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Lea, Edward
Lea, William
Miller, B. H,
Miller, Henry H.
Miller, Robert H.
Moore, Joseph T.
Moore, William W.
Pahner, B. D.
Palmer, P. Roberts, B. R.
Scofield, William J. Scott. Edmund Smith, John M.
Stabler, Arthur
Stabler, Asa M.
Stabler, Charles
Stabler, Frederick
Stabler, Granville
Stabler, James P.
Stabler, Joseph
Stabler, Philip T.
Stabler, Robert M.
Stone, James H. Thomas, Edward P.
Thomas, Francis
Thomas, Samuel P.
Thomas, William J. Wetherald, Joseph
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DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SELLMAN'S,
On the Metropolitan Railroad, four miles West of Boyd's, and nine miles East of Point of Rocks, and one mile from Barnesville,-for which this is the Railway Station. Railroad Agent, Samuel Darby.
SENECA,
On Great Seneca Creek, near its confluence with the Potomac River, on the road from Georgetown to Edwards' Ferry. Public Schools and Churches in the vicinity, Store and Post Office. Postmaster, Upton Dorsey.
SLIGO,
One mile from Silver Springs, and six miles from Washington. Soil- light and loamy ; land principally cleared, and rated at fifty to one hun- dred dollars per acre. Produces 30 bushels of Wheat, 25 of Corn, and two tons of Hay per acre. Methodist Protestant Church and two Catho- lic Churches. Two Public Schools. Population, 50.
Postmaster.
Dorsey, James L.
Blacksmiths.
Cunningham, C. Gentner, John
Carpenter. Long, J. D.
Miller.
Bond, J. L.
Physicians. Harding, Josiah Stone, C. G.
Farmers.
Blair, Hon. Montgomery
Burch, R. W.
Clark, O. H. P.
Dorsey, James L.
Draine, A. L.
Fenwick, James
Lee, S. P.
Thompson, William
Wilson, John C.
Wilson, R. T.
SPENCERVILLE,
On the road to Sandy Springs, and six miles from Burtonsville. Land productive, and yielding excellent crops of Wheat, Corn and Hay. Land worth from thirty to eighty dollars per acre. Baptist Church and Schools. Population, 100.
Postmaster. Spencer, W. II.
Nurseryman.
Phair, William H.
Carpenter.
Barnes, James
Farmers.
Chaney, H. S.
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DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Duvall, Louis H. Herding, Joseph Miller, W. P. Reigle, George
Stabler, Asa M. Stabler, Caleb Stabler, F.
SUNSHINE,
Ten miles from Gaithersburg. Soil good, and susceptible of improve- meut; can be bought from twenty to forty dollars per acre. Produces 25 bushels of Wheat, 40 of Corn, and two tons of Hay. Methodist Protest- ant, (Mount Carmel,) and Methodist Episcopal, (Unity Chapel.) Public School. Population, 150.
Postmaster.
Brown, William W.
Blacksmiths.
Davis, Nimrod Grady, Frank
Carpenters. Boswell, Nicholas Brown, Franklin Cashell, George
Dentist.
Dwyer, J. D.
Merchants. Colliflower & Harvey. Gaither, F. D. Townsend, C. F.
Machinist.
Bozzell, J. Q.
Physician. Maynard, J. H.
Shoemakers.
Brown, Uriah Coomes, R. W. Dwyer, J. W.
Farmers.
Brown, J. H.
Brown, Joshua
Brown, Robert
Curtis, John
Griffith, Frank
Groomes, Franklin
Hutton, C. C. Kinsey, John G.
Lansdale, R. H.
Magruder, J. F. D.
Riggs, Elisha
Townsend, James
Watkins, O. P.
TRIADELPHIA,
On the Patuxent River, north-east corner of Mechanicsville District. Soil productive. Products-30 bushels of Wheat, 40 of Corn, and 30 of Oats. Land from fifteen to sixty dollars per acre. Churches, Schools and Mills. Postmaster, Thomas Lansdale.
