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John and Joseph Perkins, the Progenitors of the Numerous Families of That Name, Were of the Number THE TOWN REGISTER lsl¢sb0tt0 eastin¢ P¢n0bsc0t Btt00ksuill¢ 1906 COMPILED BY MITCHELL, DAGGETT, LAWTON and SAWYER BRUNSWICK, MAINE: PUBLISHED BY THE H. E. MITCHELL Co. 1906 GENERAL REFERENCE Page Governors of Maine.......................................................... 5 United States Senators from Maine................................. 6 Representatives in Congress from Maine .............. ,........... 6 State Officials of Maine (Maine Government).................. 6 List of Post Offices in Maine............................................ 9 Railroads of Maine, Mileage and Fares........................... 21 Stearn boat Lines in Maine................................................ 35 Vital Statistics, Births, Marriages, and Deaths............... 39 Cities and Towns of Maine............................................... 40 Plantations of Maine....................................................... 70 Newspapers of Maine ..-...................................................... 73 National Banks of Maine .. ••n •••••••••••• •••••• •• ••• • •••••••• ••• • •••••• 80 Savings Banks of Maine................................................... 85 Beneficiary Organizations of Maine................................. 89 Insurance Companies of Maine........................................ 90 Trust Companies of Maine.................. ..... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. 95 Loan and Building Associations of Maine....................... 97 Agricultural Stati8tics.. ..... .. .. ...... .. ... ...... .. ... .. ... .. .. 98 APPENDIX-POST OFFICE CHANGES ..................... 246 LOCAL REFERENCE Page _!STORY OF ISLESBORO Important Da"tes •....................................•••••.•........... 101 Settlers ........................................••••........•................. 102 Churches .............••..........................•...............••••..•••.• 105 Town Officials ••••••... ~ ..•..... ~ ...................................•.... 107 Improvement Associations....................................... 109 Civil War Soldiers .............•.....................•.....•.......... 109 Professional Men ..•..•....................•.•........•.•.•.•........•.. 110 ~ENSUS OF JSLESBORO..•.....••....•...•........................ a •• 112 ·1sTORY OF CASTINE, PENOBSCOT, BROOKSVILLE Important Dates ...........•..........•...........................•.... 135 Early Settlement .....................•.....•.•............•........... 139 R eI 1g1ous. soc1e - t·1es ................... · .......•...•...................... 144 Eastern State Normal School-······························· 150 Town Officials ...........................•................................ 151 Civil War Soldiers-Castine....................•••.............. 156 " " " Penobscot..•••.........•..•............. 158 " " " Brooksville............................. 160 Professional Men ...................................................... 161 Broooksville and Bangor Steamboat Co .................. 165 ' . JNSUS OF CASTINE .................................................. 166 4~NSUS OF PENOBSCOT ............................................. 