Monongahela Valley directory - Monongahela - 1859

1859 Directory of Monongahela Valley

Monongahela, Washington County

From the Thurstons Directory of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Valleys - 1859

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Name - occupation
Abraham, William, carpenter
Adams, B. W., barber (colored)
Alexander, J. S., banker and grocer (Alexander & Co.)
Alexander, James , coal digger (colored)
Alexander, Joseph, of Alexander & Co.
Alexander, William J., of Alexander & Co.
Allison, Thomas, coal digger
Anawalt, Samuel, ship carpenter
Arthurs, ___, teacher
Atkins, William H., Tin- sheet Iron-copper mfr.

Bailey, William, clerk (Alexander & Co.)
Baird, J. W., brick mason
Baird, Robert, stone cutter
Baldwin, Milton, blacksmith
Baizor, Daniel, barber (colored)
Beach, Chauncy, flour mill (C. Beach & Co.)
Beach, Charles, of Beach & Co.
Beacon, Rev. L., minister
Bell, Robeert, laborer
Bebee, Mrs. Sarah, widow of Robert
Bentley, B. F., gentleman
Bentley, Shesh, gentleman
Bentley, William W., river clerk
Berringer, John, coal digger
Berringer, William, coal digger
Biddle, R. F., M. D. (allopathic)
Bland, Thomas, carpenter
Blane, Leonard, carpenter
Boilhart, Elias C., marble works
Borland, Mark, grocery (Borland & Young)
Bowman, Julia, widow
Bowman, M., merchant tailor
Bowman, Rachel, widow of Elijah
Bowman, Samuel, sexton (colored)
Bowman, Samuel, deck hand
Bowman, Thomas, stone mason (colored)
Boyd, John, coal digger
Boyd, Matilda, widow
Boyd, Parker, laborer
Boyd, Reece, coal digger
Boyd, Robert, boat builder
Boyd, William, coal digger
Branthoover, Henry, inn keeper
Brown, Mrs. Eleanor, widow of William
Brown, George, coal digger (colored)
Brown, James, carpenter
Brown, Thomas, laborer (colored)
Buffington, A. J., pricipal Publis School
Butler, Benjamin, engineer
Byder, Peter, coal digger
Bygat, Joseph, at paper mill

Campbell, Amaziah, boot and shoemaker
Campbell, Levi, of Campbell &Co.
Campbell, William T., clerk
Capron, Nelson, watchmaker and jeweler
Carmack, Abraham, mason
Carmack, Z., moulder
Carman, Josiah, insurnace agent
Carothers, Jonas, coal digger
Carroll, Huffman, ship carpenter
Chesrown, John, propietor (National House)
Chesrown, John C.,
Clark, David, livery stable
Clark, Robert M., saddler
Clemens, John, justice of the peace
Collins, Charles Franklin, carpenter
Collins, Mrs. Eliza, widow of James
Collins, James, gentleman
Collins, Thomas, clerk
Collins, Samuel, ship carpenter
Colwell, William, mill wright
Connelly, George, blacksmith
Cooper, Hezekiah, grocer
Cooper, Robert F., attorney
Cott, Lucinda, widow of William
Coulter, Raphael, laborer
Coulter, Robert, coal merchant
Coulter, William, sawmill
Coulter, William, master builder
Crall, Amos, toll gatherer
Crall, Benjamin, coal digger
Crall, Charles, shoemaker
Crall, Elijah, coal digger
Crall, Isaac, coal digger
Crawl, Charles, shoemaker
Crawl, Clark, boat builder
Craven, Eebenezer, coal digger
Culbertson, Albert, manager paper mill
Culbertson, E. C., dry goods and grocer
Curry, Joseph, coal digger (colored)
Curry, Thornton A., boatman (colored)

Daveson, Robert, ship carpenter
Daveson, William, ship carpenter
Davey, Martha, widow
Demain, Robert Newton, carpenter
Derry, Solomon, laborer(colored)
Dickey, James, cabinet ware manufr.
Dixson, Miss Mary, 
Dougherty, John, laborer (colored)
Dougherty, William, laborer

