History of Logan County, Illinois, Part 56

Author: Inter-State Publishing Co.
Publication date: 1886
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Number of Pages: 989


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settlers of Ohio. They had a family of seven children, of whom three are living-James, Abigail and Cyrus. After the death of his first wife Chandler was married to Catherine Baldwin by whom he had six children. Our subject lived in his native county till about ten years of age, when he moved with his parents to Greene County where he was reared to manhood. He was married in Ohio, March 25, 1830, to Harriet Hatch, and of the six children born to this union three are living-Guy H., Thomas D. and Electa J. Francis M., Margaret and an infant unnamed are deceased. Francis M. served in the late war about three years. He was a First Lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Illinois In- fantry. Mrs. Tuttle died September 5, 1866, and Mr. Tuttle was married July 24, 1873, to Emma (Hatch) Turner, who was born in December, 1809. Mr. Tuttle is an energetic and progressive farmer and has met with excellent success in his agricultural pur- suits. He is the owner of a fine farm containing 140 acres. In 1847 he was a member of the Old State Constitutional Convention, and for several years served as supervisor of Atlanta Township. In politics he is a Republican.


Peter Weed, of Atlanta, is a native of Cayuga County, New York, born April 24, 1795. His parents, Gilbert and Margaret Weed, were natives of Connecticut and New York States respec- tively. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native State, and received a rudimentary education in the schools of that early day. From his youth he has always followed agricultural pur- suits. In 1838 he came to Bloomington, Illinois, remaining there some time. He came to what is now known as Logan County as early as 1843, settling in Atlanta Township, where he still makes his home. He has been twice married, first in New York State to Clarissa Barber, and of eight children born to this union four are living-Caroline M., Phoebe, Lucy A. and Theodore. His second marriage occurred August 27, 1872, to Mrs. Elenora (Pritchett) Buchanan. Mrs. Weed had by her first marriage two daughters- Ida and Eliza. Mr. Weed at one time owned 600 acres of land, occupying the present site of Normal, Illinois, which land he bought at an early day for $1.25 per acre. Notwithstanding his advanced years Mr. Weed is enjoying good health, and he may yet live to be a centenarian. In politics he affiliates with the Demo- cratic party.


Hiram W. White, a merchant of Atlanta, was born October 12, 1854, in Jackson County, Ohio. His parents, Hiram W. and


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Rosanna White, were natives of New York and Ohio respectively, and when he was a boy he removed with them to Olney, Richland County, Illinois. He received a good education, attending for nearly three years the Illinois Industrial University at Cham- paign. At the age of eighteen years he began studying telegraphy, and has since filled the position of telegraph operator and station agent at various stations, on several different railway lines, and was for a time agent for the Illinois Midland Railway at Atlanta. He resigned a similar position at Oakland, Illinois, in 1883, to en- gage in his present mercantile trade at Atlanta, His wife, Kate D., is a daughter of W. S. Dunham, of Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. White have had three children born to them, two of whom are liv- ing-Ada F. and Harry W. In politics Mr. White affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order.


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CHAPTER XIX.


BROADWELL TOWNSHIP.


GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION .- OFFICIAL LIST, 1867-'85 .- STATISTICS. -POLITICAL .- BROADWELL VILLAGE. - GROWTH-BUSINESS MEN OF TO-DAY .- LODGE AND CHURCHES .- INCORPORATION .- BIOGRAPHI- i OAL.


Broadwell is one of the four townships occupying the center of Logan County and is bounded on the north by West Lincoln Town- ship, on the east by Chester Township, on the south by Elkhart Township, and on the west by Corwin Township. The Chicago & Alton Railroad runs across it diagonally, northeast and southwest, having one station within its limits-Broadwell. The township is drained by Salt Creek, which flows along its east and north sides, and Lake Fork, which joins Salt Creek in this township.


TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.