WHEATON,
Half mile from Forest Glen. Location healthy. Soil-clay ; land cleared, and rated at forty to eighty dollars per acre. Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant Churches. Public School.
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DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Postmaster.
Dodge, Owen
Eccleston, Matthew Federline, Frank
Plyer, George Blacksmith. Rhine, A.
Glasgoe, J. E. Hardy, Frank Hardy, John
Merchants.
Anderson, D. C.
Haviland, James
Hunter, Thomas
Johnson, Henry
Jones, C. P.
Laney, John
Linkins, Henry
Matthews, Wesley
Physician.
Harding, J.
Noland, Thomas
Farmers.
Adams, Charles
Anderson, Charles
Batchelor, W. A.
Boher, Julius
Riley, Thomas
Bowie, Allen
Stanton, Frederick®
Bowman, William
Stubbs, J. B. Trucks, J.
Brown, Thomas
Wallace, Murray
Burgdorf, A.
Weller, M.
Childs, Joseph
Weller, William
Cropley, William
Windham, A. J.
Dodge, J. P.
WHITE'S FERRY,
Six miles from Poolesville, on the Potomac River, four miles from Lees- burg, Virginia. Land in good cultivation; producing 30 to 40 bushels of Wheat; Corn, Oats, and Hay in proportion. Selling from thirty to seventy-five dollars per acre. Store and Post Office, with Churches and Schools in the neighborhood. Splendid Bass Fishing in the Potomac.
Davis, Charles Jones, Samuel Mitchell. Richard Plyer, George Ray, A.
Muss, Peter
Perry, Humphrey
Price, James
Price, William
Ray, Richard
Breaton, W.
PROMINENT MERCANTILE FIRMS
OF
GEORGETOWN, D. C.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
WHEATLEY BROTHERS.
The City of Georgetown enjoys many advantages over other places favorable to the successful prosecution of the Lumber Trade, among which may be mentioned her central location and unsurpassed water facilities for receiving and shipping.
The immense amount of Lumber used annually in the United States is constantly increasing, and to supply this growing demand, an immense amount of capital and labor is invested. One of the oldest established firms so engaged in the District of Columbia is that of the Messrs. WHEATLEY BROTHERS, whose extensive yards in Georgetown and Wash- ington cover fully four acres of ground. Some idea of the extent of their business may be inferred from the fact that they handle over seven million feet of Lumber yearly.
The Georgetown office is located at 37 Water Street, and the yards covering several acres are located on the Banks of the Potomac and Rock Creek, where they have a wharfage of three hundred feet, enabling vessels of any draught to load and unload at all times. Their stock embraces every description of Lumber received from all the different Lumber sections of the country.
At Seventh Street and Rhode Island Avenue, in Washington, their yard occupies one and one-half squares, and is connected with the George- town office by a Telephone, making communication easy and facilitating business.
In 1845, Mr. F. Wheatley, the father of the gentlemen conducting the present business established himself in Georgetown, and by his energy and enterprise, successfully conducted the business until 1866, when his four sons under the above style and name became proprietors, and since
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that time have illustrated the fact that the mantle of the sire fell on worthy shoulders, for they have materially extended and enlarged the business, keeping pace with the modern development of trade and com- merce. Directing their entire time and energy, coupled with their exten- sive experience, exclusively to their business, and losing no opportunity of protecting their customers, it is certain that the "Brothers Wlicatley " will merit a continuance of the generous support so long extended to them during the past.
The firm are enabled to transact business in a manner satisfactory to all concerned, and their prices are such that they can compete with Baltimore or more Eastern markets. Their trade is principally local, although they make shipments by the railroads and canal to Montgomery and adjacent Counties in Maryland and Virginia.
