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Thus, in 1872, the Maine Central Company had long leases of the Portland and Kennebec Railroad, the Somerset and Kennebec Railroad, the Andros- coggin Railroad, and the Leeds and Farmington Railroad. By an act of February 7, 1872, these corporations were authorized to unite with the Maine Central in a mortgage to secure bonds issued by that company. The Maine Central now operates and controls in Maine, besides the above, the Newport and Dexter Railroad, the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad, the Eastern Maine, the European and North American, the Portland and Ogdensburg, the Knox and Lincoln, and the road from Bangor to Bar Harbor. The distance along some of these lines are : Portland to Vanceboro, 250.8 miles ; Cumber- land Junction to Waterville, 72.5 miles; Bath to Farmington, 71.2 miles; Crowley's to Lewiston, 4.7 miles; Waterville to Skowhegan, 18.2 miles; Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad, 33.1 miles; Dexter and Newport Railroad, 14 miles; Eastern Maine Railroad, 18.8 miles; Bangor and Bar Harbor Railroad, 42.6 miles.
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These roads have done a great work in opening the country, in developing manufacturing, and although the early stockholders were in most cases losers, and many difficulties attended the construction, to-day no section of the country has better shipping facilities or patronizes the railroads more. We fittingly close with an extract from the diary of one who noted some of the occurrences in railroading in its beginnings in this county.
The Androscoggin branch of the Maine Central was opened to travel from Leeds Junction to Livermore Falls, in November, 1852. The rolling stock consisted of one small engine, one baggage, and two passenger cars, also a few box and flat cars. There were no snow fences, and many hard times were experienced in getting through the snow. December 29, 1853, fifteen inches of snow fell, drifting so that no trains were run, and no trains were run December 30, but one managed to get through to Livermore Falls late in the afternoon of December 31st. Again, February 23, 1854, it commenced snowing at 4 A.M., and continued all day. The train started from Leeds Junction at 10 A.M., and ran about three miles and got stuck in a drift, and as the engine was getting short of wood and water, the engineer left the cars and proceeded about two miles to Pettengill's crossing, where he filled the tender with water, carrying it in pails from the brook about ten rods. It was very cold and the men were covered with ice. As it was near night, the engineer concluded to stop there all night. The passengers, two ladies and three men, were obliged to stay in the cars two days and one night. Friday morning, the 24th, commenced shovelling out the track, and 2 P.M. got the engine down to the cars, and carried the ladies to Abram Wheeler's, then started toward Leeds Junction and arrived there at 12 P.M. Saturday, February 25th, they left Leeds Junction at noon and went as far as North Leeds and stopped all night. February 26th they left North Leeds at 7 A.M., arrived at Livermore Falls at noon, and did not start again until Wednesday, March Ist. March 18th the train left Leeds Junction at 11 A.M., went about one mile, got stuck and returned. March 19 .- Snowed all day. No trains over the road to-day. March 20 .- Train left the Junction at noon and arrived at Livermore Falls at 5 P.M. March 24 .- Two feet of snow fell. No trains over the road to-day. March 25 .- Snow deep on the track. No trains to-day. March 26 .- Very blustering. No trains to-day. March 27 .- Very blustering. No train to-day. March 28-29-30-31 .- No trains. April 1. - Train went down at 2 P.M. Sunday, April 2. - Trains made regular trips. December 9. - Very blustering last night; train left Livermore Falls on time this morning with two engines, and when near Leeds Centre ran off the track and completely wrecked both engines and baggage car. Nobody was injured. The veteran Josiah Littlefield was one of the engineers.