Following are those elected to the several township offices each year from 1867 to 1885, inclusive:


1867-Supervisor, John A. Critchfield; Clerk, Theodore G. Keller; Assessor, George W. Read; Collector, Henry D. Slayton; Highway Commissioners, Jacob Gier, D. K. Turley and George W. James; Justices, Charles D. McCauley and B. F. Talmage; Constables, Jacob Eisiminger and Harvey E. Goldsmith.


1868-Supervisor, B. F. Corwine; Clerk, Albert McCollister; Assessor, Richard Corwine; Collector, Henry D. Slayton; Highway Commissioner, Edward Rankin.


1869-Supervisor, William B. Broadwell; Clerk, Albert McCol- lister; Assessor, George W. Read; Collector, C. J. Hurt; High- way Commissioner, George W. James.


1870-Supervisor, William B. Broadwell; Clerk, Joseph McBee; Assessor, Richard Corwine; Collector, Carroll J. Hurt; Highway Commissioner, M. H. Beaver; Justices, Oscar Allen and C. D. (598)


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McCauley; Constables, Jacob Eisiminger, and Benjamin C. War- rick.


1871-Supervisor, Sinnet Rankin; Clerk, Joseph McBee; Asses- sor, George W. Read; Collector, John W. Kline; Highway Com- missioner, Edward Rankin; Constable, Harvey E. Goldsmith.


1872-Supervisor, Sinnet Rankin; Clerk, Joseph McBee; As- sessor, George W. Read; Collector, Johnson W. Wright; Highway Commissioner, George W. James; Justice, Albert McCollister.


1873-Supervisor, William Shea; Clerk, James McCollister; Assessor, Adam Staggers; Collector, George D. Corwine; High- way Commissioners, Noah Eury and Israel Mathews; Justices, R. F. Talmage and Jacob Gier; Constables, Jacob Eisiminger and B. C. Warrick.


1874-Supervisor, Sinnet Rankin; Clerk, A. Eisiminger; Asses- sor, B. F. Talmage; Collector, George D. Corwine; Highway Commissioner, Edward Rankin; Justice, Charles D. McCauley; Constables, H. E. Goldsmith, William L. Underwood and Jacob Eisiminger.


1875-Supervisor, Sinnet Rankin; Clerk, S. M. Perry; Assessors, William Rhea and Robert Blacker; Collector, Thomas Wiley; Highway Commissioner, Israel Mathews; Justices, Clark Jennings and B. F. Talmage; Constable, Patrick Gleason.


1876 -- Supervisor, M. H. Beaver; Clerk, S. M. Perry; Assessor, G. W. Read; Collector, Thomas Wiley; Highway Commissioner, Noah Eury; Justices, J. A. Critchfield and H. S. Manon; Con- stable, Mark Gordon.


1877-Supervisor, M. H. Beaver; Clerk, S. M. Perry; Assessor, George W. Read; Collector, Thomas Wiley; Highway Commis- sioner, J. W. Wright; Justices, John A. Critchfield and B. F. Talmage; Constables, Mark Gordon and Thomas Holmes.


1878-Supervisor, George W. Read; Clerk, William M. Wiley; Assessor, Jesse. H. Thompson; Collector, Stephen Lloyd; Highway Commissioner, Edward Rankin; Justice, Sinnet Rankin.


1879-Supervisor, George W. Read; Clerk, S. M. Perry; As- sessor, Jesse H. Thompson; Collector, Stephen Lloyd; Highway Commissioner, Benjamin F. Corwine; Justice, Mark Gordon; Con- stables, Hiram H. Merrill and B. Eisiminger.


1880-Supervisor, George W. Read; Clerk, S. M. Perry; As- sessor, Jesse H. Thompson; Collector, Stephen Lloyd; Highway Commissioner, J. H. Garrett; Constables, B. Eisiminger and C. Goldsmith.


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1881-Supervisor, George W. Read; Clerk, William Wiley; Assessor, J. H. Wright; Collector, Stephen Lloyd; Highway Com- missioner, J. H. Thompson; Justices, Mark Gordon and John A. Critchfield; Constables, D. L. Thompson and B. Eisiminger.