They are also largely engaged in building. Mr. Samuel E. Wheatley, one of the senior members of the Washington branch having immediate supervision of that department. They have twenty-six handsome brick dwellings on the square bounded by Seventh, Sixth and Q Streets and Rhode Island Avenue, and a number in the immediate neighborhood, all of which are occupied. They are all finished in modern style, combin- ing all the conveniences for house-keeping.
Mr. Charles Wheatley, who has charge of the Georgetown office, is a social and genial gentleman-qualities, when joined with strict business principles, and honorable and upright dealing, is sure to make him a host of friends.
GROCERIES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
S. CROPLEY'S SONS.
Among the important commercial enterprises of Georgetown which commend themselves to general notice, no one possesses features of greater interest than that of the Wholesale and Retail Grocery Trade. The house of S. CROPLEY'S SONS was established by Mr. Samuel Cropley in 1828, and succeeded by his two sons R. B. and A. B. Cropley in 1868, by whom it has since been prosecuted with great success. The indi- vidual importance of this house is such that it exerts an influence over the commercial interests of Georgetown, which is strongly felt by dealers in other departments of trade.
In addition to their Grocery Department, they are largely engaged in Rectifying Spirits and Compounding Liquors, among which they make a specialty of "Old Club" Whiskeys, of which they are sole proprietors; also of "Cropley's" X, XX, XXX Whiskeys.
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They occupy a large five story building Corner Bridge Street and Market Space, where their wholesale business is principally carried on, and one at the Corner of Bridge and Congress Streets, which is devoted to sup- plying families with Fine Wines, Groceries and Canned Goods and Fruits, etc.
They are also extensive dealers in Tobacco, Snuff, Cigars, etc., of which they keep a well assorted stock, which is of great convenience and value to country dealers.
The Messrs. Cropley are Agents for Hazard's Powder, the celebrity of which is wide-spread. They make a specialty of this article, which is extensively used in every section of the country. As the attention of dealers to this house may be advantageous botli to it and to themselves, these gentlemen, as agents, are prepared to supply it in any quantities, and at prices lower than it can be bought in the general market.
Their trade in Groceries is large, local and general through the District and the States adjoining. These goods are, strictly speaking, first-class when so represented, the high commercial standing of the house forbid- ding their imposition of goods upon customers of a quality inferior to the class ordered, for the temporary emolument such a transaction might afford. In every respect the house of S. Cropley's Sons is a good one, meriting universal patronage.
AN ENTERPRISING MAN.
ROBERT T. ARLOW.
It has always been the boast of the American citizen that no country in the world offers better opportunities for the truly enterprising, or where true worth will quicker bring a reward than in the United States. An instance of the truth of this statment appears in the case of Mr. ROBERT T. ARLOW, 82 Water Street, Georgetown. This well known, energetic and successful business man is an example where industry and careful management have led to unqualified success. Mr. Arlow started business here in the year 1865. his cash capital being only five dollars. Being ambitious, prudent and withal determined to succeed, he kept constantly increasing his business and using all possible means to advance his interests, and to-day he is the owner of considerable property. His active and energetic manner of doing business, combined with his genial and pleasant manners, has made him very popular, and his "Cottage " is the resort of all whose business requires their attention along the river front. His Wines, Liquors and Cigars are selected with especial care as to their excellence and purity.
Mr. Arlow is the founder of his own property, and is entitled to great credit for the many business qualities he possesses.
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CAPITAL FLOUR MILLS.
W. H. TENNEY & SONS.
Among the many celebrated Flour Mills of Georgetown, there is none whose specialties stand higher for purity, and command more ready market than these Mills.
W. H. TENNEY & SONS, owners and proprietors, established the Mills in 1870, and since then, have been constently employed in producing from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five barrels per day. The special brands which have gained an extensive reputation for superior quality, and unsurpassed excellence, are Tenney's Hungarian Process, Tenney's Best Family and John Davidson's Family.
SHIP AND CANAL STORES.