January 19, 1855. - Snowed hard all day. No trains run 20th. Snow-plough with one engine left the junction at 12 M., got to Livermore Falls at 10 P.M., and returned to Leeds Junction same night. February 19, 1856. - Very blustering all day. No trains on the Androscoggin Railroad to-day. January 9, 1857. - Train run off the track; nobody injured ; 19th, snowed fast all day; no trains; 10th, train left Leeds Junction at 6.30 P.M. January 22. - Snowed all day; 23d, fair and colder; no trains run to-day; 24th, train got to Leeds at 9.30 P.M. During the winter of 1858 there was but little snow and trains were run regularly all winter. Commenced running to East Wilton December 21st. January 1, 1859. - Commenced snowing at 10 A.M., and continued all day. No trains up to-day. January 5. - Train with two engines left Leeds Junction for East Wilton at 2 p.M., and went as far as Leeds Center, and thinking that it would be impossible to get through, returned to Leeds Junction. Soon after they returned, Charles Garcelon, with an engine called the " old widow," and snow-plow came down. If the up train had not returned,
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undoubtedly there would have been a serious accident, as there was no telegraphic line, and the up train did not know that "the widow " was coming. After " the widow " had arrived at Leeds Junction, the two engines with passenger train left Leeds at 10 P.M. February 3. - John Kauffer, engineer, burnt his mouth and throat so badly in blowing into a pet-cock which was frozen on his engine, that he died in a few hours. February 4. - Train went down at 8 P.M., and did not go up till 1 A.M., February 5th. February 10, 1860. - Stormy and blustering all day. Train arrived at Curtis Corner at 2 P.M., out of water and wood, and was obliged to haul water about twenty rods in a hogshead with a yoke of oxen. Six passengers put up at S. Brewster's for the night. The engineer, Mr. Parker, stayed in his engine all night. The other train men stopped at S. Brewster's. February 11. - Got the engine fired up and started for Leeds Junction at 1.30 P.M., and returned to Farmington that night. January 16, 1861. - Snowed fast all day. No trains to-day. January 17. - No trains run. January 18. - Train got down at 7 P.M. February 2. - Snow fell four inches last night, rained, and made a crust, and no trains were run to-day. February 8. - Was called the cold Friday ; thirty degrees below at sunrise and very windy. No trains run to-day. February 9. - No trains run to-day. February 21 .- Cold and blustering. The morning train from Farmington got down to Leeds Junction at 5 P.M., and returned that night. February 22. - Very blustering. No trains run to-day. February 23. - No trains run. January 2, 1862. - Cold and very blustering. Train went down but did not return till 10.30 P.M., January 3d. January 22. - Snowed all day. Train went down but did not return till Sunday morning, January 26th. January 27. - Train went down at 1.30 P.M., and did not return till I A.M., January 30th.
POST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. - The first post-office established in the limits of this county was Greene, April 1, 1796; the next was Lewiston, July 15, 1799. We are indebted to researches made in the Post-Office Department at Washington, by Asa P. Knight for the Lewiston Journal, in 1882, for the following valuable compilation of postmasters and date of appointment on taking office. A few of the dates are approximative only.
Auburn (established as Goff's Corner, changed to Lewiston Falls, July 18, 1854, to Auburn, December 27, 1854). - James Goff, March 28, 1825; Edward Little, September 16, 1826; James Goff, Jr, February 24, 1835; Joseph D. Davis, June 6, 1849; Daniel G. Hall, March 30, 1853; Freeman Newell, November 28, 1853; Rufus Penley, May 29, 1858; Silvester Oakes, March 19, 1861; Willard Small, August 24, 1866; Jonathan A. Hill, March 11, 1867; Henry Little, July 18, 1868; Delance Young, April 28, 1885, John C. Blake, February 14, 1890. West Auburn (established as Nason's Mills,
changed to Auburn, March 5, 1842, to West Auburn, December 27, 1854). - Palfrey Lane, March 20, 1833; Enoch Littlefield, July 3, 1834; Nathaniel Small, February 9, 1839; Enoch Littlefield, October 20, 1840; Samuel H. Pickard, November 9, 1842; Enoch Littlefield, December 22, 1842; George Ricker, Jr, February 1, 1850; Apollos C. Howard, March 7, 1860; George Ricker, August 5, 1861; Henry M. Packard, December 15, 1862; John M. Perry, December 11, 1871; E. S. Crafts, October 2, 1884. East Auburn .- John C. Briggs, July 2, 1844; discontinued July 2, 1845; re-established with same postmaster, December 24, 1849; Stillman T. Allen, April 10, 1863; C.