1882-Supervisor, George W. Read; Clerk, Stephen Lloyd; Assessor, J. W. Wright; Collector, Isaac Eisiminger; Highway Commissioner, B. C. Warrick; Justice, Joseph Morgan; Constable, H. H. Staggers.


1883-Supervisor, George W. Read; Clerk, H. H. Staggers; As- sessor, Stephen Lloyd; Collector, Isaac Eisiminger; Highway Commissioner, L. S. Ramsey.


1884-Supervisor, B. F. Corwine; Clerk, H. H. Staggers; As- sessor, J. H. Thompson; Collector, Isaac Eisiminger; Highway Commissioner, Pat Dwyer.


1885-Supervisor, B. C. Warrick; Clerk, Stephen Lloyd; As- sessor, John A. Critchfield; Collector, Isaac Eisiminger; Highway Commissioner, Ben Bollin; Justices, John A. Critchfield and Ed. M. Miller; Constable, Archibald Hamilton.


STATISTICS.


Broadwell lost inhabitants by emigration between 1870 and 1880, the population decreasing from 920 to 866. It is now about sta- tionary, being estimated at from 875 to 900.


We give here the valuation and taxation of the township in 1875 and 1885:


1875 .- Equalized valuation, $626,706; State tax, $1,880.11; county tax; $1,253.40; town tax, $250.69; school tax, $3,252.06; district road tax, $104.79; road and bridge tax, $1,378.75; sink- ing fund tax, $626.70; county bond tax, $814.73; back tax, $348.43; total taxes, $9,909.68.


1885 .- Equalized valuation, $358,693; State tax, $1,310.93; county tax, $2,434.60; township tax, $149.82; road and bridge tax. $3,183.70; county bond interest tax, $486.92; corporation tax, $152.27; district school tax, $2,316.84; dog tax, $57; back taxes, and interest and costs, $629.95; total taxes, $10,722.03.


POLITICAL.


Broadwell is a Democratic township, by a modest plurality. It has gone Republican in but one presidential year- - 1872. Follow- ing is the vote for President since the organization of the township:


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1868-Horatio Seymour. 92


10 | 1880-Winfield S. Hancock .. 96 15


Ulysses S. Grant. 82


James A. Garfield 81


1872-Ulysses S. Grant. 96


30


James B. Weaver. 16


Horace Greeley 66


Neal Dow. 3


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1876-Samuel J. Tilden. 110


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1884-Grover Cleveland.


105


James G. Blaine


87


John P. St John.


7


Rutherford B. Hayes .. 89


Peter Cooper. 11


Benj. F. Butler. 2


BROADWELL VILLAGE,


six miles southwest of Lincoln, was laid out in 1856 by Thomas C. Meyer, of New York, a Mr. Spencer, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a Mr. Blatchford, of New York, and the Morgan Brothers, of Dwight, Illinois. The survey was made by Conway Pence, County Surveyor. The first settler in the village was Thomas Debety, who built the first house therein, and lived here a few years. The house is still standing. William Sample built a stone store after the town was platted. The building is now occupied for a store by A. G. Eisiminger. Albert McCollister was the first postmaster in town, using for his office a small building now unoccupied. As soon as the town began to fill with residents, Charles D. McCauley erected a second store, and George Barry a blacksmith shop, the first in the village.


Thomas Debety was appointed the first agent for the railroad bere. The station was erected in 1856. The next year a small frame school-house, now occupied as a residence by the family of Mon- ford Harper, was constructed. It was used for educational pur- poses until the commencement of the late war, when, becoming inadequate to the increased wants of the school population, it was sold, and the present two-story house built. It contains two rooms and will accommodate about 100 pupils. The first teacher in the little frame school-house was a Mr. Wilbert, who was probably the first in the village.


Abram Eisiminger, A. G. Eisiminger and F. A. Thompson have general stores; Samuel N. Roles and Frederick Striggow are blacksmiths; W. T. Loomis is station agent; L. M. Perry and Ed. Miller, physicians; H. B. Dove, Levi Geier and James Merrill, carpenters; Stephen Lloyd, insurance agent and township clerk.