A. H. BRADT.
One of the distinctive features of business in Georgetown, is that of supplying vessels and canal boats with all needful supplies. The most prominent establishment engaged in this class of business, is that of Mr. A. H. BRADT, who is located on the Canal, near the Coal Elevators. Here can be found every article needed by vessels and canal boats, including Groceries, Liquors, all kinds of Feed, Ship and Canal Stores. Mr. B. has an experience of over 27 years in this business, and is well qualified to realize the wants, and supply the demands of the trade. Mr. Bradt makes a specialty of the celebrated " Horsey Whiskey," from Burketts- ville, Frederick County, Maryland. This is kept in stock and has an age of six years, also the "Golden Gate," this is purely a straight Rye Whiskey of superior quality and flavor.
PIONEER MILLS.
HERR & CISSEL.
Justly celebrated for the manufacture of Flour as Georgetown has become, no brands have attracted more attention and found their way to family use than those produced by the above Mills, this is in a great measure attributed to the present proprietors, Messrs. HERR & CISSEL. Mr. Geo. W. Cissel has spent a life-time in perfecting the different pro- cesses by which their brands are recognized, viz: Centennial 1st Premium, Great Swiss Process, Deener & Cissel Fancy, A. H. Herr's Best, and the Peerless Family Flours. Capacity of Mills, 300 barrels per day.
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BORDEN MINING COMPANY.
S. H. SHERMAN, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.
This Company was organized in 1852, and located at Alexandria, Va., but was afterwards removed to Georgetown, in 1857. The Company was formed for the purpose of mining and supplying the eastern market with Cumberland Coal. Some idea of the extent of their operations may be inferred from the fact that they ship annually about one hundred and fifty thousand tons, giving employment to one hundred and fifty hands. Mr. S. H. SHERMAN the General Superintendent, has been con- nected with the Company ever since its formation, and is a gentleman of enlarged experience, and thoroughly posted in the affairs of the Com- pany. He is assisted by W. H. MASTERS, son of the former agent.
Their office is located at the Upper Coul Wharf, near the Coal Elevators.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND FERTIL- IZERS.
G. T. DUNLAP.
A farmer desirous of Implements of any kind, with which to plant, work or secure his crops, or Fertilizers that will both insure good crops, and permanently improve his lands, is compelled in a great measure to rely on the representations of the manufacturer. Such an establishment will be found at the South- West corner Bridge and High Streets, Georgetown, G. T. DUNLAP, Proprietor. Here he will find ever article useful upon a farm. Mr. Dunlap has an experience of twenty years in the business, and established the present house in 1870, and the extensive patronage enjoyed gives evidence of the superiority of its specialties. His stock embraces every thing in the line of Agricultural Implements, Machinery, Farmers' Hard vare and Seeds, which comprises the largest and most carefully selected in the city. To give some idea of the varied assort- ment of articles on hand, mention may be made of the "Syracuse Chilled Plow," "Wheeler No. 6 Mower and Reaper Combined," "Osburn's Self-Binding Harvester," Single Reapers, Single Mowers, either front or rear cut, Whitinghouse Threshiers and Cleaners, also his Improved Clover and Grain Threshers, Genuine Malta Shovel Plows, Portable Steam Engines, the Buckeye Grain and Phosphate Drill, Taylor's Horse Rakes, Corn Shellers, Hay Tedders, Wheat Fans, Hay and Fodder Cut- ters, Cucumber Wood Pumps, Harrows and Cultivators, Clover and Timothy Seeds, Garden Seeds, Plaster and all kinds of Guanos at Manu- facturers' prices.
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He is also the manufacturer of Dunlap's Maximum Fertilizer and Dun- lap's Ammoniated Bone; these manures are carefully prepared, possess unusual strength, and wherever they have been thoroughly tested, are pronounced to be all that is claimed for them. First, that they are the best Fertilizers on the market, both as promoters of rapid growth of crops and permanent improvers of the soil. Second, that they are adapted to any crop, and farmers who have not given them a trial are advised to do so. Mr. Dunlap is a gentleman of enlarged experience and thor- oughly acquainted with every detail of his extensive business, and farmers can depend on his representations.