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White, December 3, 1863; John C. Briggs, August 13, 1866; Charles Withington, October 30, 1866; William K. Vickery, December 13, 1866; Alvin Waterman, July 7, 1871; David A. Whitman, March 8, 1882; Charles F. Curtis, July 1, 1889. North Auburn (established as Center Minot, changed to present name June 7, 1845). - Oliver Pollard, December 19, 1825; Stephen Packard, February 13, 1835; Oliver Pollard, June 18, 1841; Stephen Packard, June 7, 1845; Joseph Keith, July 14, 1849; Isaac Osgood, May 19, 1853; Levi Perry, October 3, 1857; Isaac Osgood, January 6, 1862. Auburn Plains. - F. A. Allen, commissioned postmaster June 5, 1889; office opened July 1st. South Auburn (established as West Danville, changed to present name, March 10, 1868) .- Joseph S. Foster, March 11, 1850; discontinued November 13, 1850; re-established with same postmaster, December 16, 1850; Samuel Hicks, June 30, 1852; Brackett Marston, December 29, 1853; William Freeman, October 6, 1859; Joseph W. Foster, August 16, 1864; Israel T. Merrill, March 14, 1866; Quade L. Allen, January 25, 1875; John R. Pulsifer, February 11, 1875; Loring Lovejoy, October 13, 1882; J. G. Dexter, November, 1883. South Danville .- Emerson Bowie, March 27, 1886; Mrs. A. M. Bowie, December 30, 1886. Danville. - Moses Rowe, February 13, 1822; Nathaniel L. Ingersoll, May 15, 1826; Jeremiah Stinchfield, November 13, 1850; Oliver Waterman, May 17, 1860; Nathaniel G. Sturgis, November 14, 1861; Oliver D. Stinchfield, October 7, 1864; Harriet W. Ingersoll, December 10, 1866; S. S. Waterhouse, December 7, 1885; P. M. Austin, August 20, 1888; C. A. Leonard, April 12, 1890; Charles Thurston, December, 1890.
Durham (established as South West Bend, changed to Durham, September 3, 1849). - Joseph Merrill, December 17, 1835; Rufus Jordan, December 5, 1837; James Strout, Jr, April 2, 1840; William L. Harmon, June 3, 1841 ; Rufus Jordan, June 7, 1845; James Strout, Jr, March 31, 1846; Emery S. Warren, June 27, 1849; James Strout, Jr, March 30, 1853; E. S. Warren, August 10, 1858; Henry Fitz, September 6, 1861; James H. Eveleth, March 21, 1862; George E. Warren, September 24, 1885; Marcus W. Eveleth, June 26, 1890. West Durham (established as Durham, changed to West Durham, September 3, 1849). - Thomas Freeman, December 16, 1818; Alvan Robinson, November 26, 1819; Job Sylvester, 3d, March 15, 1822; Aaron Turner, January 24, 1831; Benjamin M. Moses, April 7, 1835; Ward Bonney, July 24, 1835; Alvena Moses, December 21, 1838; Joshua Lambert, August 24, 1839; William G. Hoyt, June 3, 1841; Job P. Sylvester, January 7, 1847: William G. Hoyt, September 5, 1849; Elisha Strout, March 30, 1853: Job P. Sylvester, March 31, 1854; Simon W. Miller, December 4, 1861; Charles W. Harding, February 4, 1865; Charles G. Burgess, March 30, 1868; Nathan Bangs, June 24, 1870; Christopher Moses, October 22, 1878; Nathan Bangs, December 17, 1878; Charles D. Dow, October 3, 1881; Samuel W. Wilson, November 7, 1881; F. M. Soper, June
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1, 1884; R. A. Rich, October 25, 1887. Garcelon's Ferry .- O. S. Libby, November, 1885; soon discontinued. South Durham. - Thomas Tuttle, February 19, 1830; Thomas Estes, September 5, 1835; Francis A. B. Hussey, June 3, 1841; John Collins, January 17, 1843; Thomas Estes, June 7, 1845; Amos F. Lunt, May 29, 1849; Alfred Gatchell, March 30, 1853; Jeremiah G. Duran, April 26, 1855; George Tuttle, August 12, 1861; Thomas C. Pinkham, January 26, 1866; Charles C. Smith, October 17, 1873; Amos F. Lunt, October 14, 1885.
