The following list contains the names of many of those who aided in the town's business in the past, showing about when they came. The dates are not supposed to be correct, but merely approximate. Some dates cannot be given at all. Those heretofore mentioned are omitted here

C. M. Harris, lawyer, came 1833 ; W. D. Henderson, dry-goods, 1837

S. N. Snook, groceries and liquors, 1838

R. W. Young, 1840, Enoch Conger, 1840, C. Callin, 1847 J. K. Barnes, 1841, Fred Ray, 1830 Hiram Hose, 1850, John P. Barnes, 1841, W. P. Litten, 1859, D. Welsh, 1853, hotels

J. B. Simpson, dry goods, 1843

H. Hammers, cabinet and chair factory, 1840

McDill & Maury, drugs

J. H. McDill. physician, 1848

J. A. Maury, physician, 1847

J. Perkins, hotel, 1842

A. Wittman, shoemaker, early

J. Prugh, tin shop, 1851

W. M. Graham, dry goods, 1844

George Muck, wagon maker ; E. Benner, dry goods, very early

S. P. McG-aw, tailor, when young

S. T. Records, grocer, when young

James Gary, wagons, buggies, etc., 1850

Abram Rife, grocer, wholesale and retail, early

Fred. Odendahl, grocer, 1850

F. Eames, saw mill, early

David Lysle, meat market, 1852

George Shores, meat market, when young

John Kelley, tailor, 1851

J. H. Struck, wagon shop, 1851

Stephen Beckman, wagon shop, 1851

W. L. Powers, tailor, very early

John Edwards, dry goods, 1850

J. C. Cabeen & Co., tinners, 1855

P. S. Linell, harness maker, 1852

J. A. Caswell, drugs, 1854

0. S. Bearce, drugs, 1852

C. Park, physician, 1850

N. A. Chapin, raised here

John L. Wilson, merchant, 1851

Wilson Thomson, merchant, 1852

I. N. Morris, merchant, 1850

A. D. Frazel, Thomas W. Kinsloe, 1850

John E. Bosler, 1853

J. C. McDill, raised here

Samuel Marsden, 1844

Reynolds 'Brothers, drugs, 1856

Thomas McDill, drugs, raised here

Collins & McLinn, books

C. B. Matthews, jeweler, early

Charles Matthews, gunsmith

J. H. Zeigler, boss carpenter, 1852

George Cunningham, cooper, 1853

H. F. Patau, cabinet maker, 1850

James Cunningham, blacksmith, 1853

W. Weigand, blacksmith, 1851

Bissell & Waterhouse, tinning, 1858

George Adair, harness, 1850

Frank Ramage, boots and shoes

John. McFarland, saw mill, 1841

T. Carl, mason ; Carl Schultz, mason, 1850

Jacob Spangler, stone mason

Christopher Bruce, stone mason, 1849 ;

Benjamin Harrington, carpenter, early

J. Yerger, cooper, 1851

James Scott, saw mill, 1857

Robert Hodson, merchandise, 1856

D. Morgan, hotel

W. C. Rice, judge, 1853

Jonathan Simpson, lawyer, 1848

James H. Stewart, lawyer ; Harry Jennings, lawyer, very early

J. R. Snelling, physician, 1850 ; J. 0. Patterson, physician, 1856 ; A. P. Nelson, physician, 1848

Tryon & Day, dry goods, very early

Jonathan Turner, foundry, 1855

W. B: Hopkins, steam flouring mills, 1856

B. Harrington, steam flouring mills. 1856

Blandin Bros.. lumber, 1855

—. Pearce, physician, 1853 ; Burkleo, physician, 1852 ; P. A. Lock, physician, 1879 ; J. A. Postlewait, physician, 1879

Codoogan & Richey, hotel, 1853

Hibbard, hotel .

Bernard Struck

William Bradbury

R. M. Patterson, J. P.

Capt. William R. VanPelt, merchant

Joseph C. Graham,

Norman Patterson

Ebenezer Chapin, very early

James R. Moffett

Hiram Bigelow, carpenter

John Lour, grocer, 1875

John Pollock, physician

Joseph Eames

John Cumming, millwright, 1856

Joseph Linell, harness, 1852

William Odendahl, confectioner, 1850

John W. Pence, dry goods, 1877

John W. Brown, hardware, 1872

Justice Schlotzhaur, wagon maker, 1857

Charles Schlotzhaur, livery. 185 7

J. C. Peterman, mechanic, 1857

Charles Haffner Son, furniture, 1852

T. C. Smith, hotel, 1851.

 

 

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