This contains a transcription of the Harrisville, New Hampshire entries in Part Second, Business Directory of Cheshire County, N. H. 1884-85, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, NY.
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(Postoffice address is Harrisville unless otherwise designated in parenthesis.)
Adams Eliza Miss, r 34, agent for Frederic M.
Adams Frederic M., r 34, summer residence farm 275, stenographer and lawyer in New York city.
Ardes James, spinner, bds with G. Davis.
Ayre David, spinner, bds with G. Davis.
Ballou Louis, fac. op.
Bancroft Joel, off r 5, farmer 300.
Barker Chauncey, r 9, retired farmer.
Barker George W., r 9, milk dealer and farmer 230 and in Nelson 75.
Barry John C., r 9, farmer 100.
Barry Richard, r 17, saloon, pool and billiards.
Beal George T., r 7, farmer 40.
Beal Persia, r 16, farmer 160.
Belivieu Philip, weaver, bds Peanut Row.
Bemis Emma J., (Pottersville) (Mrs. George F.) telegraph operator.
Bemis George F., (Pottersville) r 15, station agent and farmer 20.
BEMIS SAMUEL D., (Pottersville) r 15, farmer 200.
Bergeron Cleophas, chopper, h Grove.
Bergeron Exilia, wool sorter Cheshire mills, h Grove.
BERGERON FRANK, r 17, boss finisher in Cheshire mills.
Bergeron Luke, wool sorter, bds Grove.
BLAKE CHARLES A., r 16, prop. of Nubaunsit House and livery connected.
Blodgett Judson, r 17, farmer.
BLODGETT WALTER L., r 17, watchman Cheshire mills.
Bowen Thomas, (East Harrisville) r 24, laborer.
Brooks James H., r 16, farmer 6 and woodland 13.
Brooks James H. Jr., r 16, weaver and farmer.
Brown Charles M., (Pottersville) r 32, laborer.
Brown Edward, (Pottersville) r 32, laborer.
Brown Samuel M., (Pottersville) r 32, works on railroad.
Bruce Lucy M., (Pottersville) r 32, widow of John A.
Burke Raphael, off r 16, fac. op.
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Carlton Prentice W., (Pottersville) r 32, farmer 35.
Carter William, (Pottersville) r 32, manuf. of knife trays.
Chapin Joel P., (Pottersville) r 15-1/2 Baptist clergyman.
CHESHIRE MILLS CO., r 17 (J. T. and Horatio Colony) Horatio Colony, pres. and treas.; W. F, Turnbull, supt.; manufs. of flannels and ladies’ dress goods.
Cobbett Charles A., r 17, boss carder, Cheshire mills.
COLONY HENRY, pres. Cheshire mills Co., h West st., Keene. (Died July 25, 1884).
COLONY JOSIAH T., (Cheshire Mills Co.) h West st., Keene.
Colton Dudley L, r 35, farmer.
Colton James J., r 35, farmer.
Colton Sarah, r 35, widow of Elliott, farm 125.
COOLIDGE CHARLES W., surgeon dentist, home office in Bristol, Grafton Co., N. H.
DAVIS GEORGE, r 17, representative, town clerk, treasurer, supervisor, justice of the peace, boarding house.
DERBY MILAN M., (Pottersville) r 15-1/2, works in Symonds & Son’s mill, farmer 4.
Desilaites Felix, off r 16, resident, aged over 70.
Desilaites Octave, off r 16, fac. op.
Devine Francis, r 17, fac. op.
Dickey Dexter D., r 17, teamster.
Donahue William, r 17, section boss M. & K. R. R.
DRURY ABNER E., (A. E. & L. M. Drury,) owns village place Westminster, Mass., 15 acres, served in 32d Mass. Vols., Capt. Co. D.
DRURY A. E. & L. M., (Abner E. and Lymon M.) telegraph and telephone agents, dealers in hardware, grain, flour, feed, groceries, paints, oils, glass, &c.
