Penobscot County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Hampden 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 November 10, 2007, 1:16 am HAMPDEN. Five miles S. S. W. of Bangor. On Penob. river. On stage-line from Bangor to Belfast. First called Wheelersborough, for Benjamin Wheeler the first settler, who removed here from Durham, N. H., in 1767. Incorporated in Feb. 24, 1794, and named in memory of John Hampden, the English patriot. Population-1850, 3195; 1860, 3085; 1870, 3068, 1880, 2911. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 651: Estates, $587,718; 1870-Polls, 674; Estates, $739,339; 1880-Polls, 731; Estates, $676,017. Postmasters-George H. Holland; East, T. Cary; West, I. C. York; Neally's Corner, Thomas J. Knowles; Corner, Benjamin F. Smith; Center, Alonzo Taylor. Selectmen-East, R. W. Murch; West, I. C. York; Hampden, Horace Pickard. Town Clerk-Corner, H. W. Mayo. Treasurer and Collector-Corner, William E. Wales. Constables-L. Robinson; Corner, I. N. Mayo; Center, David Jewell; East, W. H. Reed; Neally's Corner, A. K. Walker; West, Daniel Patten. School Committee-Geo. E. Keyes; Corner, H. W. Mayo; Neally s Corner, L. A. Gould. Clergymen. C. D. Crane, Cong.; Corner, W. T. Jewell, Meth.; West, Ephraim Drew, Bap.; L. A. Gould, Meth. Physicians-L. Norris; Corner, C. H. Cates, All. Dentist-Corner, F. G. Rogers. Lawyer-*H. W. Mayo. Justices-J. G. Patten, Nor. 6, E. 1878; H. Barrett; John Leary jr.; Rufus Jones, Feb. 1, 1877; Henry W. Mayo, May 24, 1877; Benjamin B. Thomas, April 19, 1877; Wilbur Sawyer, March 7, 1877; Joseph W. Higgins, Mar. 14, 1879; Samuel Phipps, Aug. 13, 1879, Quorum; John Dudley, Sept. 13, 1881; James H. Stewart, Dec. 5, 1877, Trial. Merchants-H. Silsbee, dry goods and groceries; Mary A. Jackson, millinery and fancy goods; W. W. Emerson, groceries and provisions; B. F. Lennan, meats, crockery and glassware; J. C. Temple, groceries; J. W. Hopkins, milk; Dirigo Ice Co., ice. Corner, B. F. Smith, D. S. Stone, C. S. Doane, general stores; F. C. Baker, groceries; J. Myrick, wood; J. Baker, milk; W. S. Parks & Bro., hay and potatoes; F. G. Rogers, drugs, books and stationery: J. D. Sparrow, meat and fish market; J. H. Hardy, boots and shoes; W. W. Rogers,, stoves and tinware; J. T. Crowell, harnesses; Smith & Co., furniture, etc.; Mrs. A. E. Wilcox, Mrs. E. W. Hardy, millinery and fancy goods; W. W. Rogers, coal; R. Tribon, W. H. Thayer, Charles Coulliard, butchers; B. F. Smith, paints and oils; E. A. Robertson, jeweler. East, Thos. Cary, W. Cary, G. Hunting, Joseph Cary jr., Jas. Sweeney, general stores; Hodgkins, Hall & Co., C. Stearns & Co., lumber, shingles, &c; T. Cary & Son, hides and wool; Center, Alonzo Taylor, groceries, &c. West, Barrows & Son, general stores. Manufacturers-Crosby, Holt & Co., J. & B. Crosby & Co., paper; G. W. Smith, grist mill; J. C. & S. S. Garland, W. M. Reed, L. D. Maddocks, D. & J. Duncan, cooperage; W. & J. Treat, barrels and cooperage stock; D. Rowell, H. S. Higgins, G. Higgins, Dan'l Whitmore, Frank Perkins, wheelwrights; F. N. Reed, carriages; D. Rice, E. Stubbs, shipbuilders; Jesse Rines, C. Baker, E. W. Murch, C. Murphy, smiths; N. C. Baker, rigger; G. A. Colby, E. H. Atwood, boats; Wallace Wheelden, saw-filer; Joseph Eveleth, carding mill and cloth dressing; Geo. W. Goodall, John Sawyer, long and short lumber; L. O. Ward, shingles. Center, B. C. Wing, doors, sash and blinds. Corner, B. A. Adams, shipsmith; Mrs. Mabel Bean, Mrs. Addie Baker, hair workers; B. F. Smith, dock repairer; D. A; Smith, Geo. G. Reed, pumps and blocks; Stevens & Reed, Henry Grant, painters; George E. Reed, paper hanger; Augustus C. Smith, Fred. C. Crowell, stone cutters; I. C. Dean, S. K. Emerson, F. P. Reed, John E. Tribon, masons; Miss L. C. Sylvester, dressmaker; F. P. Reed, Daniel A. Smith, Eben A. Smith, Doane B. Cole, carpenters and builders; Heman Smith, Bradley Patten, Alfred H. Patten, A. S. Tarr, calkers; G. G. Reed, millwright; J. C. Smith, tinware; D. A. Smith, saw filing. East, Tewksbury, Walton & Crosby, dock repairers. Steamboat Agent-Corner, Geo. A. Delano. Express-American, F. G. Rogers, agent; Bangor and Boston, G. A. Delano, agent. Academy-Hampden Academy, incorporated March, 7, 1803. E. W. Temple, principal. Stable-Corner, G. A. Delano. Barber-Corner, Charles A. Pickard. Civil Engineer-Corner, F. R. Patten. Insurance-Corner, W. E. Bogart; H W. Hayo, (life). Music Teachers- Corner, vocal, Mrs. H. W. Mayo, G. W. Baker; Instrumental-Mrs. H. W. Mayo, Ada C. Murch. Surveyor-Corner, David Brown. Telegraph-W. U.-F. G. Rogers, operator. Telephone-F. G. Rogers, manager. Truckmen-Corner, Joseph Myrick, F. C. Emery. Mining Companies-Norombega Silver-J. S. Ricker, Bangor, president; E. H. Dakin, Bangor, secretary; Wm. H. Darling, supt. Consolidated Hampden Silver-Hon. F. M. Laughton, Bangor, president; C. F. Bragg, Bangor, secretary; Charles Dunton, supt. Asso'ts-Masons-Mystic, third Sat. each month; P. of H.-Eastern Star, No. 1, E. H. Gregory, Master; I. O. G. T.-Hampden, Thurs.; Band -Hampden Band, Geo. E. Reed, leader; Amateur Orchestra-F. H. Butler, .director. Hotel-Corner, Penobscot House, G. A. Delano. 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/penobscot/directories/business/1883/hampden448gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 5.9 Kb