Penobscot County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Penobscot 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 26, 2007, 7:52 pm PENOBSCOT COUNTY. Originally a part of Hancock. Incorporated the 9th county, and the last before the separation from Mass., Feb. 15, 1816. Fifty-three towns and one city. Bangor, shire town. Population-1830, 22,963; 1840, 46,049; 1850, 63,089; 1860, 72,737; 1870, 74,643; 1880, 70,478. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 14,433; Estates, $14,524,937; 1870-Polls, 16,149; Estates, $22,697,890; 1880-Polls, 17,407; Estates, $21,408,151. Commissioners-Henry W. Briggs, Hudson; William L. Scribner, Springfield; Thomas J. Peaks, Charleston. Treasurer-Benjamin B. Thomas, Hampden. Clerk of Courts-Charles F. Sweet, Bangor. County Attorney-Frederick H. Appleton, Bangor. Judge of Probate-Elliot Walker, Newport. Register of Probate-Ambrose C. Flint, Bangor. Register of Deeds-John T. Bowler, Bangor. Sheriff and Jailer-Lewis F. Stratton, Bangor. Deputies-Edgar R. Dow, Newport; Frederick A. Edwards, Lincoln; George B. Robertson, H. A. Appleton, Geo. W. Brown. Bangor; Edwin R. Bean, East Corinth; William H. Stafford, Oldtown; W. H. Durgin, Dexter; Hiram Davis, Winn; Asa L. Grant, Corinna; Charles W. Weseott, Patten; Simon E. Mudgett, Newburgh; Merritt D. Strout, Bradford (East). Coroners-Nathan Wyman, Dexter; H. Lancaster, Oldtown; John H. Wilson, Bangor; Colby A. Jordan, Bangor; Jacob Frye, Patten; Alex. McClain, Mattawamkeag; Geo. W. Whitney; Bangor. 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/penobsco422gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb