1860 Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory Sutherland & McEvoy, published in St. Louis
AYERSVILLE (village of Wyreka) A post village of Putnam county, York township, 21 miles from Unionville. It contains one flouring mill and two stores. Population 100. Professions, trades, etc. Carns A., gunsmith. Elson C. A., dry goods. Hatfield J., brickmaker. Havens S. E., carpenter and builder. Kelsey Wm., carpenter and builder. Miller B., landlord. Miller & Nash, flouring and grist mills. Miller & Nash, carding machines. Norman Lemuel, blacksmith. Osburn A., painter. Osburn Richard, carpenter and builder. Reiley D., cooper. Taylor John, grocer. Watson George, carpenter. Williams A, carpenter. Williams A., lawyer. Wyres A., chair maker. CHARITON MILLS A post office of Putnam county, Liberty township, situated on Chariton river, 190 miles from St. Louis and 125 from Jefferson City. The post office has been established 14 years. Coal is found here. Professions, trades, etc. Hargrave Thomas, postmaster. Hargrave & Mork, saw and grist mill. Mayo H., blacksmith. HARTFORD A post village of Putnam county, Elm township, 10 miles from Unionville, the county seat. It was first settled by John J. Brasfield six years since. It contains one Cumberland Presbyterian church and one Masonic lodge, viz., Hartford, No. 171. Population, 33. Professions, trades, etc. Cook John E., postmaster, blacksmith and wagonmaker. Harkins Charles, boot and shoe maker. Hart J. G., physician and surgeon. Jarman J. J., justice of the peace. Pickinpaugh & Crooks, general store. Stransberry T. G., steam saw mill. Stransberry Rev. T. G., Presbyterian. Yates John, boot and shoe maker. MARTINSTOWN A post office of Putnam county. NEWTOWN A post village of Putnam county, Medicine township, situated on Medicine Creek, I8 miles from Unionville, the county seat, 300 miles from St. Louis, and 185 from Jefferson City. The chief products are wheat, corn, tobacco, timber, oak, hickory walnut, &c. Average price of uncultivated land $6 per acre; cultivated $8. Newtown contains four churches: one Baptist, one Methodist, one Presbyterian and one Christian; population 50. Township officers: W. B. Jones, Justice. James B. Cloy, Justice. H. Ridwell, Justice. W. Johnson, Constable Professions, trades, etc. Adams D., sash, blind and door maker. Anderson Jno., steam saw and grist mill. Fengua Elisa, brick mason and builder. Hammond Miss Eliza, school teacher. Halsey Rev. N., Baptist. Harris A. W., planter and stock dealer. Jackson Wm, planter and stock dealer. Johnson J., beef and pork packer. Johnson P., planter. Johnson House, J. Johnson, prop'r. Jones Wm, planter and stock dealer. Leoury J., school teacher. Loom Wm. P, carpenter and builder. Martin J., steam saw and grist mill. Moore A. & Co. beef and pork packers. Moore David A., planter. Moore James, carpenter and builder. Moore Alex, postmaster and blacksmith. Moore David A., carpenter, blacksmith and gunsmith. Moore Wm. B., carpenter and builder. Moore & Wood, general store. Murphy J. B. S., planter. Murphy, Wm., planter. Pudd J., planter. Real Z., water saw mill. Riggs N. M., grocers. Spencer Rev. Alex., Methodist. Williams E. M., physician and surgeon. Wood Jeptha, surveyor, real estate and land agent, planter and stock dealer Wood Joseph, planter and stock dealer. PUTNAMVILLE A post office of Putnam county. WEST LIBERTY A post office of Putnam county. |
