Samuel 'Squire' Tarbox, Westport, ca. 1850

Contributed by Westport Island History Committee

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An image of Samuel Tarbox (1780-1861) may have come from a daguerreotype taken by his son, Valentine.

Samuel Tarbox was born in Litchfield. In 1806, soon after marrying Mary "Polly" Brown, he bought land on Westport (then Jeremysquam or Squam Island, a part of Edgecomb) where he had a distinguished civic history and was a successful businessman.

He was a Captain in the War of 1812; a member of the House of Representatives from Edgecomb in 1827; Westport's first First Selectman after its incorporation as a town in 1828; and Westport's first Postmaster in 1829.

Tarbox had business interests in fishing stations, fishing schooners, a sawmill, land trading and farming. He and his wife had 12 children.

About This Item

Title: Samuel 'Squire' Tarbox, Westport, ca. 1850
Creator: Valentine Tarbox
Creation Date: circa 1850
Subject Date: circa 1850
Location: Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
Media: Daguerreotype
Dimensions: 14 cm x 20.5 cm
Local Code: TarInn.Photo.2.c1850
Collection: Squire Tarbox Inn Collection
Object Type: Image

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Westport Island History Committee
6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, ME 04578
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