East New Market

Commercial Directories

Dorchester County Commercial Directory

Woolford 1908-1909

“Has 183 inhabitants, on the Little Choptank River, in Dorchester County,
 9 miles southwest of Cambridge, the banking town and RR shipping station.
 Ship by water to Woolford Wharf. Lillie C. Woolford, postmaster.”

Albert, E., carpenter             Farmers, contd.:
Asplin, Benjamin, blacksmith      Miles, Capt. Benjamin
Bramble, Solomon, carpenter       Mills, Neal
Culpepper, Charles, lumber        Nield, John R.
Hurley, D.W., wheelwright         Parker, Clifton
King, M.M., general store         Thomas, Capt. Wm.R.
McGuire, John W., sailmaker &     Trainor, Gercan
    justice of the peace.         Williams, Thomas H.
Mills, Neal, carpenter            Woolford, Capt. John
Nield, William H., carpenter      Woolford, Oliver
Shenton, John, miller
Wells, Thomas, carpenter
Woolford, W.W. & Co., general   (note: the P.O. here opened on 12/17/1879,
store & canning factory.         with John M.Dorman as postmaster.)

Local Woolford Farmers:

Asplen, J. Purnell
Asplen, William C.
Bell, W.W.
Brooks, J.D.
Dunnock, Matthew T.
Hall, William
Henry, John
Linthicum, Edward
Linthicum, L.L.