ODD FELLOWS ORDER.


Broadwell Lodge, No. 727, I. O. O. F., was organized in March, 1883, with these ten charter members : L. M. Perry, George W. Read, Samuel Caskie, Charles Martinie, Andrew Mc- Knight, J. W. McCollister, Mark Gordon, B. F. Corwine, John


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A. Critchfield and Otis B. Hardy. The lodge now has seventeen members, and meets every Thursday evening. The present offi- cers are: George Smith , Noble Grand; Mark Gordon, Vice Grand; J. W. McCollister, Recording Secretary; S. D. Smith, Permanent Secretary; L. M. Perry, Treasurer and R. S. Noble Grand; A. J. McGee, L. S. Noble Grand; Stephen Lloyd, R. S. Vice-Grand; G. W. Read, L. S. Vice-Grand.


RELIGIOUS.


The Christian Church is the older and principal church in the village. Among their ministers have been the Rev. Charles Berry, Allen Rice, James Allen, J. W. Monser, Buford Allen, J. W. Cot- ton, T. T. Holton, James Seaton and J. V. Beekman. Mr. Hol- ton has been here on three different engagements, and was the last regular pastor. No regular services are held at present. The membership of the society is about forty. The Elders are: D. K. Turley, J. A. Critchfield and T. B. Piatt; Trustees, J. A. Critch- field, Joseph Morgan and D. K. Turley; Deacons, George Smith and Stephen Lloyd; Mary E. Lloyd, Treasurer; Stephen Lloyd, Clerk.


The Methodist Episcopal Church has about twenty members, and has services every Sunday, by Rev. Mr. Collins, of Elkhart. James McCollister is superintendent of the Sunday-school, which bas an attendance of perhaps fifty.


OFFICIAL.


Broadwell was incorporated as a village by act of the Legislat- ure approved March 13, 1869. The village limits were made to run half a mile from the center. The first incorporation, however, was made June 9, 1866, without authority of the Legislature. The officers chosen then and for the present year have been:


1866 .- Trustees, S. L. D. Ramsay (President), J. H. Thompson, C. D. McCauley, Jacob Eisiminger and Albert McCollister; Con- stable and Street Commissioner, H. R. Slayton; Clerk, J. W. McCollister.


1885 .- Trustees, Stephen Lloyd (President), Isaac Eisiminger, George Smith, Ed. M. Miller and A. Hamilton; A. Eisiminger, Treasurer; John A. Critchfield, Clerk.


BIOGRAPHICAL.


Abraham Boughan, section 7, Broadwell Township, is a son of the pioneers, Berryman and Sarah Jane (Lucas) Boughan. His


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father was a native of Ohio, and when young went to Illinois, where he was married. About 1826 he came to Logan County and settled in Corwin Township. He came to the county a poor man, and was one who, though passing through the hardships and trials incident to life on an Illinois prairie fifty or sixty years ago, was not destined to live to see the result of his toil and suffer- ing. Both he and his wife died many years ago. They reared a family of eight children of whom but two, Lystra, of Sheridan Township, and Abraham, reside in Logan County. Abraham Boughan has all his life been identified with Logan County and has witnessed its marvelous growth and development. He has alway devoted his attention to agriculture and has assisted mate- rially in improving the rural districts of the county. He owned and improved a fine farm in Sheridan Township, where he lived till 1884, when he bought the farm where he now lives in Broad- well Township. Mr. Boughan married Helen Martin, a native of Illinois. They have two sons-James and Samuel.


