Franklin County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Jay 1883
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JAY.

Thirty miles N. of Auburn. On Maine Central Railroad. Incorporated Feb. 26,
1795. Population-1860, 1686; 1870, 1490; 1880, 1291. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 400;
Estates, $367,722; 1870-Polls, 358; Estates, $497,029; 1880-Polls, 349; Estates,
483,601.

Jay Bridge same as Jay P. O.

  Postmasters-S. Noyes. jr.; North, Warren Leland; Bean's Corner, Mrs. A. S.
Butterfield.

  Selectmen-C. K. Haskell, George R. Macomber, J. O. Kyes.

  Town Clerk-J. H. Merritt.

  Treasurer-V. M. Richardson.

  Constable and Collector-Edward Morse.

  School Supervisor-Horace W. Ranger.

  Clergymen-L. P. Guerney (No. Livermore), Bap.; O. H. Johnson, Univ.; M. E.
King (Livermore Falls), Meth.; Bean's Corner, L. C. Graves (Vienna), F. Bap.

  Dentist-North, Samuel H. Purinton.

  Lawyer-Roscoe H. Thompson.

  Justices-Moses Stone, Feb. 25, 1880; A. P. Adams, May 24, 1877, Quorum: Nahum
L. Phinney, Feb. 20, 1878, Trial.

  Merchants-A. P. Adams, R. L. Richardson, general stores; North, E. S. Kyes,
dry goods; G. Kyes, groceries, hardware, corn and flour; grange store, Warren
Leland, agt., flour and groceries; S. H. Niles& Co., general stores.

  Manufacturers-Richmond, Thompson & Co., turned wooden boxes, long and short
lumber and gristmill; M. V. Stone, smith; W. C. Beals, carpenter and repairs;
Thompson, Hall & Co., corn and fruit canning. North, H. Sanborn, W. R; Humphrey,
smiths; J. H. Look, saw mill; Warren Leland, A. & C. Macomber, carpenters; Maine
Central R. R., J. M. Woodman, Emerson W. Bryant, granite. Bean's Corner, I. B.
Bean, carriages; East, J. N. White & Son, saw mill. Stone's Corner, David C.
Searls, smith.

  Libraries-North Jay Library, established, 1850, Eliza M. Niles, librarian.

  Asso'tns-P. of H.-Jay Bridge, R. P. Thompson, Master. North-P. of H-North Jay,
No. 10, Warren Leland, Master. Bean's Corner, I. O. G. T.-Crystal Fountain.


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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