THE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH LIBRARY (item) COMPTON CENTER DIRECTORY 1858. Page 113. A Village in the Township and County of Compton and District of St. Francis. The country around exhibits scenery of the most beautiful description, and it presents evidences of great agricultural prosperity. The village is about a mile from Compton Railway station, whence it is distant from Portland 182 miles, and from Montreal 110 miles. There is a weekly stage to Eaton Corner, 18 miles, fare 75c., and one daily through East and West Hatley to Stanstead, 20 miles, fare $1. Daily mail. Population about 250. ALLEN, REV. A. A., B.A., church of England. BAKER, JOEL, saw mill. BROWN, AARON, grist mill and blacksmiths shop. BYRON, ANTIPAS M., carriagemaker. CAMPBELL, N., tailor. DALY, REV. J., Roman catholic. DOAK, JAMES, commissioner of small causes. FARLY, MARK, collector and bailiff. FLING, WILLIAM, commissioner of small causes. FRENCH, THOMAS, station master. GILSON, JACOB, J.P., farmer GLINES, MOSES, M.D. HAMEL, EZRA, carpenter HIGH SCHOOL, C. H. HACKETT, secretary-treasurer KELLAM, A. O., trader. KENDRICK, A. W., postmaster. KENDRICK & SHURTLIFF, general storekeepers. LOUGEE, JOSEPH, J.P., farmer MAY, R. S., clerk of Commissioners court, and school commissioner. McCLARY, JOHN, JR., cattle dealer. McCULLOCH, JOHN, tailor. MERRILL, AMOS S., proprietor of Compton hotel a stage house. MILES, IRA, blacksmith. MONTOAR, J., shoemaker. PADDON, JOHN B., farmer POMROY, COL. BENJAMIN, J.P., township mayor. POMROY, SELAH J., township secretary-treasurer. RENAUD, CHARLES, tanner. RICE, CHARLES G., storekeeper. RUGG, R., botanic physician. SELLEY, REV. JOHN B., M.D., Wesleyan. SMITH, JOSEPH, J.P., farmer STIMSON & DOAK, storekeepers, and boot and shoe manufacturers. STIMSON & RANDALL, storekeepers, and boot and shoe manufacturers. TODD, SILAS, harnessmaker. ==========