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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.

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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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Standardized Subject Headings

• Photographers--Maine
• Daguerreotype
• Tarbox, Samuel, 1780-1861--Portrait photographs
• Daguerreotypists--Maine

People

• Tarbox, Samuel

Other Keywords

• businessman
• land trader
• Maine House of Representatives
• selectman
• War of 1812

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