Benjamin Bollin was born in Germany, March 19, 1845, a son of John and Agnes Bollin. His father in the mother country was a farmer and weaver, but being a poor man he came to the United States to make a home for his children, landing in New York City, January 1, 1852. He proceeded to Lucas County, Ohio, and in the fall of 1852 was joined by his wife and three children at Toledo, where they lived till 1855. In that year they moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, and lived on rented land in New Berlin Town- ship till 1865, when they came to Logan County, and the first year rented land in West Lincoln Township, of Jacob Gehlbach. The next three years they rented land in Broadwell Township, and then the father bought 120 acres on section 3, Broad well Township. In the spring of 1877 he moved to Lincoln where he died in July, 1881, aged sixty-one years. The mother still lives in Lincoln. Their family consists of four children, three born in Germany and one in Sangamon County-Benjamin; Jacob, of Lincoln; Mary, wife of Anton Romer, of Laenna Township; and Herman, of Lin- coln. Benjamin Bollin remained with his parents till twenty-two years of age, when he commenced life for himself, opening a meat market in Lincoln, which he continued seven years. In March, 1874, he went to Otoe County, Nebraska, and bought land intend- ing to remain, but on account of three years of adversity, contend- ing with grasshoppers and drought, he becaine disheartened and returned to Logan County. In January, 1877, in company with 38


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his brother Jacob, he bought his father's farm, and in 1879 bought his brother's interest. His home contains 363 acres of finely cul- tivated land, and his improvements are among the best in the township. Mr. Bollin is an active, progressive citizen, assisting liberally all enterprises of public benefit. He was married in No- vember, 1869, to Caroline Seyfer, who was born in Germany, October 10, 1851, a daughter of John F. and Catharine Seyfer. Her parents started for America the year of her birth, and her mother died on the ocean before reaching the new world. Her father located in Mount Pulaski Township, Logan County, Illinois, where she was reared. Mr. and Mrs. Bollin have had eight chil- dren, of whom seven are living-Emma, Frank, Clara, Katie, Herman, Annie and Alma. Their third child, Elizabeth, died in Nebraska in May, 1874. In politics Mr. Bollin is identified with the Democratic party. He is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M .; Mozart Lodge, No. 345, and Boone Encampment, No. 41, I. O. O. F., and Oriental Lodge, No. 529, K. of H. He has passed all the chairs in the Odd Fellows lodge and encamp- ment, and represented both in the Grand Lodge of the State in 1871.


David Briggs, section 18, Broadwell Township, is & son of Charles L. Briggs, a pioneer of Logan County, coming to this State from Kentucky in 1833. Several years previous to this & brother of Charles Briggs, Thomas, came to Illinois and entered eighty acres of land in Broadwell Township, where he erected a log house and made some improvements, but soon after died. Charles on coming to the county, bought this property of his broth- er's heirs, and also entered a tract of about 600 acres. He moved his family into the log house, which stood near the present resi- dence of our subject, in which they lived a number of years, and he then erected a two-story frame house about 300 yards north, where his widow now lives. Here he died in 1862. He was an industrious man, and did well his part toward developing and im- proving the county. His wife, whom he married in Kentucky, Matilda C. Otie, was born and reared in New Kent County, Virginia. Of a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters, but two sons and two daughters are living-Margaret, wife of George W. Webb; Mrs. Charlotte Allen, of Missouri; William Thomas and David. The sons own and occupy the homestead farm. Both are natives of Logan County. David was born in 1839. He married Mary Petro, who was born and reared in Indi-


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ana. They have six children-Arabel, Jacob, Emery and Emma (twins), Pearl A. and David N.