Drury Lyman M., (A. E. & L. M. Drury) owns farm in Westminster, Mass., 70 acres, served as Sergt. in Co. H., 36th Mass. Vols.
DUNN REUBEN A., r 10, farmer with D. Farwell.
EATON LUTHER P., (East Harrisville) r 21 cor. 22, breeder of Jersey and Durham cattle and Oxforddown sheep, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 250 and in Hancock, Hillsboro Co., 150.
Eaves Joseph, (Pottersville) r 32, farmer 56.
Elgas Henry Jr., fac. op.
Eustice Alexander, r 17, fac. op.
FARWELL CHARLES C., (East Harrisville) r 24 cor. 19, (C. & H. Farwell) 1st selectman and farmer 40.
FARWELL CORBAN C., r 9, farmer about 350.
FARWELL C. & H., (East Harrisville) r 24 cor. 21, (C. C. and H. J.) saw and planing mall, manufs. of coarse lumber, boxes, clothes pins, &., and farmer about 500.
Farwell Darius, r 10, farmer 260.
Farwell Frank C., (East Harrisville) r 24 cor. 19, book-keeper, son of Charles C.
Farwell Fred C., resident.
FARWELL HENRY J., (East Harrisville) r 20 cor. 21, (C. & H. Farwell) postmaster.
Farwell Jamie H., (East Harrisville) r 20 cor. 21, station agent.
Fisk Frank P., (Peterboro, Hillsboro Co.) r 23, school teacher, supt. of schools, farmer with Levi W.
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Fisk Levi W., (Peterboro, Hillsboro Co.) r 23, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer about 140.
Fish Peter, r 17, loom fixer.
Fogg Orlando, r 30, farmer.
Forbes Charles H., r 26, farmer.
Frame James K., carpenter.
Frame John K., r 17, cloth dresser.
Gauthier Joseph, r 17, fac. op.
Gilchrist Gilman, (East Harrisville) r 23, farmer 150.
Gilchrist John S., (East Harrisville) r 23, farmer about 100.
Gould Gilman, (East Harrisvikke) r 25, resident, aged 82.
Gregoire Boswell, r 17, fac. op.
Hagan John, r 9, wool sorter, and farmer 7.
Halpin William, r 7, spinner and farmer 2.
Hardy Fred M., r 30, dairy 9 cows and farmer 300.
Harris Alfred R., finisher, h Grove.
HARRIS CHARLES C. P., r 16, postmaster, retired manuf.
HARRISVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, r 17, George F. Tufts and Edwin P. Hunt, trustees, Miss Bell Hutchinson, librarian.
Hays Sewell F., r 32, farmer about 30.
Hayward Cyrus H., dentist.
Hayward Sally H., widow of Calvin, resident.
Hazen Stephen, (Dublin) r 26, carpenter, and farmer 70, aged 72.
Heath William R., r 16, spinner.
Heffron Peter, off 17, fac. op.
HOWE LAMBERT L., (Pottersville) r 32, prop. saw and grist-mill, manuf. of lumber, pail handles and chair stretchers, shingles, lath, etc.
HUNT EDWIN P., r 16, trustee Harrisville Public Library, constable, and farmer, leases of Persia Beal 160.
HUTCHINSON ABNER S. MAJ., r 16, wool sorter, aged 81.
Jones William H., r 17 cor 16, retired merchant.
JUDGE THOMAS, farmer, wool room Cheshire mills, bds with R. McKim.
Kennedy Michael, r 7, farmer.
Keniston Edward L., r 17, station agent M. & K. R. R.
Kendall Gilman, r 17, farmer.
KITTREDGE SAMUEL G., resident, prop. of 7 tenements.
Knowlton Albert, r 9, turner and farmer 25.
LaFlower Joseph, general blacksmith.
Lakin Jacob G., (E. Harrisville) r 20, farmer, with William.
LAKIN WILLIAM, (E. Harrisville) r 20, farmer 160, and in Hancock 60.
