Penobscot County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Lincoln 1883
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LINCOLN.

Forty-five miles N. N. E. of Bangor. On Maine Central Railroad. Terminus of
stage-line to Springfield. First settled about 1825. Inc. Jan. 30, 1829.
Population-1850, 1356; 1860, 1631; 1870, 1530; 1880, 1659. Valuation,
1860-Polls, 344; Estates, $290,455; 1870-Polls, 389; Estates, $343,177;
1880-Polls, 449; Estates, $365,295.

  Postmasters-*Harrison Piper; Center, L. H. Averill; East, Mrs. A. Ludden.

  Selectmen-Meader B. Pinkham, Chas. A. Brown, Cyrus Coffin.

  Town Clerk-P. P. Bennett.

  Treasurer-E. T. Fuller.

  Collector-John Estes.

  School Supervisor-S. W. Bragg.

  Constables-John Estes, G. S. Kneeland, A. P. Libbey; Center, J. P. Hanning,
Frank Babcock.

  Clergymen-J. H. Iroine, Meth.; supplies, Cong.; Center, vacant, Bap.

  Physicians-M. S. Wilson, Charles Fuller, S. W. Bragg; Center, W. B. Bullard.

  Dentist-E. T. Wasgatt (Bangor).

  Lawyers-W. C. Clark. A. W. Weatherbee.

  Justices-W. C. Clark, Aug. 17, 1876; A. W. Weatherbee, Aug. 17, 1876; James
Babcock, March 7, 1877; Charles Fuller, Dec. 31, 1877; F. D. Scamman, Feb. 28,
1879; John P. Hanning, Quorum: Eben B. Pike, Nov. 15, 1876; John Estes, Dec. 30,
1880, Trial. 

  Merchants-Chas. F. Plumley, D. O. Patterson, M. B. Pinkham, E. H. & I. E.
Pinkham, dry goods and groceries; H. Piper, jewelry, organs, and picture frames;
G. Stetson, L. Foster, confectionery and fruits; A. W. Weatherbee, hard and
tinware and stoves; O. H. Chesley, groceries; E. W. Stevens, meats; A. D.
Wilson, drugs; Miss Mary B. Ingersoll, Mrs. M. A. Haynes, Mrs. E. C. Clark,
millinery and fancy goods; Libby & Stevens, clothing. Center, T. Heald,
groceries; Butterfield & Gates, James Babcock & Co., dry goods and groceries.

  Manufacturers-Lincoln Pulp and Paper Co., wood pulp, saw and grist mill; John
Springer, wheelwright; Springer & Pickering, coffins and caskets; C. L.
Pickering, J. L. Bradbury, masons; J. F. Pickering, C. A. Sargent, Geo.
Kneeland, Josiah Haskell, smiths; F. Yelland, W. C. Warren, Edward McKeever,
painters; Libbey & Co., marble and granite workers; F. Shaw & Bro., tanners.
Center, Timothy Heald, grist mill; John P. Webber, saw mill; J. Adams, smith;
Mrs. S. D. Gates, milliner and dressmaker; S. Millett, O. W. Gray, harnesses.
South, John MacGregor, spools; C. W. Porter, tailor.

  School-Mattanawcook Academy-A. E. Whitten, principal.

  Express-American-J. A. Rooks, agent.

  Barbers-E. McKeever, Geo. Ginner.

  Asso'tns-Masons-Horeb, James M. Adams (Center P. O.), Master, Tuesday on or
before full moon; I. O. O. F.-Minerva; P. of H.-Mattanawcook, No. 199; I. O. G.
T.-Penobscot Valley; Center-I. O. G. T.- Starbird.

  Hotels-Lincoln House, D. Stockbridge; Center, Penobscot House, J. Babcock;
Mansion House, M. H. & J. B. Stetson.


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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