190 CENSUS OF BROOKSVILLE........................................ 218 Historical Notes on the Settlers of Brooksville.............. 245 EASTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL CENERAL REFERENCE GOVERNORS OF MAINE. 1820 William King, Bath. 1821 William D. Williamson, Bangor, Acting. 1821 Benj. Ames, Bath, Acting. 1822 .Albion K. Parris, Paris. 1827 Enoch Lincoln, Portland, ( d.) 1829 Nathan Cutler, Farmington, Acting. 1830 Jona G. Hunton, Readfield. 1831 Samuel E. Smith, Wiscasset. 1834 Robert P. Dunlap, Brunswick. 1838 Edward Kent, Bangor. 1839 John Fairfield, Sa.co. 1841 Edward Kent, Bangor. 1842 John Fairfield, Saco. 1843 John Fairfield, Saco (elected to U. S. Senate). 1843 Edw. Kavanagh, Newcastle, Acting. 1844 Hugh J . .Anderson, Belfast. 1847 John W. Dana, Fryeburg. '1850 John Hubbard, Hallowell. 1853 William G. Crosby, Belfast. 1855 Anson P. Morrill, R$d:6.eld. 1856 Samuel Wells, Portland. 1857 Hannibal Hamlin, Hampden (elected U.S. Senate). 1857 Joseph H. Williams, Augusta, Acting. 1858 Lot M. Morrill, Augusta. 1861 Israel Washburn, Jr., Orono. 1863 Abner Coburn, Skowhegan. 1864 Samuel Cony, Augusta. 2 6 GENERAL REFERENCE 1867 Joshua L. Chamberlain, Brunswick. 1871 Sidney Perham, Paris. 1874 Nelson Dingley, Jr., Lewiston. 1876 Selden Connor, Augusta. 1879 Alonzo Garcelon, Lewiston. 1880 Daniel F. Davis, Corinth. 1881 Harris M. Plaisted, Bangor. 1883 Frederick Robie, Gorham. 1887 Joseph R. Bodwell, Hallowell, died December 15, 1887. 1887 S. S. Marble, Waldoboro, Acting. 1889 Edwin C. Burleigh, Bangor. 1893 Henry B. Cleaves, Portland. 1897 Llewellyn Powers, Houlton. 1901 John Fremont Hill, Augusta. 1905 Wm. T. Cobb, Rockland. PRESENT U. S. SENATORS FROM MAINE. William P. Frye, Rep.-Lewiston, 1883-1907 Eugene Hale, Rep.-Ellsworth, 1887-1905 REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS FROM MAINE . .Amos L. Allen, Rep.-Alfred, Lawyer Chas. E. Littlefield, Rep.-Rockland, Lawyer Edwin C. Burleigh, Rep.-Augusta, Editor Llewellyn Powers, Rep.-Houlton, Lawyer GOVERNMENT OF MAINE. The following arrangement for Councilor Districts, for the ten years ending 1912, was adopted by the Legislature of 1902-3. 1 York, 1903, '04, '07, '08, '09, '10, Geo. D. Bisbee, Rumford Falls, Oxford, 1905, '06, '11, '12, 2 Cumberland, one for each year, Thurlow S. Burns, Westbrook, 3 Androscoggin, 1907, '08, '11, '12, Somerset, 1903, '04, '09, '10; Franklin, 1905, '06, Cyrus N ~ Blanchard, Wilton, GENERAL REFERENCE 7 4 Kennebec, 1903, '04, '09, '10, '11, '12, Lincoln, 1905, '06, Walter B. Clark, Nobleboro, Sagadahoc, 1907, '08, 5 Hancock, 1903, '04, '09, '10, Knox, 1907, '08, Albert M. Prince, Frankfort, Waldo, 1905, '06, '11, '12, 6 Penobscot, 1903, '04, '05, '06, '09, '10, '11, '12, Natb 'l M. Jones, Ban­ Piscataquis, 1907, '08, gor. Chairman. 7 Aroostook, 1907, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, George A. Murchie, Calais. Washington, 1903, '04, '05, '06. OFFICE SALARY Byron Boyd, Augusta, Secretary of State, $2,500 * Arthur I. Brown, Belfast, Deputy Secretary of State, 1,500 J. E. Alexander, Richmond, Chief Clerk to Sec. of State, 1,200 * Abel D. Russell, Weld, En'g Clerk to Sre. of State,· 1,000 Anna P. Ladd, Augusta, Clerk to Secretary of State, 1,000 *0. Smith, Litchfield, State Treasurer, 2,000 Hannibal