Greene (established as Greene, changed to Greene Depot, December 10, 1849, and to Greene, May 3, 1851) .- Benjamin Merrill, April 1, 1796; Luther Robbins, March 13, 1804; Alfred Pierce, September 17, 1840; Nathaniel Robbins, August 2, 1841; Alfred Pierce, August 16, 1843; George H. Dear- born, September 29, 1849; William C. Dow, May 3, 1851; Nathaniel Harris, April 23, 1853; Erastus H. Morse, November 27, 1860; Everett L. Mower, Jan- uary 14, 1863; H. W. Gamage, July 15, 1886; Everett L. Mower, November 16, 1889. Greene Corner (established as Greene, changed to present name, May 3, 1851) .- Elijah Barrell, December 10, 1849; Alfred Pierce, April 10, 1853; Albion Pierce, May 8, 1860; Franciana Pratt, July 13, 1863. North Greene (established June 18, 1883) .- Z. A. Gilbert, present incumbent commissioned first postmaster.
Leeds .- Solomon Lothrop, August 27, 1822; Giddings Lane, Jr, June 17, 1829; Joseph Scammon, April 19, 1830; Stillman Howard, May 10, 1834; J. W. L. Mitchell, August 18, 1837; Thomas W. Bridgham, April 18, 1840; Franklin B. Leonard, July 10, 1841; Issacher Lane, July 19, 1845; Isaac T. Boothby, April 9, 1849; Solomon T. Lothrop, June 6, 1853; Green G. More, October 7, 1864; Charles H. Lane, January, 28, 1868; Albert Knight, January 30, 1880; Willard Lothrop, May 10, 1880; W. L. Francis, March 22, 1886. East Leeds .- Stephen Day, August 5, 1840; discontinued, October 8, 1842. North Leeds. - Walter Foss, January 28, 1826; Reuel Foss, March 5, 1842; Thomas C. Foss, August 7, 1861; Jason Woodman, December 20, 1871; Louisa M. Woodman, December 10, 1880; Charles A. Whitehouse, August 18, 1888. South Leeds. - Martin Leonard, June 6, 1826; Franklin B. Leonard, August 27, 1828; Joshua S. Turner, December 5, 1838; Oscar D. Turner, July 27, 1840: John Gilmore, July 10, 1841; Salmon A. Wing, August 16, 1843; Ormand T. Wing, June 2, 1856; William Wing, March 10, 1863; Sanford Gil- bert, May 19, 1863; James L. Bates, January 2, 1865; Duane S. Wing, March 12, 1867; Greenleaf Parker, January 18, 1876; Lois V. Parker, August 3, 1887. West Leeds. - Jonas P. Lee, April 10, 1828; Perez S. Jennings, November 15, 1828; discontinued, April 18, 1840; established with Gessius F. Jennings, postmaster, February 24, 1866; Stephen R. Deane, April 28, 1868; G. A. Jen- nings, May 2, 1883; Roscoe E. Swain, June 30, 1888. Curtis Corner .- Salmon Brewster, January 22, 1853; H. M. Brewster, December 10, 1887.
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Lewiston .- Dan Read, July 15, 1799; William R. Frye, December 9, 1839; Mark Lowell, May 24, 1842; Nelson B. Reynolds, February 26, 1846; John Smith, February 26, 1849; Oliver Herrick, June 15, 1849: John Herrick, July 26, 1852; William R. Frye, March 5, 1853; Joseph P. Fessenden, April 17, 1861 ; George A. Parker, June 7, 1870; Horace C. Little, January 30, 1879; Charles Walker, April 1, 1887; William T. Smart, April 1, 1891. South Lewiston .- Joseph Daniels, September 16, 1867; Benjamin F. Morrell, August 27, 1874; Albert B. Clark, June 12, 1879; Andrew J. Hinkley, July 26, 1880; H. W. Knowles, September 26, 1882.
