By Muriel Bristol | November 24, 2024
Here may be found extracted the Milton entries from the New England Business Directory and Gazetteer of 1860.
Bakers. Swasey, Charles, Milton Mills, Milton.
Blacksmiths. Duntley, Hazen, Milton; Osgood, Ebenezer, Milton Mills, Milton; Rines, Nathaniel, Milton Mills, Milton; Rines, Samuel F., Milton Mills, Milton; Goodwin, Joseph, West Milton, Milton.
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers. Berry, Lewis, Milton; Warren & Sayward, Milton; Wentworth, H.V. & E., Milton; Goodwin, John E. & Co., West Milton, Milton.
Box Manufacturers. Dearborn, Stephen W., Milton.
Carpenters. Dixon, Ichabod W., Milton; Hersom, Elihu H., Milton; Lucas, John, Milton; Mathes, Joseph, Milton; Roberts, Ira, Milton.
Clergymen. Doldt, James (C.T.), Milton; Colby, J.T.G. (Ch. B.), West Milton.
Country Stores. Where is kept a general assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Agricultural Implements, & c. Those who deal in but one kind of goods, will be found under the appropriate headings. Protective Union, Div. 542, Milton; Twombly, Ezra H., Milton; Warren & Sayward, Milton; Wentworth, H.W. & E., Milton; Fox, Asa & Son, Milton Mills; Jewett, Asa, Milton Mills; Simes, Bray U., Milton Mills; Swinerton, John L., Milton Mills; Goodwin, G.W., West Milton; Twombly, John W., West Milton.
[The New England Protective Union was a regional chain of cooperative stores. Milton’s Protective Union, Div. 542 store, would appear to have been an N.E.P.U. member store. They had their heyday prior to the Civil War].
Grist Mills. Leighton, Thomas, Milton; Varney, William, Milton.
Hotels. Milton Hotel, Joseph Jenness, Milton; Milton Mills Hotel, Dudley Gilman, Milton [Mills].
Physicians. Drew, Stephen, Milton; Palmer, Daniel E., Milton; Swinerton, John L., Milton Mills.
Postmasters. Milton, John R. Palmer; West Milton, John Colbath; Milton Mills, J.L. Swinerton.
Saw Mills. Hanson, John M. (also shingle), Milton; Varney, William, Milton.
Shingle Mills. Leighton, Cyrus, Milton.
Stables. Jenness, Joseph, Milton.
Wheelwrights. Shapleigh, Moses W., Milton.
Woollen Goods Manufs. See also Hosiery. Townsend, John (flannels), Milton Mills, Milton.
Previous in sequence: Milton Businesses in 1856; next in sequence: Milton Businesses in 1865
References:
Sampson & Murdoch Co. (1860). New England Business Directory and Gazetteer. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=RztoX7Ex9A4C&pg=PA175#v=onepage&q&f=false
Milton Observer 