Sketches of Early Events In the History of Jowa
In Chapter 102 the article recalls early Washington mercantile firms John Daugherty Almona Moore and others before 1845. It notes John Mather as an esteemed merchant who died January 5 1873 and recounts Samuel Kinney who started a store in 1845 and died soon after his marriage. It mentions Matt Donahey Basil Williams and other hog drivers, prices, and daily wages. It covers home manufacture of clothing and shoes, farming life, and social equality in early times. It also tracks early houses frames and the 1842 Ritchey home, plus the rise and fall of various merchants and the growth of the town through the 1850s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Tor
Basil Williams
M. P. Donahey
Matt Donahey
Baz Williams
Burlington
Messrs. Dawson & Lee
Washington
John Daugherty
Almona Moore
Robert R. Walker
Lindermuth & Bros
Charles Db. McCauley
McCauley
John Mather
Mr. Mecc
Mather
Our
Samuel Kinney
Chile
Geo. C. Vincent
Sheriff Stone
Joshua Tracy
Samuel K. Tracy
J. Tracy & Son
Early Washington merchants and the rise of town commerce
The article chronicles Washington’s 1840s to 1860s mercantile scene with firms like Daugherty Young and Malin, notable figures such as Kendall, Bickford, Marsh, and McAbraham, and their shops, fires, and ventures. It covers the development of drug stores, general stores, and the first colleges, plus local schools and Washington academy.
Early Washington merchant Joseph Meek and his ventures
The narrative traces Joseph Meek as a pioneering general merchant arriving in Washington on March 17 1849 from Ohio. He opened a brick storefront on the public square, then moved stock to Crawfordsville, later returned to Washington to launch a horse powered mulay saw mill near the public square, which proved unprofitable before Meek obtained a 1851 contract to build the old Seceder church site later occupied by a large brick building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Neal
Crawford Township
Mark Keating
Trishman
Kendall
19Th
Iowa
William Pickford
Messrs, Wye & Dawson
Lee, Dawson & Bickford
Alex Lee
Dawson & Co
Bickford
Dawson
Mr. D
Mr. PD
Elisabeth
Jesse Ashby
Brice
Chivari
Withal
U. P
Jackson Twp
Meek
Galena
St. Joseph
Missouri
Lynch
Iowa Horse
MacClelland
Combs
Franklin Township
Wm. C. McAbraham
McAbraham
Dutch Creek
U. P. Church
Richard H. Marsh
Rush County
Indiana
G. GC. Vincent
Washington
Seceder Church
T. HH. Dinsmore
Vincent
Washington College
Music Hall
J. R. Doig
W. H. Wilson
Clara Sherman
S. FE. McKee
Walsh
College of Professors
Marion Street
United Presbyterians
U.S. Service
Mr. Wilson
W. H. McMillan
Allegheny City
J. H. Walker
Chicago
J. G. Cowden
Clinton
N. P.chipman
Lincoln
Washington D. C
U. S. Congress
G. G. Bennett
New Territories
Congress
R. L. Donnell
Sigourney
Washington Academy
Joseph Meek
Tuscararus County
Wellsville
Ohio River
Burlington
Washington County Savings Bank
Crawfordsville
Knabb
Public Square
Meeks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jowa
Oy N. Littler
Teken
Washington County Ciavette
Tstoro
Jane Curry
Ype
Mary J
Dr. Anderson
Our Town
Col. J.S. Reeves
Ahhead
S&s
James Kirkpatrick
English River Township
David Bunker
English River
Joe Griffith
Marion Township
Keokuk
Thomas Ritchey
John E. Malin
Richey
McFarland’s Mill
Martin Deyoe
Samuel Culbertson
Everson
Culbertson
John Campbell
A. Hf. Patterson
Cooper
Kentucky
Wallace & Knox's
John H. Holden
Marsh
Holden
U. S. Treasury Department
A. F. Anderson
Our City
A. W. Chilcote
Messers. Chilcote & Cook
R. T. McCall
Messrs. Coulter & Campbell
J. E
J. F.malin
John KE. Malin
John KE
Matin
Messrs
John &. Malin
James F. Malin
Dr Rouseau
Hiram Wallingford
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