Lisbon (established as Factoryville, changed to Lisbon, December 6, 1834). - Robert Jack, October 3, 1823: Samuel Moody, June 23, 1832; Benja- min Burgess, February 8, 1836; Joshua Gerrish, October 26, 1838; Reuben D. Rand, May 28, 1856; Levi T. Coombs, November 7, 1857; Charles B. Jordan, January 6, 1862; Charles W. Gerrish, April 7, 1873; Hannah W. Gerrish, January 6, 1880; J. M. Corbett, July 31, 1885; Alfred E. Jordan, August 10, 1889. Lisbon Falls (established as Little River Village, changed to present name, February 20, 1865) .- William P. Davis, December 14, 1818; Ezekiel Thompson, February 3, 1819; Joseph Cowing, March 30, 1832; Josiah Lane, December 11, 1834; Moses Tibbetts, February 17, 1842; James Booker, August 19, 1845; Jedediah Moulton, December 23, 1845; Warren A. Bibber, January 29, 1853; Aaron I. West, March 29, 1853; John O. Tracy, November 29, 1855; John H. Coombs, November 6, 1858; Seth P. Crossman, July 2, 1861; Samuel Crowell, February 4, 1868; Horace C. White, April 8, 1869: George W. Coombs, July 24, 1874; George Plummer, January 22, 1883; John H. Coombs, October 28, 1885; George Plummer, November 9, 1889. Lisbon Center .- John W. Jordan, August 4, 1884; A. K. P. Edwards, August 15, 1888.
East Livermore .-- Francis F. Haines, October 8, 1822; William B. Small, February 9, 1839; F. F. Haines, June 30, 1841; William B. Small, March 2, 1846: F. F. Haines, August 15, 1851; William B. Small, March 2, 1852; Francis Morrill, January 11, 1854; Jonathan Lovejoy, July 7, 1854; Elisha B. Lovejoy, June 29, 1863; Jonathan Lovejoy, April 25, 1865: Amos Hobbs, December 24, 1867 ; Francis J. Folsom, September 24, 1868 ; Caleb P. Brown, February 29, 1876; Francis J. Folsom, August 12, 1878: Mrs. Ellen M. Folsom, January 5, 1886. East Livermore Mills (changed from Brown's Mills, January 19, 1872). - Eli N. Berry, January 5, 1872; W. A. Francis, April 1, 1886; Eli N. Berry, May 1, 1889. Livermore Falls. - Elisha Pettengill, December 21, 1830; Nathaniel Mayo, July 13, 1841; David Hale, April 2, 1844; Oliver Pettingill, August 22, 1845; Comfort Pettingill, March 7, 1848; Stillman Reed, July 1, 1861; Alvin Record, June 22, 1870; W. S. Treat, September 14, 1885; J. F. Jefferds, September 19, 1889.
Livermore (Brettun's Mills) .- Benjamin Prescott, April 1, 1807; Benja- min Bradford, September 30, 1809; Isaac Strickland, March 27, 1825; William
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H. Brettun, December 12, 1838; Doribus Morrison, May 11, 1842; G. W. C. Washburn, June 11, 1844 ; David Leavitt, February 2, 1849; Isaac Strickland, June 4, 1852; William Child, January 7, 1853; Samuel H. Morse, September 20, 1856; Lee Strickland, March 13, 1858; Lamont O. Stevens, August 2, 1862; Augustus H. Strickland, September 25, 1869; Oliver P. Stevens, October 29, 1869; Lamont O. Stevens, July 7, 1870; George T. Piper, July 31, 1871; A. H. Strickland, May 3, 1876; George T. Piper, October 1, 1878; Roscoe G. Goding, May 17, 1885; W. F. Fuller, September 23, 1886. Stricklands Ferry .