Dorchester County Commercial Directory
Cornersville 1908-1909
“A county settlement located in Dorchester County, 8 miles west of Cambridge,
the banking town, 65 by boat from Baltimore, and 2 from Traver’s Wharf, the
shipping station. On Great Choptank River.
Population 150. J.M.Beckwith, postmaster”
Asplen, Ethel, teacher
Beckwith, , J.E., &Co, general store
Beckwith, J.M., postmaster (note: the post office opened on 1/4/1856,
Beckwith, Nehemiah, wheelwright with Samuel Corner as P/M. It was to
Hastings, J.A., saw and corn mill close on 11/30/1931, as were many others
Linthicum, S.W., saw mill in the Depression.)
(RFD 5, Cambridge Md.)
Jackson, L., Rev
Moore, D.L., shoemaker, carpenter and
justice of the peace
Newcomb, G., blacksmith
Stokes, S.A., physician (RFD 5,Cambridge)
Area Farmers:
Barrack, William
Beckwith, J. Ennalls
Beckwith, John, M.
Cannon, Wash
Cook, Samuel
Corkran, Norman H.
Spedden, Graves
Hill, J.
Hill, Samuel
Hubbard, T.R.
Layton, William
LeCompte, Caleb
Linthicum, W.W.
Malone, Harry
Mowbray, William
Moore, S.L.
North, Lake
Spedden, Calvin
Travers, T.B.
Wheatley, John
Wheatley, W.
Wingate, Frank