Lapoint Ambrose, (Pottersville) r 15-1/2, emp. of S. T. Symonds.
Lapoint Augustus, r 34, farmer 162.
MACKIE ROBERT, r 17, foreman weave room, Cheshire mills.
Maloney Michael, spinner, bds G. Davis.
MASON GEORGE W., (Pottersville) r 15-1/2, farmer 100, and in Roxbury 100.
Mason James A., (Pottersville) r 12, farmer 125.
Mason Martin M., (Pottersville) r 33, farmer 150.
Matthews Eben, (Pottersville) r 32, laborer.
Matthews Frank, r 17, carpenter.
McCollester George O., (Pottersville) r 15, painter and paper hanger.
McDonald Camille, fac. op.
McDonald Dorique, fac. op.
McDonald Fred, fac. op., h Grove.
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McKim Robert, r 17, fac. op. and farmer 48.
McNally James, r 7, spinner Cheshire mills.
McWilliams John, r 17, farmer.
Morin Calix, watchman, h Grove.
Morin Hector, spinner, bds Grove.
Morin Noah, carder, bds Grove.
Morse Bela, (Dublin) r 26, farmer 100.
NICOLAI THEODORE, r 17, boss dyer Cheshire mills.
NUBAUNSIT HOUSE, r 16, C. A. Blake, prop.
NYE CHARLES H., r 31, farmer 320, served in Co. E., 1st Regt. Berdan’s sharp shooter.
Owen David C., (E. Harrisville) r 25, farmer 160.
Parker Milan L., (East Harrisville) r 21, farmer 100.
Parker William, (Pottersville) r 32, farm laborer.
Parker Willie G., r 34, farm laborer.
Pender John, r 7, fac. op., and farmer 1.
Phelps A. Clayton, (Pottersville) r 32, farmer about 60.
Phelps Jason, (Pottersville) r 32, farmer 27.
Philbrick Reuben C., r 13, farmer about 75.
PIERCE CHARLES J., r 16, allo. physician and surgeon, graduate of Dartmouth Medical College.
Pike Frank C., r 17, general merchant.
RAUBOLD RICHARD, r 17 cor 7, dyer.
Richardson Joshua, r 17, repairer in woolen mill.
Robbins Horace H., r 17, turner.
Ross Alexander C., off r 17, foreman Cheshire mills, h School.
Royce Winslow, (East Harrisville) r 25, wool grower 16 sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 100, and wood and pasture land over 100.
Russell Frank M., butcher, bds Grove.
Russell Fred, r 17, spinner.
RUSSELL MERRILL J., policeman, and teamster, h Grove.
Russell Ursula, (Pottersville) r 32, widow of Lyman.
Sargent Lucy H., (Pottersville) r 32, widow of Amos.
Searle Fred L., (Pottersville) r 32, farmer, with Frederick A.
Searle Frederick A., (Pottersville) r 32, farmer 100.
SEAVER C. ALBERT, (Pottersville) r 13, supt. Sabbath school, and farmer 90.
SEAVER CHARLES C., (Pottersville) r 13, farmer 170.
Seaver George W., (Pottersville) r 1, farmer about 400.
Seaver George W. Jr., (Pottersville) r 1, farmer, with George W. Sr.
Seaver Wellington W., (Pottersville) r 13, farmer 460.
Sherwin Benjamin A., (Pottersville) r 15, fish peddler.
Silver Milton H., carder.
Silver Otis W., farmer 10.
SMITH AARON, (Pottersville) r 32, agent for Cheshire Co. Mutual Fire Ins. Co., and farmer 175.
Smith Charles J., (Pottersville) r 32, farmer 250.
SMITH GEORGE H., r 16, machinist, master mechanic Cheshire mills, served in Co. E, 6th N. H. Vols.
Smith Susan M., (Pottersville) r 32, (Mrs. Aaron,) postmaster.
Starkey Elmer J., (Pottersville) r 15-1/2, section boss M. & K. R. R.