Earnest, George, shoemaker
Earnest, Stephen,
Eccles, Jefferson, boatman
Elphinstone, Hezekiah, boot and shoemaker

Farry, William, coal digger
Ferree, joel T., insurnace agent
Filson, Hiram, baker
Finley, H. H., of Thomas Smith & Co.
Forbes, Catherine, widow of Thomas
Foster, Benjamin, laborer
Foster, George, coal digger
France, George, coal digger
Frazier, Montgomery, farmer
Frazier, ___, shoemaker
Fry, Abraham, deck hand at sawmill
Fry, Mrs. ___, widow
Fulton, Henry, tanner and currier

Gallatin, Sarah Ann, widow of Jacob
Gee, Ransom M., marble manufr.
Gibson, Jesse, blacksmith
Gibson, John, mechanic
Gordon, James, justice of the peace
Goucher, John, M.D.
Grant, Alfred, sawyer
Gregg, H. T., plasterer
Guthrie, David, carpenter
Guthrie, William, ship carpenter

Haley, Silas, clothing store
Haney, ___, ship carpenter
Haney, John, ship carpenter
Haney, William, ship carpenter
Harlan, James, tailor
Hart, Mrs. Jane, widow of John
Hart, William, coal digger
Harvey, Caleb,  propietor (City Hotel)
Hazzard, C. C. W., editor (Junior's Friend)
Hazzard, T. R., editor and publisher (Monongahela Republican)
helman, Benjamin, ship carpenter
Hickson, Rose Ann, 
Hill, Samuel C., chair maker
Hiser, Chadwick, carpenter
Hodson, Thomas, farmer
Hoffman, george, baker
House, O. C., grocery
Huey, David, confectionery

Ingalls, E. R., cement roofer
Irwin, David, cooper
Irvine, David, carpenter

Jones, Jacob, riverman (colored)
Jones, Morgan, laborer (colored)
Jones, Timon, carpenter
Jordon, Anora, widow of Dennis
Jordon, William, shoemaker
Jourdan, Martha, dress maker
Jourdan, Rose Ann, widow of Peter

Keenan, Catherine, widow of James - confectionary
Keller, E. W., engineer
Keller, Samuel, dry goods and groceries
Keller, George A., founder propietor (Monongahela Foundry)
Keller, Samuel P., clerk
Kern, William, carpenter
Kerr, John, pastor (O.S. Presbyterian Church)
Kiddoo, Joseph, planing mill
Kinckerly, Mrs. N., propietress (Lapierre House)
King, Cyrus B., medical student
King R. C., boot shoe and hat store
King, S. M., M. D. and druggist
King, William, H., M. D. and druggist

Laddy, William, ship carpenter
Latta, William, foreman McClure's boat house
Layman, Frederick, baker
Layman, ___, tailor
Lawton, Matthew Jr., sculptor
Lewis, Samuel, ship carpenter
Livingston, george, paper maker
Lockhart, James W., clerk (Alexanders)
Lockhart, Mary, widow of William
Loman, Isaac, ambrotype and photograph artist
Longwell, George, engineer
Loomis, Cornella E., milliner and dress maker
Lowstetter, Daniel, coal digger
Lytle, James, deck hand
Lytle, john, laborer

Manown, Franklin, farmer
Manown, James, justice of the peace
Markill, George W., riverman
Markell, John S., steamboat clerk
Markell, William J., tobacconist and post master
Martin, Abagail, widow of Jesse
Marker, George, coal digger
Marker, Michael, coal merchant
Marshall, Thomas, coal digger
Martin, J. C., salesman
Massey, John, coal digger
Mathias, Peter, coal digger
Merrick, John, tailor
Miller, Ralph, coal digger
Miller, Thomas, laborer
Milton, Mrs. Frances, widow of George (colored)
Moore, Ard., farmer
Moore, David, of Kiddoo & Moore
Morrison, Margaret, widow of John
Mosely, W. B., of King & Mosely
Mumbower, William, riverman
Musgrave, James, M. D.
Myers, John, tobacconist

