Rumery and Chase
Saco, 1868-1876
John H. Rumery and Samuel B. Chase manufactured beer and wine together from their location on 1 Water Street in Saco for 3 years, from 1868-1871. Rumery was born in approximately 1826 in New Hampshire. His wife, Lydia J. was one year his junior.
In 1871, Rumery left the business, while Chase continued brewing at the same location until 1876, when, at age fifty, he ended the brewing venture completely. Chase and his wife, Ellen L. (six years his junior) had two children, Lucy E. and Samuel D.
It is unclear where either of the men went after leaving the brewing business.
The Water Street location of the brewery after Rumery left, leaving Chase as the sole proprietor (Sanford, Everts, & Co.’s Atlas of York County, Maine, 1873)
Locations are true to 19th-century street addresses, not current numbering.
Sources
Will Anderson, The Great State of Maine Beer Book (Portland: Anderson & Sons’ Publishing Co., 1996) 47.
Saco Business Directory, 1870, 1872, 1875
U. S. Census 1870.