Stewart John A., r 17, shoemaker.
STRATTON FRANCIS, r 16, selectman, express agent, and mail contractor.
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Singer William J., carpenter and joiner.
SYMONDS DANA T., (Pottersville) r 15-1.2, (S. T. Symonds & Son.)
SYMONDS FRANK P., (Pottersville) r 15-1/2, farmer, son of Sylvester T.
SYMONDS SYLVESTER T., (Pottersville) r 15-1/2, (S. T. Symonds & Sons,) farmer 100.
SYMONDS S. T. & SON, (Pottersville) r 15-1/2, (S. T. and D. T.) manufrs. of coarse lumber, pail handles, knife trays, pastry boards, etc.
Tarbox George M., (Dublin) r 26, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 180.
Tarbox Luke, (Dublin) r 26, farmer 60, aged 79.
Thompson David, cloth dresser, bds with G. Davis.
Toolan Michael, spinner, bds with G. Davis.
Town Cornelius K., (Pottersville) r 32, carpenter, and farmer 100.
Towne George M., (Pottersville) dealer in spectacles and eye-glasses, and farmer 7.
Townsend David M., (Dublin) r 26, farmer about 200.
Townsend Jabez B., (E. Harrisville) r 24, farmer 125.
Travis Holton, (Pottersville) r 33, farmer 40.
Traxler George L., (E. Harrisville) sawyer.
Trudelle Fred, r 17, works in clothes pin shop.
Trudelle John, r 17, laborer.
TUFTS GEORGE F., r 17, representative for past 4 years, trustee Harrisville public library, and general blacksmith.
Turnbull William F., r 17, supt. Cheshire mills.
Tuttle Selden P., r 17, brick layer, plasterer, and spinner.
Venables Joseph, r 17, spinner.
Vigneau Henry, fac. op.
Waite Fred, r 17, laborer.
Wardwell Amos N., r 16, works in clothes pin factory.
Ware Edgar L., (E. Harrisville) r 24, works in clothes pin factory.
Ware Frank H., (E. Harrisville) r 24, works in clothes pin factory.
WARE HARVEY J., (E. Harrisville) r 24, works in clothes pin factory, breeder of pure Langshan fowls.
Warren John F., (E. Harrisville) r 21, farmer, with Charles H. of Peterboro, Hillsboro Co., 75.
Warren Joseph M., carder, bds with G. Davis.
Welter Charles, r 7, laborer.
Whaland Patrick, r 19, wool scourer.
Whipple Arthur L., r 17 cor 16, clerk for W. H. Jones.
WHITCOMB CHARLES, blacksmith, prop. stallion “Black Diamond,” hostler at Nubaunsit House.
WILLARD BENJAMIN, (Pottersville) r 11, dealer in cattle, breeder of Durham cattle, and farmer 300.
Willard David, (Pottersville) r 32, farmer 125.
WILLARD EVERARD C., r 30, 2d selectman, farmer, owns with Solon 200.
Willard George A., (Pottersville) r 32, son of David.
Willard Levi A., manuf. with Zaphar, book-keeper.
Willard Milton B., (Pottersville) r 32, farmer, leases of S. D. Bemis 75.
WILLARD SOLON, r 30, farmer, owns with Everard C. 210. [Note: This is accurate from the directory, although Everard Willard’s listed as owning 200 with Solon]
WILLARD ZOPHAR, r 17, manuf. of lumber, boxes and clothes pins, and farmer 200.
WILSON JAMES, off r 3, farmer 60.
Winn Ann, r 17, widow of James, weaver.
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Winn Edward, r 17, resident.
Wood George, r 37, farmer 100, and in Dublin 40.
Wood Theodore H., (E. Harrisville) r 14, teamster.
Wright George L, r 26, apple grower, farmer 95.
Yardly Charles J., off r 9, farmer 120.
Yardly George, r 9, machinist, and farmer 3.
YARDLY JOHN, r 8, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 50.