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Miller Wm, farmer, 55 east South Moore Abner, Beech between High and West
Moore C B, cabinet maker, 101 south High Moore John M, moulder, 11 east South Morgan W J, agent, Muntz west of East Morrow A, milliner, 23 north High Morrow Gustavus, grocery, north High Morrow Otway C, clerk, boards 93 west Walnut Morrow Wm A, clerk, north High Moyers A W, clothing, west Short Moyers Archimedes, clothing, west Short Moyers Jacob, painter, 9 south West Moyers John, silversmith, west Short Moyers Mrs L, dressmaker, 9 south West Mullaney L J, boot maker, boards Ellicott House Mullenix Chas W, stone mason, Pleasant west of High Mullenix Edward, stone mason, 47 south East Mullenix Joseph H, stone mason, corner High and Willow Murphy James S, internal revenue and distillery, 49 n High Murphy R C, dressmaker, 26 north High Murphy Robert, 11 north West Murphy Theo, agent, corner West and North Murphy Thos, laborer, north West
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Myers Mrs C, dress maker, south High Myers John, laborer, Walnut east of Keys
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Neil Thomas, Beech west of High Nelson John F, 95 west Walnut Nelson M T, farmer, east North Nelson T E, clerk, north Beech
Nevin Chas R, farmer, boards 77 west Main
Nevin R B, blacksmith and wagon maker, East south of Main Nevin William, 77 west Main
Newby Cyrus, attorney, Smith's block, boards Kramer House NEWELL W C, county sheriff, court house, res jail building Noble D, physician, High Nordyke Jas, west Short
North Fanny, dress maker, corner North and East
North Thos J. gunsmith, 66 west Main, residence North Norton J C, 69 south East
Norton Jas C, probate judge, office court house, res s High Nugent James, saddler, 35 north West
Nulton Alonzo, conductor, 28 west Walnut
Ochs Bros, butchers, 25 west Main Ochs Michael, butcher, West Ochs Samuel, of Ochs Bros, West Ochs Simon, of Ochs Bros, West
O'Connell .John, laborer, rear 53 north West O'Donohue John, laborer, 7 west South
O'Donohue Rev Michael, St Mary's church, 49 south High O'Grady Thomas, shoemaker, 60 north West Oonk Charles, of J G Onk & Son, South east of High Oonk J G, of J G Oonk & Son, Pleasant Plain, O OONK J G & SON, merchant tailors, 34 south High Orr Matthias, millinery, 30 west Walnut ORR M R, millinery and fancy goods, 35 n High, res Walnut Ott Joseph, carpenter, Trimbel's addition
OVERMAN C M, cashier Citizens' National Bank and of Elliott, Walker & Co, north High
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Overman D M, clerk, boards Main
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Parker James, marble cutter, 30 Johnson Parker John, photographer, boards Highland House Parks C C, 26 Johnson Patrons' Supply House, W Copes sup't, Main and West Patterson James, 90 east Main
PATTERSON W S, county treasurer, office court house, resi- dence 101 east Main
Peale John, farmer, 29 north West
Pearne Rev Thos H, pastor M E church, 25 east Walnut
Pence J W, of Pence & Richards, South
Pence & Richards, lumber and planing mill, Walnut and West Phibbs John R, laborer, corner East and Academy
Picard Fred J, chief engineer C & M R R Co, east Main Pickering J K, attorney, Main and High, residence Walnut Pickering Jesse, attorney, 13 east Walnut
Plummer Mrs, Cottage south of Walnut Polk Wm, laborer, north East
Price Mrs Ann, 116 east Main
Price J, 116 east Main Price O S, assistant cashier Citizens' National Bank, east Main Price Overton, clerk, 116 east Main
Pugsley Jacob, attorney, 116 east Main Purdham John, hostler Kelly & Wright
Quinn H, hardware, 79 east Main Quinn Harness R, attorney, High and Short, res east Main Quinn Horn, attorney, 70 east Main Quinn I H, of Glascock, Quinn & Co, Main Quinn James, of Glascock, Quinn & Co, 49 east Walnut Quinn James, physician, 70 east Main QUINN JOHN W, druggist, 11 north High, res 70 east Main Quinn RS, of Miller & Quinn, 101 west Main
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Radcliff Edwin A, laborer, 66 east Walnut Raikman Sol, laborer, west Beech
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Ravenscroft Mrs R, corner South and East Ravenscroft Samuel, clerk Wright House Read Mrs Mary A, 57 north High Read F H, 57 north ligh
Read John, notions, etc, 47 east Main
Read John A, clerk, 51 east Main
Read Mrs L, millinery, 6, res 51 east Main
RECKLY JOHN, stoves and tinware, 27 s High, res 20 Walnut Reed Amos, carpenter, 187 east Main
Reed Joseph, carriage trimmer, West
Reed Joseph, carriage trimmer, 53 south East
REECE JAMES, insurance agent and agricultural implements, Main and West, res west Main
Reece J H, clerk, west Main
Reeves Edward, physician, 117 east Main
Rittenhouse J C, boots and shoes, south High
Rhoades, Cary, tanner, boards 79 cast Main
Rhoades Hardio, 97 west Main
Rhoades Isaac, leather and findings, 18 east Main, res Liberty township
Rhoades Zack, tannner, Liberty township
Rice A, brick mason, north West
Rice Squire, brick mason, 52 north West
Richards E F, farmer, 91 west Walnut
Richards E F, of Pence & Richards, Walnut
Richard Mrs E S, 95 west Main
Richards Geo W, dry goods, 55 north High Richards J C, clerk, west Main
Richards J II & Bro, dry goods, boots and shoes 11 east Main Richards J H, of J H Richards & Bro, west end South Richards L T, clerk, west Main Richards Milton, teacher, boards 91 west Walnut
Richards W G, of J H Richards & Bro, north High Riggs Dolly, laundress, East and Beech
Rittenhouse John C, boots and shoes, 50 west Walnut
RIVES EDWARD, physician, 30 north High, residence. 117 east Main Rizer J R & Co, undetakers, west Main
Rizer J R, of J R Rizer & Co
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Roades Henry, attorney, Main and High Roads Hardin, of Scott & Roads, west Main Robison Benjamin, laborer, north East Robinson Bryant, 53 west South
Rockel Henry, baker, Pleasant west of High Rockel John, butcher, 31 west Walnut Rockold A, of N Rockold & Son, south High Rockhold Austin, hardware, 71 south East Rockhold F, attorney, east Main Rockhold Flint, clerk, 159 east Main Rockhold N, of N Rockhold & Sou, 159 east Main
Rockhold N & Son, hardware, 17 west Main Rodgers Christina, bakery and confectionery, 27 north High Rodgers T J, carpenter, 78 north High
Ross Samuel, 137 east Main
Rother Elwood, engineer, corner Fast and Beech
Rowe James B, wagon maker, 27 south East
Russ Charles B, physician, boards 74 west Main Russ R.C, physician, 36 Main, residence 78 south House Ryan B F, baggage master, east Beech
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Sams Charlotte D, 38 north High Sams Prof Isaac, east North Sargent Nelson, 55 north High Sayler Frank, clerk, boards east Main Sayler Jacob, jeweler, 15 west Main, residence 29 east Main Scarborough H S, farmer, 101 west Walnut
Schilley Jacob, boots and shoes, High and Short, res West and Beech
Schledorn Joseph, tailor J G Oonk & Son Schott Joseph, 185 east Main
Schwartz Wm, 43 south East
Schweinsberger Henry, saloon and billiards, 33 north High, residence south High Scott D F, of Scott & Roads, Clinton Co Scott & Roads. grocers, Music Hall building, west Main Scott Wm, bank, west Main Seldom James, laborer, north East
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Seybert Charles, drugs, 34 east Walnut
SEYBERT & CO, wholesale and retail druggists, 3 west Main Seybert Rob't L, of Seybert & Co, Walnut Shack Jacob, livery, 68 south High Shaw Joseph S, 66 north High
Shack & Kramer, livery, Beech bet High aud West Shepherd Charles O, carpenter, boards 15 west South Shepherd F R. of Utman, Jeans & Co, 15 south West Shepherd Henry A, attorney, 43 east Main
Shepherd W W, physician, 4 west Short, res 68 north High Shields Thomas, clerk, north side Walnut east of Keys Shinn J B, 54 west Walnut
