Dorchester County Commercial Directory
1908-1909 East New Market
“an incorporated town of 400 inhabitants, situated on the Cambridge &
Seaford Branch of the Phila, Balto, & Wash RR, 12 miles east of Cambridge,
and 2 miles from Secretary Creek, the steamboat landing.
Georgia Reed, postmaster…”
Business Persons:
Baker, J.A., horses
Boston, James E., blacksmith
Camper, F.H., mason
Collins, Thomas H., butcher Area farmers:
ENM Mattress Co. Baker, J.A.
ENM Packaging Co. Camper, F.H.
Helsby, Mrs B.F., milliner Crane, Levi
Henry, J.C., general store DeMott, C.W.
Hitch & Jones, drugs Hackett, Alton J.
Holland, E. & Co., general store Hicks, George
Hooper, E.L., Hotel Chesadel Hubbard, O.W.
Howard, L.C., gen’l mdse Hurst, Joseph
Hubbard, O.W., fertilizers Isenberg, Geo. W.
Jones, E.L., physician Nichols, L.W.
Kinney, J.H., general store Payne, Wm.J.
Lord, E.E.,Jr., gen’l store Ross, C.N.
May, S.J., grist mill Ryan, John
Millard, Frank, machinist Saxton, J.A.
Millenson, J., dry goods, etc Smith, James M.
Nichols, H.F., physician Spence, John S.
Pegelow, Fred, shoemaker Stedman, Wm.
Saxton, C.L., agricultural implements Taylor, T.J.
Saxton, J.A., grain Tilghman, U.G.
Stevens, E.W.& Co., auto supplies Webster, V.
Smith, S.J.T., livestock Wollen, W.J.
Webster, Charles, canner Wright, Frederick
Webster, Sam’l L., miller/creamer Wright, L.H.
Webster, S.L , shirt mfg. (note: a P.O. was opened here on 11/18/1803
Willis, Charles H., hardware under the name “New Market”, with Robert
Willoughby, Howard H., Traverse as P/M. The name was officially
undertaker/furniture changed on 5/10/1827 to East New Market, to
Wright, Isaac, nurseryman avoid a conflict with Western Shore towns
Wrightson, R.T., baker of the same title. William Parrott was the
1827 postmaster.)