880-Polls, 8,810; Estates, $10,058,554. Commissioners-Waldo Pettengill, Rumford (Center P. O.); George F. Hammond, Paris; Frank V. Bradley, Fryeburg. Treasurer-Jarvis C. Marble, Paris. Clerk of Courts-Albert S. Austin, Paris. County Attorney-James S. Wright, Paris. Judge of Probate-Richard A. Frye, Bethel. Register of Probate-Herrick C. Davis, Paris. Registers of Deeds-John F. Stanley, Paris. West-Seymour C. Hobbs, Fryeburg. Sheriff-Jordan Stacy, Porter (Kezar Falls P. O.). Deputies, Austin P. Stearns, Jailer, Paris; R. A. Barrows, Canton; C. M. Wormell, Alvan B. Godwin, Bethel; E. G. Osgood, Fryeburg; Jonathan Blake, Norway; A. P. Bassett, Lovell; J. L. Parker, East Stoneham; Josiah W. Whitten, Buckfield; William H. Tainter, Dixfield; Oscar F. Trask, Mexico (Dixfield P.O.); Samuel Warren, Brownfield; James M. Day, Woodstock (Bryant's Pond P. O.); John W. Chadbourne, Oxford. Coroners-~W. O. Douglass, Paris; B. B. Goddard, Bethel; J. W. Whitten, Buckfield; J. W. Chapman, Porter (Kezar Falls P. O.); O. F. Trask, Mexico (Dixfield P. O.); Floras H. Bartlett, Rumford. 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/oxfordco384gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb