Business Men of 1850 - 1860 - 1870
Business Men of
1850
George Harsh
Jacob Howard
T. J. Stratton
M. A. Price
W. T. Coles
Daniel R. Fakes
Burr Harris
A. R. Davis
L. Drifoos |
J. H. Armstrong
Cook & Owen
P. G. Duffer
N. Cantrell
John A. Haynes
James McCasland
Ed R. Penebaker
Robert L. Williams
R. P. Allison |
T. E. Davis & Co.
Burgess & Mattley
G. W. Lewis
H. D. Lester & Son
A. M. Springer
J. F. Coe
Lester & Smith
D. Cook, Jr. |
In 1854 the Lebanon Flour-mill was
established on the site of the old cotton factory by W. W.
Carter, for that time it was considered the best mill in the
State. In 1859 John A. Lester, purchased a half interest in the
mill, and since then several changes have occurred in its
proprietorship, and at the present the property is owned by Mr.
Lester and his son-in-law, Selden R. Williams. The mill is
supplied with the most improved machinery, and has a capacity of
100 barrels of flour per day. The capital invested is $15,000.
Business Men of
1860
Dabney Carr
T. J. Stratton
J. Emanuel
W. H. Armstrong
W. H. Brown
Cash M. Park
D. Cook Jr. |
Clark & Cook
Burgess & Co.
J. L. White
L. Drifoos & Co.
Charles Stone
A. R. Fonville |
Kennedy & Aust
J. M. Woolaid
J. T. Manson
Brittain & Neal
Coe & Morris
T. Harrington |
General Business Men of
1870
Robinson & Perry
J. C. Crawford
J. P. Tolliver
W. W. Donnell
J. H. Ozment & Co.
J. O. Dillard
W. T. Cartwright
Hughlitt & Harris
Rosenthel & Bros.
J. T. McClain & Co.
J. B. Halley |
C. T. Cox
D. D. Smithwick
Joseph Wharton
Goodbar & Means
G. W. Lewis
John W. Comer
M. J. Watkins
Leggon & Bros.
Hatcher & Johnson
Donnell & Young |
J. Harding
Thomas Jenkins
Lampton Bros.
J. A. Lester & Co.
Dillard & Wilson
Fish & Reese
L. A. & J. B. Wynn
C. L. Johns
G. W. Collier
G. W. Martin |
Boots and shoes, Samuel H. Matherly and
J. A. Haynes & Co.
Tin shop and stoves, N. S. Williams.
Drugs, A. P. Thompson, and Gwynn & Peyton.
Livery stables, Swindle & Shorter, Murphey & Buchanan, and
Orgain & Watkins.
In 1870 the Bank of Wilson was established with Dr. John Owen as
president and T. J. Stratton as cashier. In 1872 the name of the
bank was changed to that of the Second National, with James
Hamilton, as president, and Mr. Stratton, cashier. The present
officers are S. R. Williams, president; John Palmer,
vice-president; W. H. Brown, cashier. The cash capital of this
bank is $70,000.
In 1875 Waters & Co., erected a large flouring-mill and stocked
it with the best of machinery, and the mill is in operation at
the present under the same proprietors. The capital invested in
the property is $15,000.
The business interests of the present are represented as
follows:
S. Martin, J. E. Stratton, R. P. Oldham,
McClain Bros, and Wilson & Waters, dry goods.
J. L. Drifoos, Shannon & Co., Freeman &
Whitescower, Monroe Fish, W. D. Chandler, Edward Wheeler, R. S.
Haley & Sons, Huggins & Seagraves and Ligan & Bros., groceries.
S. M. Anderson & Co., Gwynn & Hinds and
McDonald, McKinzie & Co., druggists.
H. M. Drifoos and J. F. Odum & Co.,
merchant tailors: D. L. Brown, clothing.
John A. Haynes, Fakes & Co. 1 and Samuel
Matherly, boots and shoes.
N. J. G. Allen tinware and stoves; J. P.
Cox, undertaker.
R. M. Cartwell and Freeman &
Whitescarver, saddlers.
J. A. Woodard & Bro., J. T. Lee,
Billings & Ragland and Ligan Bros., saloons.
J. R. Shorter, Neal & Ligan, A. J.
Rutherford, Hinse & Hannah, Murphey & Buchanan and Johnson &
Vance, livery stables.
Trebbling & Smith, butchers.
J. M. Watkins, John W. Conner and Mrs.
Cal. Woodard, hotels.
In 1884 the Bank of Lebanon was
established with a cash capital of $25,000. The officers are
James Hamilton, president; D. W. Dinges, vice-president, and S.
G. Stratton, cashier.
The manufactories of the present are the
Lebanon Planing-mill and Barrel Factory, Williams & Covington,
proprietors.
John W. Reede and Pyle & Hartsfield,
carriage manufactories.
John Shelton, marble-yard.
In June, 1885, the Lebanon Creamery was
established by a stock company with J. Moldenhower, a native of
Denmark, as manager. Upward of 4,000 pounds of milk are received
at the creamery each day, which is manufactured into butter and
cheese. The machinery used in the creamery is of the most modern
make, embracing a Danish milk separator, which separates the
cream from the milk at the rate of 2,000 pounds per hour. The
milk for the establishment is supplied by the many herds of fine
blooded milk cows for which Wilson County is noted.
Wilson County |
AHGP Tennessee
Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed
Publishing Company, 1886
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