McBride, James, boot and shoemaker
McCallister, James, of Norfolk & Co.
McClelland, violet, widow of John
McClure, William Jr., ship yard
McLaughlin, John, patent right inventor
McLean, Jefferson, cabinet maker
McKelson, Peter, carriage trimmer

Nelson, Capt. John, 
Nelson, Robert, steamboat engineer
Newkirk, Sarah H., widow of Cyrus
Nicholas, Washington, carpenter
Norfolk, John, blacksmith (Norfolk & Co.)

Oliver, Richard, coal digger (colored)
Orbin, George, ship carpenter
Orbin, Miss Miranda, millinery and trimming store
Osbourne, Robert, ship carpenter

Patterson, Thomas, tanner
Phillips, Benjamin P., steamboat clerk
Phillips, Robert, livery stable
Phillips, William, livery stable
Phillips, W. M., harness maker
Poppinger, Henry, blacksmith
Porter, Hudson, ship carpenter

Rabe, Henry, saddler
Rabe, William, ship carpenter
Ralph, Mrs. ___, widow
Ralph, William, teamster (colored)
Reed, Milley, laundress
Reynolds, David, tailor
Riddle, David, gentleman
Roberts, Richard, glass blower
Robins, James Sr., gentleman
Robinson, R. T., butcher
Robinson, William P., clerk
Rose, Florilla, widow of George
Rose, John, laborer
Ross, Thomas, coal digger (colored)
Rousenberger, Barbara, spinster
Russell, james, cabinet maker

Sampson, A. C., insurance agent
Scott, Alexander, stove peddler
Scott, Alexander, coal merchant
Scott, B. F., painter
Scott, Eliza, spinster
Scott, Ferguson, teamster (colored)
Scottm James, moulder
Scott, Jane, spinster
Scott, Mary A., widow of Samuel
Scott, Moses, grocer
Shaffer, Henry, wagon maker
Shaffer, John, wagon maker
Shannon, John, laborer
Shawhan, Robert, paper mill
Sheplar, James P., propietor (Hempfield House)
Shugerts, John R., farmer
Simmonds, Jacob, coal diger (colored)
Smith, James, engineer
Smith, John W., druggist
Smith, Maria widow (colored)
Smith, Maria, widow
Smith, Mrs. Nancy, widow of Peter
Smith, Samuel, coal digger
Smith, William, laborer
Smith, William H., sculptor
Smith, William H., druggist
Sowers, Joseph, sawyer
Speers, Miss Margaret,
Stockdale, Richard, tanner
Storer, John, farmer
Storer, Lucinda, widow
Stuart, J. P., gentleman
Stump, Irwin C., book keeper
Sullivan, Martin, shoemaker
Sutman, Joseph, shoemaker

Talbot, John, hatter
Taylor, Joseph, engineer
Taylor, J.C., carpenter
Teeters, Abraham, brick maker
Teeters, John W., carpenter
Teeters, J. W., cabinet maker
Teeters, R. D., propietor (Planter's House)
Thompson, Wilson, glass blower
Thompson, William W., teacher
Tidball, William S., blacksmith
Tuman, Joseph, teamster
Turner, Laban, laborer (colored)

Underwood, Cyrus, ex-recorder for county

Valentine, Lewis, carriage factory

Wall, Isaac, engineer
Watson, Margaret, widow
Williams, John S., grocer
Williams, J. B., dentist
Williams, T. Hudson, grocery
Williams, William M, grocery
Wilson, Joseph, dry goods and groceries
Wilson, S. Clark, salesman
Wilson, William H., clerk
Woodward, Joseph, sawyer
Workman, Josiah, coal digger

Yohe, Cassandra, widow of Samuel
Yohe, Isaac, shoemaker
Yohe, Michael, carpenter
Young, John of Borland & Young
Young, Robert, clerk

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