- Solomon Millett, December 10, 1853; Leonard Knight, December 23, 1861; David P. Hodgdon, November 25, 1863; Alonzo P. Russell, August 9, 1865; Alpheus E. Guild, April 13, 1866; George F. Piper, March 27, 1867 ; John R. Millett, September 1, 1868; Russell B. Hersey, May 11, 1869; John R. Millett, August 28, 1871; R. B. Hersey, January 5, 1874 ; Charles A. Libby, May 13, 1875; Frank H. Sawtelle, May 3, 1877 ; Albert Caswell, December 11, 1877 : George D. Emery, March 21, 1878; N. H. Sawtelle, February 20, 1886. Livermore Center .- John L. Wyman, June 21, 1839; Abner Moore, November 30, 1841; Alvan C. Harlow, February 5, 1856; Joseph Baird, July 22, 1859; Alvan C. Harlow, September 20, 1860; John W. Bigelow, July 17, 1873; John L. Cummings, April 6, 1877; Frank B. Bigelow, July 19, 1882; John L. Cummings, January 1, 1883; W. Carver, July 15, 1885; John L. Cummings, January, 1888. North Livermore. - Reuel Washburn, May 5, 1824; Jesse Stone, January 29, 1830; Reuel Washburn, December 13, 1841; George D. Norton, January 22, 1847; Matthew M. Stone, December 26, 1849; Ephraim M. Steadman, February 4, 1858; Samuel P. Holman, March 10, 1860; Seth D. Washburn, May 31, 1861; George D. Norton, December 8, 1862; Augustus W. Coolidge, December 4, 1865; George Q. Gammon, July 27, 1868; Roscoe G. Godding, April 20, 1870; A. W. Coolidge, September 26, 1877; C. F. Roberts, October 23, 1888; Hattie L. Coolidge, March 19, 1889. South Livermore .- George F. Chase, August 19, 1856; Elbridge G. Bryant, January 31, 1857; discontinued from May 8, 1858, to May 24, 1858; Job Chase, May 24, 1858; George F. Chase, June 18, 1877; William S. Moore, November 8, 1878; Mrs. M. F. Norton, November 1, 1889.
Minot (called Minot or Poland indiscriminately until Poland office was established, April 8, 1816) .- Samuel Swett, January 1, 1801; Daniel Cash, October 1, 1804; Nathan P. Woodbury, October 1, 1805; Ebenezer Simonton, May 3, 1813; William H. Woodbury, January 2, 1818; Nathan L. Woodbury, November 2, 1832; Jabez C. Woodman, July 20, 1841; Nathan P. Woodbury, December 23, 1843; Willard H. Woodbury, June 29, 1847; William Dale, June 28, 1849; Josiah D. Pulsifer, March 30, 1853; John Freeman, Jr, November 14, 1854; Cyrus Green, December 11, 1855; Abeiza S. Freeman, January 28, 1857; Seth M. Milliken, January 6, 1862; Joseph Freeman,
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December 26, 1862; Lyman M. Cousens, September 18, 1865; William H. Rounds, July 27, 1868; . Rebecca F. Rounds, December 10, 1880. Mechanic Falls. - Samuel F. Waterman, October 27, 1841; Jacob Dwinal, July 21, 1845; Samuel Carr, May 2, 1849; Merrill W. Strout, July 7, 1851; Alexander B. Dwinal, February 24, 1853; Charles K. Smith, July 2, 1856; Samuel F. Waterman, June 26, 1861; Oliver B. Dwinal, October 8, 1866; Joseph Buck- nam, April 8, 1869; Jason Hall, July 19, 1869; F. E. Dwinal, April 1, 1883 ; Frank A. Millett, February 22, 1887; F. E. Dwinal, April 1, 1891. West Minot .- Calvin Bridgham, February 9, 1825; William Lowell, June 3, 1841; Levi Whittemore, July 21, 1845; Calvin Bridgham, August 15, 1846; William Lowell, April 23, 1849; David B. Sawyer, March 30, 1853; Joshua Parsons, June 23, 1856; Gideon Bearce, September 16, 1861; L. Y. Millett, December 10, 1885; Gideon Bearce, July 1, 1889. East Minot. - Martin Leavitt, December 25, 1827; discontinued April 9, 1835; John A. Dunning, September 7, 1839; discontinued April 3, 1842.