Shipp B R, dentist, 77 west Walnut Shipp Mrs S F, 52 south High
Sheldon Joseph, tailor, corner Pleasant and Eist Shoftstall R H, clerk, boards Walnut
Shriver E W, tinware, etc, 48 west Main
Simpson Charles, renovater, 6 east Main, boards West Simonson & Co, doors, sash and blinds, 44 north West Simonson Theo, carpenter, boards 63 south East Sloan E Irick, attorney, 78 west Walnut
SLOANE & HOUGH, attorneys at law, room 1 Strauss building, Sloane Ulric, of Sloane & Hough, 78 west Walnut Slocum Israel, east Beech Slusser George, painter, Beech north of High
Smalley James G, carpenter, 42 west Walnut
Smith E G, ass't superintendent public school, 99 north High Smith Mrs E G, 45 east Main
Smith James, twister Hillsboro Woolen Mill Smith James, Chillicothe pike
SMITHI JOHN A, pres't Hillsboro National Bank, 9 High Smith Joseph, drayman, Beech west of High
SMITH KIRBY, attorney at law, 16 east Main, res Main SMITH W R & CO, wholesale and retail druggists, 16 Main Smith W G, of W R Smith & Co, east Main Smith W R, of W R Smith & C.), 81 east Main
SPARGUR BROS, dry goods, carpets, boots, shoes, hats and caps, Masonic Temple, north High
Spargur II W, of Spargur Bros, 64 south High
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Spargur Joel, dairy, corner South and Johnson Spargui J D W, of Spargur Bros, 72 east Main Speers Mrs, 2 west Walnut
SPEES & BARRERE, druggists, 27 west Main Spees Dr S J, of Spees & Barrere, Walnut Spence J C, farmer, 81 south High Stafford E, surveyor, east North Stafford Elizabeth, 72 north High
Stabler Eugene, 32 Johnson
Steele Frank, judge District Court, 65 east Walnut Stevenson Edward, brick mason, 37 east Walnut Stevens Friend F, clerk, Johnson
Stevens Geo, county recorder, office court house, res 36 Johson Stephenson George, jeweller, 8 Walnut
Stevenson J, of Stevenson & Young, Walnut
Stevenson Josiah, merchant tailor, 8 east Walnut
STEVENSON & YOUNG, merchant tailors and dealers in ready made clothing, 3 south High Stockwell Jams, Vine south of South
Stoddard Ostavus, house painter, boards 74 west Main
Stoddard S S, shoemaker and justice of the peace, High near Walnut, residence Vine Strain Allen, of H Strain & Co, Walnut Strain Henry, of H Strain & Co, Walnut Strain HI & Co, grocers, 19 west Main Strain John, of HI Strain & Co, Walnut Strauss Samuel, clerk, boards Ellicott House STROBHART J A, proprietor Ellicott House, west Main Strobhart S, clerk Ellicott House Stuart Mrs Robt, east Main Sullivan Ellen, laundress, east Beech
Swan Robert, printer Gazette, boards Brown House Swearingen Hugh, farmer, 51 north High
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Tate Catharine, laundress, north East Tate Israel, laborer, north East Taylor Nelson, laborer, north East THEOBALD F, proprietor Jefferson House, 70 and 72 w Main
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Thomas Mrs C E, Pleasant west of East Thomas E E, driver, 13 west Main THOMPSON JAMES S, attorney at law and register in bank- ruptcy, office Waddle building, res bet High and East
Thomas Martin, works Gazette office
Thomas Philip, carpenter, boards Highland House Thomas Tom, laborer, north East
Thompson Henry, attorney, cor High and Thompson avenue
Thornburg A W, carpenter Simonson & Co
Thornburg Caleb, carpenter, 45 west South
Thornburgh Caleb A, of Utman, Jeans & Co west South Thorp Charles, porter, Wright House
Thorp Mrs domestic, Wright Houre
Toney H W Rev, pastor A M E church north side Pleasant west of High
Trimble George S, west Short
Trimble Mrs James M, west Short
Trimble James S, west Short Trimble John A, east Main Trimble Moses, laborer, north East
Trimble Wm H, farmer, Chillicothe pike
Trof Lucretia ,86 west Walnut Trosky Fred, shoemaker, cor High & Walnut res 62 east Walnut Tucker Albert, waiter, Wright House Tucker C, teamster, 48 west South Tucker Geo R, carpenter 87 west Walnut Tudor J W, clerk, boards High
