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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IAHENRY] Mount Pleasant Directory-1846
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:30:49 -0500


>From A Glimpse of Iowa 1846 by John B. Newhall

87.
[Seat of Justice of Henry County.]
MOUNT PLEASANT DIRECTORY-1846.

MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS.
John K. Randolph, P. & A. Saunders, D. Gilchrist and Co., E.S. Hill, A.
McKinney, H. Ray.
Druggists- B.F. Stephenson, Dr. Davis.
Saddlers- Edward Trine, J.D. Waugh.
Tinners- J. & W. Craig.
Tailors- Douglass & Rogers, John Eshelman, J. Pollock
Cabinet Shops- Reuben Allen, E.D. Young
Blacksmiths.-Rucker & Gass, Jno. Campbell, Jacob Shoup.
Wagon Shop- Pixley & Thomas.
Plough Manufactory- Mr. Buckley.
Gun Smith-Mr. Hixon.
3 Shoe Manufactories; 4 Carpenters' Shops; 1 Turner; 1 Paint Shop.
Lawyers- Wm. Thompson, John T. Morton, Wm. H. Wallace, Franklin Street,
A. Lotspeich.
Physicians- Dr. Darling, J.H. Temple, Chas. S. Clark, J.D. Payne, G.W.
Snyder, Dr. Farriss, Dr. Harper.
Magistrates- P.C. Tiffany, A. McKinney.
Post Master- John S. Bartruff.
Hotels- Henry House, P.C. Tiffany; Mount Pleasant House, J. Bowman.
Churches.- Methodist Episcopal, Pastor, Rev. Mr. Simpson; Baptists,
Rev. Mr. Burnett; Christian, _______; Presbyterian, _______; Congregational,
______.
Lodges- Mount Pleasant (Masonic Lodge), No. 8.
Schools- "Mount Pleasant High School" and Female Seminary, Samuel L.
How, Principal; 120 Students.
Select School.- By Miss Huestis and Miss Mary Jane Young.
Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute.- This Institution, chartered by
the Legislature of Iowa, is in a flourishing condition; endowed with
Professors in Natural and Moral Philosophy, Literature, Languages, &c. The
buildings are spacious and convenient, affording every facility for the
accommodation of youth. Rev. A.J. Huestis, Pres.
County Officers- District Prosecutor, Wm. Thomson;

88.
Sheriff, Samuel Smith; Clerk of the District Court, E. Kilpatrick; Judge of
Probate, A. McKenny; Recorder, John P. Grantham; Coroner, Moses Beers;
Treasurer, Wm. S. Viney; County Surveyor, H.H. McMillan.


Cathy Joynt Labath
Iowa History Project
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm




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