Penobscot County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Corinth 1883
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CORINTH.

Eighteen miles N. W. of Bangor. On stage-line from Bangor to Charleston. Granted
by Massachusetts to John Peck, Dec. 9, 1794, and settled soon after. Plantation
name, Ohio. Incorporated June 21, 1811. Population-1860, 1600; 1860,1789; 1870,
1462; 1880, 1333. Valuation, 1860- Polls, 390; Estates, $313,870; 1870-Polls,
377; Estates, $432,970; 1880- Polls, 381; Estates, $439,036.

  Postmasters-E. H. Bragdon; East, Roscoe Kingsbury; South, H. Nichols; West, T.
J. Haines.

  Selectmen-Charles A. Robinson, Geo. H. Smith, Edwin A. Cole.

  Town Clerk-*Chas. Megquier.

  Constables-East, J. M. Herrick, F. B. Trickey, A. D. Drummond.

  Treasurer, Constable and Collector-Frank B. Trickey.

  School Supervisor-David Fletcher.

  Clergymen-East, Sewell Brown, Bap.; P. E. Brown, Meth.; Josiah Bean, F. Bap.

Physicians-East, J. Huckins, All.; C. S. Philbrick, Hom.

  Dentist-East, Fred. S. Johnson.

  Lawyer-East, Ira W. Davis.

  Justices-M. S. Palmer, Feb. 4, 1879; Charles Megquier, Jan. 5, 1881; Timothy
McDonald, Dec. 28, 1876; I. W. Davis, Feb. 11, 1880; Adison F. Bragg, Jan. 5,
1881, Quorum: Edwin R. Bean; John Savage, 1883, Trial.

  Merchants-Chas. Hodsdon, general stores; Eugene Prescott, butcher; East, C.
Megquier, Beale & Kingsbury, Joseph Bridgham, general stores; Mrs. Hopkins,
millinery and fancy goods; Miles McKenney, Mrs. Annie Cumings, groceries; Dennis
Hutchinson, butcher; Andrew H. Nickerson, hay; Chas. H. Tozier, Benjamin M.
Bodge, cattle, sheep and wool; South, H. Nichols, general stores.

  Manufacturers-John Boutell, R. A. Swett, smiths; R. A. Sweet, carriages;
Charles A. Robinson, stone cutter; Albert Ide, joiner; East, Abel McGregory,
saw, shingle, stave, and grist-mill; J. R. Trim, C. T. Thissell, Clark Hersey,
saw, and shingle mill; Wilbur R. Clark, planing, turning, saw and cider mill;
Charles Edmunds, harnesses, coffins and caskets; E. Clement, carriages; A. R.
Kingsbury, Eliab Shaw, David S. Coggins, Frank Mayo, smiths; W. C. Swett, I. F.
Tozier, painters: Miles Mc. Kenney, shoemaker; Corinth Cheese and Canning
Factory Association-George H. Smith, pres., Charles Megquier, sect., T.
McDonald, treasurer; Ellis A. Gilman, stone cutter; Edwin A. Cole, Chas. D.
Chapman, Horace J. Dexter, joiners; John Morrison, E. H. Hunting, lumbermen.

  East Corinth Academy-David Fletcher, prin.

  Insurance-East, John Savage.

  Asso'tns-I. O. G. T.-Ivy, Sat.; Anchor; I. O. O. F.-Corinthian, No. 59, Wed.;
East, P. of H.-Orient, No. 60, F. B. Trickey, Master, Sat.

  Hotel-East, Parker House, J. Wesley Hunting.


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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