Poland .- Robert Waterman, April 8, 1816; James Hackett, June 7, 1817 ; Jabez True, Jr, November 8, 1819; Josiah Jordan, May 16, 1823; David Dunn, December 12, 1838; William Cousens, June 29, 1841; David Dunn, June 7, 1845; Freeland Marble, July 29, 1845; David Dunn, December 30, 1847; William Cousens, September 28, 1849; George Bridgham, March 30, 1853; Otis West, December 21, 1854; David Dunn, September 25, 1856; Cyrus Briggs, September 10, 1857; Charles Lane, June 18, 1861; Levi N. Estes, October 24, 1865; Charles Lane, June 17, 1867; George E. Houghton, March 31, 1871; Charles Lane, October 3, 1872; Sumner I. Rowe, July 22, 1880. Charles Rowe, July 27, 1883. East Poland. - Reuben B. Dunn, Jan- uary 28, 1834; discontinued June 29, 1836; Jonas W. Strout, June 23, 1837; discontinued April 22, 1842; Gilman Martin, September 4, 1849; Jonas W. Strout, September 21, 1855; William H. Rounds, December 23, 1861; Luther B. Knight, September 18, 1865; Agnes M. Walker, January 8, 1872; Daniel W. Bailey, May 14, 1877. South Poland. - Hiram Ricker, June 4, 1862. Worthley .- Hamlet L. Bass, August 8, 1882; Charles S. Strout, September 20, 1882; discontinued November 17, 1884. West Poland. - John Megquier, May 19, 1837; James H. Fernald, September 25, 1845; William M. Perkins, June 15, 1852; Francis Storer, January 11, 1854; Oren S. Keene, January 18, 1870; George O. Goodwin, December 29, 1871; Silas A. Megquier, January 14, 1881; George O. Goodwin, November 4, 1885; Silas A. Megquier, April 10, 1889.
Turner (established as Turner Village, changed to Turner, February 4, 1826). - William K. Porter, July 19, 1824; Philo Clark, October 8, 1834; John Blake, July 10, 1841; Hiram Clark, December 2, 1844; John Blake, June 16, 1849; Hiram Clark, March 9, 1852; Philo Clark, May 22, 1858; Hira Bradford, Jr, April 18, 1861; Mellen A. Bearce, April 2, 1869; William L.
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HISTORY OF ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
Bonney, February 4, 1881; Walter B. Irish, October 1, 1885; James P. Water- man, June 14, 1889. East Turner (originally Turner, changed February 4, 1826) .- Ichabod Bonney, 1804; Alden Blossom, March 15, 1814; discontinued March 22, 1839. Turner Androscoggin post-office was changed to East Turner, July 10, 1839. Postmasters from establishment are: Ezekiel Martin, February 10, 1832; John W. Webster, December 18, 1855; James D. Gilbert, September 18, 1866 ; Rutelius S. Coolidge, April 23, 1873; John W. Webster, April 23, 1877; Warren Webster, November 18, 1881. Chase's Mills. - Solon Chase, December 18, 1874. South Turner .- Charles H. Barrell, January 25, 1875; Mrs. Laura C. Barrell, March 31, 1887; William D. Barrell, February 20, 1889. Turner Center .- Lewis P. Bradford, February 14, 1873. Keen's Mills (changed from Keen's Mills to Aqua Mills, January 30, 1880, and again to Keen's Mills, February 24, 1880). - William A. Andrews, February 7, 1873 ; Augustus R. Gilmore, January 30, 1880; William A. Andrews, February 24, 1880; Fred B. Wing, February 18, 1886. North Turner. - Timothy Howe, December 12, 1825; Cornelius T. Richardson, January 14, 1828; William B. Bray, November 16, 1836; Samuel B. Holt, July 28, 1841; Jesse Drew, . December 4, 1844: discontinued July 21, 1845; Isaac Strickland, April 14, 1846; Samuel B. Holt, January 19, 1849: Deering Farrar, October 31, 1855; Lewis A. Farrar, April 7. 1856; Eland Fuller, November 7, 1864; William W. House, March 11, 1872: Lewis A. Farrar, March 19, 1874. North Turner Bridge .- Lee Strickland, December 30, 1830; Church P. Leavitt, July 13, 1833 ; Lewis J. Pollard, August 15, 1851; Jonas E. Greenwood, December 9, 1852: Sylvester S. Whitman, March 31, 1854; David Morse, Sep- tember 25, 1856; Zenas Lane, February 13, 1857; discontinued July 10, 1857; Albert Winship, May 10, 1858; Albert Barker, April 24, 1865; Samuel B. Wing, December 20, 1871; Albert Barker, August 27, 1874; W. W. Hobbs, April 30, 1883; Goodwin C. Caswell, April 16, 1886; S. Houghton, January 17, 1889. Howe's Corner. - Established May 4, 1891, George D. Humphrey, postmaster.
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