John A. Critchfield, a prominent citizen of Broadwell, Illinois, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, March 1, 1834, a son of Elza and Frances (Miller) Critchfield. In 1839 his parents died, leav- ing three children-Griffith J., John A. and Mary S. The latter is now the wife of Henry Mygrants, of Markle, Indiana. Daniel J. Donnal, a son of Mrs. Critchfield by a former marriage, now lives in Jasper County, Iowa. After the death of their parents Griffith and John were taken to the home of two maternal uncles, J. W. and Jacob Miller, in West Virginia. John remained with the former till manhood, and with him, in 1842, moved to Illinois, and settled in Jefferson County. Griffith lived with his uncle, Jacob Miller, in Virginia till manhood, and then went to Ken- tucky, and is believed to be dead. John A. Critchfield was reared a farmer, and has made that industry his avocation. In 1855 he came to Logan County, and located in Broadwell Township. The following year he returned to Jefferson County, but two years later came again to this county and became a permanent resident of this township. His farm, on section 34, contains 100 acres of valuable land, and he also owns ten acres on section 33, and thirty acres in Elkhart Township. He is the present assessor of the township, and has served as magistrate twelve years. He was the first super- visor of the township. In former years he was identified with the Democratic party, but is now a conservative Prohibitionist. He is well-known throughout Logan County, and is one of its most re- spected and influential citizens. He is a member of the Christian church, as was also his wife, they being members of the first con- gregation organized in Broadwell Township. He was married April 27, 1858, to Mary Kline, daughter of John and Nancy Kline, early settlers of Broadwell Township, coming here in 1836. She was born in Pike County, Ohio, April 24, 1833, and died October 20, 1881. Her father was killed by the kick of a horse in 1852. The mother is now the housekeeper for Mr. Critchfield. Her re- maining children are-John W., of this township; Hannah, widow of James McGee, of Broadwell; and Mrs. Ellen Jennings, of Salem, Missouri.


Henry B. Dove, a resident of Broadwell, came to Logan County, Illinois, about the commencement of the late war. He enlisted in Company F, Seventy-third Illinois Infantry, and participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Resaca, and in


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all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign till the surrender of Atlanta. He was afterward in the campaign against Hood's army, which ended in the defeat of that army at Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Dove was an acting Sergeant in the army of the Cumberland. He served as a gallant soldier till the close of the war, being mus- tered out in August, 1865, at Nashville. In 1863 he was trans- ferred to the Engineer's Corps, in which he served till mustered out. After his discharge from the army he returned to Broadwell, where he has a good property. By occupation he is a carpenter and joiner, and builds sometimes by contract. Mr. Dove is a native of Shenandoah County, West Virginia, born April 17, 1848. When he was quite young his father died, after which he went to his relatives in Fairchild County, with one of whom, Nathan Ludlam, he came to this county. His mother, Mrs. Sarah (Becker) Dove, died about 1875, in Rockingham County, West Virginia. Our subject was the youngest of eleven children, and is the only one living in Illinois. His paternal grandfather, George Dove, came from Ireland, and was of English and Irish descent, and his maternal grandfather. John Becker, was a native of Germany. In his political views Mr. Dove is a Republican. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church.


Abram Eisiminger, general merchant, Broadwell, Illinois, established his business December 12, 1872. He has been success- ful in trade, and is an intelligent and efficient business man, his store being a model of neatness and order. June 23, 1873, he was appointed postmaster, holding the office till the appointment of G. W. Read (under the new regime), October 1, 1885. The office is still in the store of Mr. Eisiminger; he having made such an effi- cient and worthy postmaster it was cheerfully left in his possession, his brother Lincoln acting as deputy. Mr. Eisiminger was born in Waynesburgh, Greene County, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1851, and moved to this State with his parents in 1856, having lived at Broadwell ever since. He was married January 3, 1878, to Jo- anna H. Hibbens, who was born March 10, 1851, a daughter of William H. Hibbens, deceased, of Waverly, Ohio, early settlers of Peoria County, Illinois. They have two children-Gny William Garfield, born October 6, 1880, and Vivian H., born August 26, 1883. In politics Mr. Eisiminger is a radical Republican.


Andrew G. Eisiminger, merchant, Broadwell, Illinois, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1854, a son of David and Peary Eisiminger. In 1856 his parents came to Illi-


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nois and located in Broadwell, where he was reared and educated. After reaching manhood he was employed by his brother Abram, a general merchant, till 1879. January 1, 1880, he became asso- ciated with his brother Isaac, under the firm name of A. G. & I. Eisiminger, in general merchandising, and continued sixteen months, when he bought his brother's interest. He is one of the prosperous young men of the town, and by his accommodating and genial manner has built up a good trade. He keeps a good stock of general merchandise, such as groceries, glass and chinaware, stoves, tin and hardware, family medicines, jewelry, gents' fur- nishing goods and notions, and works to please and give his cus- tomers complete satisfaction.




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