Traders and Artisans of Selma
From "Selma; Her Institutions, and Her Men" by John Hardy, pub. 1879:
In 1852 we find the city crowded with all classes and professions of people, and all doing a thriving and prosperous business, Among them we mention Strong & Bogle, auctioneers, McCraw & Prestridge, warehousemen, G. L. & J. R. Poor jewelers, Lyle & Terrel, Saddlers, Jones & Co., hardware dealers, James Marlow & Co., druggist, Munroe & Morrow, jewelers. E. Brown, B. M. Baker & Co., carriage dealers, Dallas House, by W. H. Gee, Selma Hotel, by John M. Stone, City Hotel, by J. d. Jenks, Krout & Uhlen, confectioneries, L. H. Dickerson, furniture dealers, A.H. Lloyd, merchant tailor, P. J. Weaver, merchant, F. S. Becton, merchant, Joe May, fancy boot and shoe maker, the large dry goods house of Huggins & Goldsby, Alhambra oyster saloon and Restaurant, by Taylor, Nolley & O’Gilvie, Robert J. Davidson painter, C. Suter, gun maker, Wm. Barnes, daguerrean artist, A. J. Smith, carriage repairer, A. M. Hogy, carriage maker, Thornton & Sweet, saddle makers, V. Hart & Son, tinners, George H. Plant, J. G. McAuley, H. Haverstick, H. G. Noble and A. F. Wise, tin, copper and sheet iron manufacturers, John B. Mattison, builder and contractor, John G Snediker, builder and contractor, Mrs. L. Marshall, private boarding house, Miss J. W. Cook, private school W. H. Owen, butcher, Jere Pittman, butcher, L. B. Vasser & E. L. Lee, butchers, J. H. Daniel, dealer in ready mad clothing, N. Smith, harness maker, Maj. E. M. Holloway school teacher, R. Bradshaw, school teacher, Masonic Institute, by John Wilmer and Richard Furman, the Dallas Male and Female Academy, by L. B. Johnson and H. B. Johnson, as Principals, B. G. Connor & Co., druggists, P. Stowe, marble dealer and cutter, J. M. Keep, auctioneer, H. West & Bro., confectioners, E. Parkman, with new goods, A. Calenderer & Co., Dry goods dealers, Thos. Pepper, dealer in fancy goods, Dr. D. Fair, Ryder & McAuley, surgeon dentists, Dr. W. P. Reese, Dr. J. Hendre, Drs. Backus & Marks, Dr. F. M. Law, Blake & Hewitt, attorneys, Dunklin & Haralson, attorneys, Murphy & Blevins, attorneys, Lapsley, Hunter & Troy, attorneys, Benj. Y. Beene attorney, C. H. & M. S. Cleveland, attorney, King & Goldsby, attorneys, George Plattenburg, attorney, Parham & Napier, lumber dealers, A. Kroetel, boot and shoe maker, Dr. Joseph Jones, dentist, J. M. M. L. Dedman, blacksmiths, Morrill & Co., daguerrean artists, Ickes & Co., hardware dealers, M. J. A. Keith, insurance agent, B. B. Hotchkiss & Co., carriage and wagon dealers, Geo. Sayre Co., exchange brokers, A. Rogers & Co., stove dealers, Whitson Weaver, barber, J. M. Lapsley, dealer in merchandise, Allen & Reynolds, livery stable, and quite a number of others not now recollected, representing really almost every profession and occupation of life, and all doing a good business in each and every profession and occupation. The Alabama and Tennessee railroad was rapidly constructed, which brought a new and valuable trade to the place.
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