E. Hamlin, Ellsworth, Attorney-general, 4,000 A. B. Farnham, Bangor, Adjutant-general, 1,800 N. S. Purinton, W. Bowdoin, Private Sec. to Governor, 1,200 Geo. W. Leadbetter, Rockland, Messenger, * Addie French, Winthrop, Stenographer to Exec. Dept. *W. W. Stetson, Auburn, State Supt. Public Schools, 1,500 *Edgar E. Ring, Orono, Land Agt. and Forest Com. 1,000 Frederick Mason, Augusta, Clerk 1,200 *S. W. Carr, Bowdoinham, Insurance Commissioner, 1,800 I. E. Lang, Bowdoinham, Deputy Ins. Commissioner, 1,200 *F. E. Timberlake, Phillips, Bank Examiner,. 2,500 Francis Keefe, Eliot, Supt. of Public Buildings, 1,200 J. M. Leavitt, Kennebunkport, State Liquor Commissioner, 1,500 *E. C. Milliken, Portland, Pension Clerk, 1,200 *S. W. Matthews, Caribou, Com. Indus'l and Labor Stat. 1,500 *Charles J. House, Monson, Clerk, A. W. Gilman, Foxcro~, Com. of Agriculture, 1,500 Geo. E. Morrison, Biddeford, Inspector W., F., M., etc. Joseph B. Peaks, Dover, ) 2,500 Benj. F. Chadbourne, Biddeford, } Railroad Commiss'rs 2,000 Parker Spofford, Bucksport, J 2,000 *E. C. Fanington, Fryeburg, Clerk to R. R. Commiss'rs, 1,500 8 GENERAL REFERENCE Geo. F. Giddings, Augusta, Assistant Clerk, 1,200 Paul D. Sargent, E. Machias, Highway Commisioner, 2,500 Otis Hayford, Canton, } 1,500 George Pottle, Lewiston, State Assessors, 1,500 *F. M. Simpson, Bangor, 1,500 James Plummer, Augusta, Clerk to State Assessors, 1,200 Waldo Pettingill, Rumford Falls, } 1,500 Norman L. Bassett, August,a, Enforeement Commiss'rs, 1,500 Alfred H. Lang, Skowhegan, 1,500 W. P. Doughty, Gray, Clerk to Enf. Com. Leonard D. Carver, Augusta, State Librarian, 1,200 Ernest W. Emery, Augusta, Assistant Librarian, 1,200 Mary L. Carver, Augusta, Cataloguer, Edw. Wiggin, Presque Isle, Clerk to Supt. Pub. Schools, 1,000 Chas. B. Caldwell, Augnsta, Treasurer's Clerk, 1,500 Melvin W. "\Viswell, Brewer, Treasurer's Clerk, 1,000 Daniel W. Emery, Augusta, Treasurer's Clerk, 1,000 Thomas Clark, Tremont, Clerk to Adjt. General, 1,000 Charles E. Davis, Port,land, Clerk to Adjt. General, L. T. Carleton, Winthrop, } Commissioners of Inland 2,000 J. W. Brackett, Phillips, Fisheries and Game, 1.000 Edgar E. Ring, Orono, 1,000 Myrtle H. Hodgdon, Farmingdale, Clerk and Stenog. A. R. Nickerson, Booth. Har. Com. of Seashore Fisheries, 1,000 Henry R. Cowan, Bangor, Keeper of State Arsenal, 100 Chas. S. Chase, Portland, } Commissioners of Harbor and V. W. T. Goding, Portland, Cyrus H. Farley, Portland, Tidal "raters. F. 0. Beal, Bangor, ) John M. Deering, Saco, J Cattle Commissioners. F. S. Adams, Bowdoin, F. H. Wilson, Brunswick, } Charles H. Davis, Bangor, Com missioners of Pharmacy. Jos. :F'. Young, Augusta, Geo. H. Hunt, Old Town, Agent Penobscot Indians, 400 Chas. A. Rolfe, Princeton, Agent Passamaquoddy Indians, 400 Wm. L. Scribner, Springfield, } Albion P. Gordon, Fryeburg, Inspectors of Prison and Jails. E. P. Mayo, Waterville, John M. Taylor, South Portland, \ John R. McDonald, .Addison, f Inspectors of Steamboats. H.P. Farrow, Belmont (Ct.) Inspector of Dams and Reservoirs. *Indicates official P. 0. at Augusta. GENERAL REFERENCE 9 LIST OF POST OFFICES IN MAINE. Money order offices are indicated by the asterisk (*) ; international money order offices are indicated by the two asterisks (**);
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