By Muriel Bristol | July 16, 2023
Here may be found extracted the Milton entries from the New England Business Directory and Gazetteer of 1856.
Bakers. Swasey, Charles, Milton (Mills).
Blacksmiths. Duntley, Hazen, (3 Ponds) Milton; Osgood, Ebenezer, Milton (Mills); Rines, Nathaniel, Milton (Mills); Rines, Samuel F., Milton (Mills); West, Stephen, (West) Milton.
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers. Berry, Lewis, (3 Ponds) Milton; Colbath, John, (West) Milton; Goodwin, John E. & Co., (West) Milton; Hart, John F., (3 Ponds) Milton; Sayward & Lord, (3 Ponds) Milton; Varney, Nathaniel, (West) Milton; Warren, Daniel P., (3 Ponds) Milton; Wentworth, H.V. & E., (3 Ponds) Milton.
Clergyman. Barber, Dan’l W., (M.E.), Milton.
Clothing Dealers and Tailors. Scates, John, (3 Ponds) Milton.
Country Stores. Fox, Asa & Son, Milton (Mills); Goodwin, Chas. H. & Co., (West) Milton; Jewett, Asa, Milton; Palmer, Daniel E., (3 Ponds) Milton; Simes, Bray U., Milton (Mills); Twombly, Ezra H., (3 Ponds) Milton; Wentworth, H.V. & E., (3 Ponds) Milton.
Counsellors. Jones, Cyrus, (3 Ponds) Milton.
Grist Mills. Leighton, Thomas, (3 Ponds) Milton; Townsend, John, Milton (Mills); Varney, William, Milton.
Physicians. Drew, Stephen (3 Ponds) Milton; Harris, George W. (3 Ponds) Milton; Palmer, Daniel E. (3 Ponds) Milton; Swinerton, John L., Milton (Mills).
Postmasters. Edgerly, John S., Milton; Colbath, J., (West) Milton; J.L. Swinerton, Milton Mills.
Public Houses. Edgerly, John S. (Milton Hotel), (3 Ponds) Milton.
Sawmills. Horne, George, Milton (Mills); Plumer, Lewis, (3 Ponds) Milton; Varney, William, (3 Ponds) Milton.
Shingle Mills. Leighton, Thomas, (3 Ponds) Milton.
Stables. Edgerly, John S., (3 Ponds) Milton.
Woolen Manufacturers. Holland, Joshua (blankets and cassimeres), (3 Ponds) Milton; Townsend, John (blankets and flannels), Milton (Mills).
Previous in sequence: Milton Businesses in 1849; next in sequence: Milton Businesses in 1860
References:
Adams, George. (1856). New England Business Directory and Gazetteer. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=bk7rIIhvXwQC&pg=PA485
Milton Observer 