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Uhrig Jacob, saloon, 14 east Main, res 72 south High Uhrig John, 96 south High
Utman Charles, of Utman, Jeans & Co, west Main, res 100 south High Utman, Jeans & Co, lumber and planing mill, at depot Uttman Lewis, laborer, north West
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Vanduynden Peter, shoemaker, north High Van Winkle Margaret, 107 east Main
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Vaughn V A, clerk, East
Vaughn Virgil, butcher, corner East and Muniz Vinsonhaier Mrs L, 29 south East
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Waddell R R, jewelry, 25 west Main Walker & Elliott, general merchandise, Main and High
Walker T A, of Walker & Elliott, and of Elliott, Walker & Co, south High
Ward Robert, saloon, 25 north High
Warren John, engineer, west Main
Warren Samuel, stone mason, Vine south of South Warsel Louis, meat market 28 north High res 485 north East Watts C W, job printer Gazette, boards Kramer House
Weachers Herman, tailor J G Oonk & Sons
Weatherby Rev J, pastor Baptist church res 32 Elm Welch Daniel, laborer, North east of West Wetmore Wm, carpenter, 57 west South
Wessell Louis, butcher, 485 north East
Wessel & Zile, butchers north High and 64 west Main West J L, dry goods, 23 north High res High and South West Mrs, 18 east south
Wever P H, physician, boards 38 north High
White Cora, cook Wright House
Wiles Moses, tinshop, 7} north High
Willett Albert, laborer west side Cottage south of Walnut Willett Martha L, 52 east Walnut
Willett Moses, carpenter, 70 east Walnut
Williams Clement, laborer, test Beech
Williams J H, barber, north East Williams James, laborer, 54 east Walnut Williams Joseph, laborer, Walnut east of Keys Williams Martha, laundress, rear 54 east Walnut
Williams Samuel, barber, boards rear 54 east Walnut Williams Sarah, Walnut west of High Willits Mark R, policeman, 16 Johnson Willison Mrs R L, dressmaker, 43 west Main Winegardner John, of Evans & Winegardner, 143 east Main Winegardner Peter, shoemaker, 103 south High
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Wolff Henry, tailor, Main and High Wolf Henry, tailor, West south of South Woollas Nicholas, carpenter, 50 east Walnut Woodrow Mrs A M, 42 north High Woodrow Charles, printer, east Main Woodrow Joseph, 32 east Main Woodrow Joshua, 93 west Main
Woodrow Mary, cor South and Elm
Woodrow RS, clerk county auditor, boards 93 west Main Woodrow W C, drug clerk, east Main
Woodrow Wm H, clerk bankrupt court, Waddle building, res Main
Woods, laborer, north East
Woods Lucinda, laundress, south side Walnut east of Keys
Woods Thos, laborer, east side Cottage south of Walnut
Work P H, confectioner, east Main west of East
Work P H, clerk, east Main
Wright Clarkson, of Reilly & Wright, cor High and Beech Wright Henry, farmer, 39 north West
Wulfert Fred, baker, boards 13 west Main
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Young Emanuel, merchant tailor, south side Pleasant west of East Young Louisa, laundress, west Beech
Young John, laborer, west Beech Young James, barber, west Main Young James, barber, west Beech
Young J T, tailor, Pleasant Young Mary, laundress, High south of Pleasant
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Zane Fred, tanner and currier, 12 east Main, res High Zane Fred, meat market, 12 south High, res High Zane Wm, tanner, Beech bet West and High Zink George M, cabinet maker and undertaker, 73 east Main Zink James, cabinet maker, boards 73 east Main Zink Thomas F, cabinet maker, east Walnut Zye August, butcher, 44 west South
Greenfield and Vicinity Historical.
From " Centennial Historical Sketches " by W. H. Irwin.
In 1799 the commissioners of Ross county ordered the Col- lege Township Road opened. This is the old road leading from Athens through Chillicothe, Greenfield, Leesburg, and on to Oxford.
