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Cedar Grove and Deerflein Hardware Store History
The Cedar Grove narrative tracks its plattings by John Ward in 1837, canal era growth, early traders like John Conner, and the rise of the Deerflein Hardware store. It notes the Doerflein family founding the shop in 1872 and continuing service through 1950, with local firms, churches, floods, and a resilient village economy shaping its century long hardware enterprise.
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Cedar Grove
Deerflein
U.S. 52
Brookville
New Trenton
Frank River
Indiana
John Ward
Ward
Rochester
Ohio River
Whitewater
Connersville
Delaware
Madison
John Con
Ner
Big Cedar Creek
Franklin County
John Conner
Lavina Winship
Stephen Coffin
Embrayo
Coffin
Hezekiah Coffin
Lawrenceburg
Oregon
Portland
Emanuel Withers
Old County
Zen
Bradbury Cotterell
Highland Township
Cotterell
Samuel Fields
Grove
Radklls
Backhouses
Ramseys
Bennetts
Rikers
Prices
Cooleys
Ohio State Line
Union Church
St. Leon
St. Peters
Dover
New Alsace
Dearborn
Maurice de St. Palais
Vincennes
Holy Guardian Angel
Hamilton
Witts
Brown Lumber Company
Lewis J. Brown
Seene
Mr. Brown Brown
John Doerflein II
Catherine Wilhelm
Cesar Grove
John Doerflein I
Kingdom of
Bayern
Bavaria
Rotterdam
Holland
Rhine
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
John Dierflein
Wolf Creek
John
Lucia (Vogel) Doerflein
Charles E. Doreflein
Charles E
Mathilda Wuestefeld Doerflein
Loretta Mitchell Doerflein
Charles J. Doerflein
Patton
Charles J
Raymond J. Doerflein
Floyd Doerflein
Mr. Doerflein
Loretta Mitchell
Gregg
Wayne
Josephine Burger
Dayton
Ohio
Lori Anh
United States Army
Germany
Ed Meier
Earl Beesley
Conrad Wich
Mike Fohl