LUMBER TRADE.
JOS. & J. E. LIBBEY.
One of the most interesting business features of Georgetown, is the trade in Lumber, for which her water facilities admirably adapt her. Among her most extensive and prosperous Lumber dealers, is the firm of Jos. & J. E. LIBBEY, whose father established the business now owned and controlled by them, nearly half a century ago. The magnitude of their operations may, in a degree, be estimated by the extent of their facilities for conducting them. They have three yards covering an area, in the aggregate, of over four acres, with a water front of two hundred and thirty feet, the whole of which space is occupied by them in their business. They give employment to a number of hands in the work of handling the lumber, and in performing the labor incident to the busi- ness of receiving and shipping. Their offices are located at 27 Water Street, and are handsomely and comfortably arranged for the rapid transaction of business, and the convenience of their customers. Their specialty is in Hard Wood Lumber, they being the only house in the District that keep on hand a constant supply of White Oak, Ash, Wal- nut, White and Yellow Pine, Shingles, Pickets, Laths, and all kinds of Building Lumber. Their trade extends to sections remote from George- tow .. , though they chiefly supply the demands in the District and adja- cent counties. The trade attractions of the establishment are unsurpassed, and the gentlemen of the firm are deserving of the success that has attended their energy and enterprise. In the office will be found a venerable attaché of the family and the business of the Messrs. Libbey, "Uncle Crusey, " an old colored man, who for forty six-years has been unremittingly faithful to the trusts reposed in him by the father and sons in whose service he has worked, and of whose interests he has always been watchful. His fidelity has gained for him an affectionate place in the hearts of his "young masters, " who reckon among their greatest pleasures, that of providing for his comfort.
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PROMINENT MERCANTILE FIRMS-GEORGETOWN.
HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL.
H. P. GILBERT.
There is always some one in every city and town who by his ability and enterprise pushes to the front and becomes a public benefactor, by utilizing the facilities for trade and laying the foundations for increasing business and extension of labor. Prominent among this class of men appears the name of H. P. GILBERT, who located himself in Georgetown in 1863, at 93 Water Street, near High, where he has established a busi- ness that is second to none in the city. His business consists of Hard- ware, Iron and Steel of all sizes, either for sale or rent, including Blocks, Jacks, Dirt and Stone Barrows, Harness, Tug Boats, Scows, &c.
Some idea of the extensive nature of his business may be formed from the fact that he gives employment to from fifty to seventy-five men in the various branches of his extensive business.
Mr. Gilbert is engaged in many other industries that have for their object the improvement and prosperity of the community, foremost of which is the POTOMAC BLUE STONE QUARRIES, on the Potomac River, located above Georgetown. This Stone is of a bright blue color and is in every respect equal to granite, and can be cut into any shape. As a build- ing stone, for durability and beauty it has no equal in this section of the country. The new Georgetown College is constructed from stone taken from these Quarries; it is also extensively used for foundations and paving purposes, and has given universal satisfaction.
Mr. Gilbert, by his liberal spirit and enterprise, has gained a wide-spread reputation for upright and honorable dealing. Several warehouses are brought into requisition for the requirements of his extensive business, including everything from a Nail to a Steam Engine.
He is also the builder and owner of several Boats that daily ply up and down the river, which are marvels of beauty, power and speed.
CIGARS & TOBACCO.
PETER J. MAY.
In some form or other, Tobacco has become of almost universal use; economy suggests the Pipe, but in this country, the greatest demand is exhibited for the Cigar. Mr. PETER J. MAY is a Practical Manufacturer of Cigars, and is located at 93 High Street, Georgetown, where he makes a specialty of the " Rose Bud; " this is a finely flavored Cigar, and gives great satisfaction to the lovers of the weed.