The men appointed to this work were Duncan McArthur, surveyor, William Rodgers, James Murray, viewers, Thomas McDonald and Michael Thomas, chain carriers. It was while making this survey that McArthur conceived the idea of laying out a town here, which idea he carried into eff. ct in that, or the following year.
The first person that settled in this newly laid out town, was Job Wright, who built the first cabin on the lot where Low stands the Harper House. Job's ambition did not run in the way of worldly honors or profits. The creek and the forest were his home. By trade he was a hair-sieve maker, which he followed when it was not suitable for fishing or hunting ; but he never allowed business to interfere with pleasure. Wire sieves were then unknown and the hair sieve was indispensi- ble in separating the bran from the pounded corn meal. About a hundred yards above the bridge was his favorite place for angling. From this erratic, red haired, long whiskered, dou- bled thumbed individual, this place was named "Job's Hole," which name it still bears, although the origin of the name to most persons is forgotten
Civilization soon crowded Job out of town and further west; the last heard of him was in 1831, living on a small island in Diamond Lake, Cass county, Michigan.
Early in the spring of 1800, John Coffey, Lewis Lutteral, Samuel Schooley, Joseph Palmer, James Curry, James Milli- gan and William Bell, moved into Greenfield and commenced
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building houses and making other necessary improvements, with a view to a permanent residence.
Bell died the next spring and was the first person buried in the place except a small son of John Coffey. His sons, Joseph and charles learned the blacksmith trade, Josiah the hatter's and established the first hatter's shop in the place. He after- wards engaged in the mercantile business, in which he contin~ ued until the time of his death about twenty five years ago.
Joseph Bell started the first blacksmith shop, close to where Dr. Newcomer now resides. Charles at first worked with him but he afterwards opened a shop for himself near the grocery house of T. N. Sellers and continued that business until 1827, when he sold out and engaged in the mercantile business, and continued to sell goods until near the close of his life. When John Coffey and others came here to settle, the Indians had their camp along both sides of the creek in the vicinity of the town and their intercourse with the white settlers was of a most friendly character. John Coffey was the first tavern keeper and the first Justice of the Peace. He built a log house on the cor. of Main and Second streets, the house was of hewed logs two stories higb, twenty-two feet wide and thirty deep. Mayor James Curry built one of the first cabins near the spring, below J. C. Roachs residence, He had been an officer in the revolutionary war and helped to fight the bloody battle of Point Pleasant. He served as Representative for several terms in the State Legislature and was a very intelligent and accomplished gentleman. In this cabin, in 1804, the talented Otway Curry, poet and editor, was born.
The first school, of which we have any knowledge, was kept in a little log house outside the town plat, by Judge Mooney, about the year 1803. In 1810, a school house was built on out-lot No. 16, near T. M. Boyd's. It was built of round poles or logs, sixteen feet square, and covered with clap- boards. A place was cut out for the door, and a log taken out on each side for the windows. One half had a puncheon floor, and the other half, next to the fire place, which occupied the whole of one end, was earth. Broad rails with legs in them constituted the benches. Mr. T. M. Boyd and William Collier
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went to school here in 1814, but along in January it got so cold that the school froze out. In 1815 a good log school house was built in the grave yard ; this was used until 1837 when two frame school houses were built, and the town was divided by Main street into two districts.
It may be interesting to some of the young people who now carry arms fu l of books and other accoutrements, to know something of a school boy's outfit in early days. Shirt and pants of tow linen in summer, in winter, linsey ; wool hat or coon-skin cap, bare feet from April to December; heavy cow- skin shoes during the winter ; frequently knees and elbows out ; a small blue-backed Dillsworth spelling book, Pike's arithmetic, a piece of slate, a few sheets of unruled, coarse white paper, a little red potters' ware ink-stand, filled with ink made from maple bark, and a goose quill,-to be made into a pen by the master.
In 1845 the stone academy was erected, and for a number of years was a very successful institution. It finally failed to pay expenses, when a union school was organized and the building bought for that purpose ; and if there is any one thing about which we have any better right to be proud than another, it is our Union School.
