East New Market

Commercial Directories

Dorchester County Commercial Directory

Madison 1908-1909

“on the Little Choptank River, in Dorchester County, 11 miles SW of Cambridge,
the banking town & RR shipping point. Semi-weekly steamers from Baltimore to
Milton’s Wharf, 3 miles distant. Population 175. L.M.Tall, postmaster”

(note: a post office first opened here as Tobacco Stick on3/2/1837, and the 
 name was changed to Madison on 9/20/1879)

Business Persons:
Brooks, B.L. sawmill and lumber
Brooks, J.W & Son, ship builders and marine railway
Bromwell, T.W., bricklayer
Harrington, W.W., general store
Harrington & Smith, steam sawmill
Hubbard, B.W., butcher
Jones, R., general store
Keene, Joseph B., music teacher
Marshall, John C., general store
Roberts & Co., canners
Shenton, Walter G., general store
Smith, B.L., physician
Tall, L.M., general store and postmaster
Travers, Lake, general store
Wheeler, Thomas, constable
Farmers:
Brooks, B.L.                              Smith, Dr. B.L.
Brooks, J.W.                              Stanley, J.
Harrington, J.E.                          Tall, L.M.
Hubbard, B.W.                             Travers, F.
Hubbard, Percy                            Travers, Lake
Jones, T.W.                               Tregoe, R.
Keene, J.                                 Tregoe, William
Keene, J.F.
Maguire, Edward 
McGuire, W.A.