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GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.
WILLIAM A. OFFUTT & BROTHER.
No o .. e will deny that the most important business interests in any community are those which supply the public demand for food. The importance of purity and quality in every article of food, renders the business of supplying this demand one which should be entrusted only to reliable persons.
Representatives of this class of Merchants will be found in the firm of WILLIAM A. OFFUTT & BRO., South-East corner Bridge and High Streets, Georgetown, dealers in Fine Groceries, Liquors, and all kinds of Country Produce; among their various brands of Whiskeys, they make a spe- cialty of the " Jockey Club " and " Baker " brands, both of which are fine and exquisitely flavored, and of the greatest purity. The business of this house was established in 1840, and after several changes, finally succeeded to the " Bros. Offutt." The Stock includes, beside all Staple Groceries, every thing coming under the head of "Fancy Groceries," which comprise Pickles, Sauces, Fancy Biscuits, Canned Fruits, etc.
The Messrs. Offutt are young men, who by energy and enterprise have established an extensive business throughout the County of Montgomery, and by their experience are better enabled to supply the wants of the Planters and Farmers, from the fact of their realizing their exact wants and desires. Such is the extent of their business, that they occupy the entire building of five stories, including the cellar.
GRAIN, FEED AND HAY.
D. B. JACKSON.
The facilities and improvements in Baling Hay and Grinding Feed for Stock, has improved so rapidly in the past few years, that this branch of trade has assumed important relations in the various branches of busi- ness. One of the largest and most extensive depots of this description is that of Mr. D. B. JACKSON, 110 High Street, Georgetown, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of Grain, Feed and Baled Hay.
Mr. Jackson's enlarged experience in this branch of Business, is such as to guarantee purchasers that all articles sold are just as represented. This building is another of the old land-marks of Georgetown, having been built about seventy years ago, by Mr. Noble Hurdle, who is said to have shaken hands with every President save that of the present incum- bent, Mr. Hayes.
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
HARTLEY & BROTHER.
There is not a city in the country of its size that handles and manu- factures as much Grain and Flour as Georgetown. The immense Flouring Mills, using hundreds of thousands of bushels annually-besides which the shipment, both by rail and water, open up a large and extensive field of operations for the Commission Merchant, Broker and Shipper. Prominent among this class of Merchants, from the extent of their busi- ness and commercial integrity, is the old and established firm of HART- LEY & BROTHERS, 95, 99, 101 Water Street, Dealers in Flour, Grain, and General Commission Merchants. This firm has been established since 1854, and occupy three warehouses with a combined capacity of storing thirty thousand bushels of Wheat.
HYDRAULIC CEMENT & CALCINED PLASTER.
J. G. & J. M. WATERS,
General Commisssion Merchants, and Agents for Round Top Hydraulic Cement and Red Beach Calcined Plaster, 28 High Street, fronting imme- diately on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, is one of the oldest Commission Houses in the City, having been established by Mr. GEO. WATERS some twenty years ago. All kinds of Grain is received on Consignment, and Cash Advances made and the interests of the Consignee carefully pro- tected. They have several Warehouses, with a storage capacity of fifty thousand bushels. They are also extensive dealers in Red Beach Cal- cined Plaster and Cement.
HATS, CAPS, &c.
J. O. BARRON.
This business, especially in the large cities and towns, to be carried on successfully, requires persons of more than ordinary ability and judg- ment. As styles are constantly changing with every season, and as every one who purchases a hat desires to have one in the prevailing fashion, the dealer must exercise care and judgment in the selection of his stock, so as to be able to satisfy the demands of his customers. Mr. J. O. BARRON, 126 Bridge Street, from his long experience is eminently fitted for this branch of business, as his well selected assortment of Hats, Caps, &c., including Umbrellas and Canes, will attest.
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