One of the great inconveniences suffered by the early set- tlers was the want of flouring mills, They had often to go from thirty to fifty miles, taking a whole week to make the trip; and if kept longer they dare not travel on Sunday or they would have the session and constable both after them. John Kingery, in 1802, built a grist mill at the present site of the " Greenfield Mill." It was a one-story log building, thirty feet square. At first he ground only corn, but he soon put in a hand bolt, and made passable flour. The mill stones were made from the native boulders and are still on the premises. In 1830 Kingery sold out to Samuel Smith, and Samuel Yohn did the milling until Daniel Leib purchased it, who afterwards began the erection of the present mill house, from which he fell and was killed, before he had completed it.
The township of Madison was laid off in 1809, and in 1810 the first election was held, at which forty-seven votes were polled. Not one of those electors is now living.
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The early merchants of the place weut annually on horse- back to Philadelphia to purchase their stock of goods. It took from six to seven weeks to inake the trip. The goods had to be wagoned to the Ohio river ; thence boated down to Ripley, and from there wagoned to Greenfield.
Laboring as the people did under so many disadvantages. for want of the improved method of transportation, it is not to be wondered at that they worked energetically to secure a railroad.
On the second day of May, 1851, Charles White, an old Revolutionary soldier, then in the ninetieth year of his age, threw the first dirt on the M. & C, R. R., near where the depot now stands.
Thousands of people assemble to witness the ceremonies and to rejoice over the prospects of soon being able to go east and west by rail.
On the first day of May, 1854, this hope began to be realized, that being the day upon which the first regular pas- senger train ran over the road.
In 1811, the first stone house was built in the place by Noble Crawford and was used as a hotel and called the "Travel- er's Rest." The house is still standing and is the residence of Dr. Joseph McGarraugh. When it was built it was much the finest house in the place. Crawford kept the post-office here and was the first Postmaster, and this was the second office established in the county.
The mail was carried by a boy on horseback, making the trip once a week. The mail carrier was the required by law to blow a horn when approaching an office.
In 1808, George Sanderson moved here and purchased nearly all the in and out lots in the south and west portion of the town, fenced, plowed and cultivated the same in wheat and corn. He built bim a house near where R. H. Miller resides, and dug the first well in the town on the lot of Henry DePoy. Mrs. Jane Edwards is one of his children, and is the oldest living person born in the town. Here she has resided for sixty ~ seven years and has never been out of town over a week at one time.
In 1814, David Bonner came here from Chillicothe. He-
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was a wool carder by trade, and so on after he came here built a portion of the old part of the Harper House, which he used for Carding wool. He run the machinery by means of a tread wheel, on which he worked horses, oxen and sometimes cows .. In 1822 he put up a large woolen and cotton factory on the lot owned by Samuel Murray. In 1834 he introduced steam to run the machinery. About the same time he put in mill stones to grind corn and a pair of burrs to make flour. In 1837, about mid day, his factory burned down.
The next year he built the stone buidling now owned by the Odd Fellows, and used it for a short time as a factory. When he sold this he retired from business, but he continued to reside in town until his death, in 1853, at an advanced age.
About the year 1814 a man by the name of Chinchester built the house now occupied by C. H. Crothers as a saloon, where he kept tavern.
There was a large two-story porch in front of the building, which was a great place of resort during the summer evenings. The porch in that day was a very fine piece of workmanship and was put up by William McMillen, Esq., who at that time was counted the best carpenter in the country.
Jerry Wilson succeeded him in 1823, and at the same time carried on the saddlery business, Stewart Brown and A. J. Freshnour being his apprentices. He sold out to Rice Vass about 1735; he sold to Major Musson, who continued to serve the public until his death
Vass then bought the property back and continued in the hotel business until his death, except a year or so when S. W. Smith had it leased.
In 1814 Captain James Collier moved on a farm just east of town. He was one of the persons that every true American delights to honor-a Revolutionary soldier. During the most of the time he was in the service he belonged to what was call- ed the "Flying Camp ;" a body of men used to make rapid movements on the enemy. Much of the time he was in the- service he was with Gen. Washington; was with him in the memorable retreat through New Jersey, and the terrible suf- fering of Valley Forge. He took an active part in the battle of Long Island, helped to fight the battle of White Plains, assisted
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