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Professional & Tradesmen of Somerset Borough – 1860

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Sep 14, 2015

Number of lots: 210
Number of freeholders: 160
Number of tenants: 52
Number of single men: 48
Total number of taxables: 260

PROMINENT RESIDENTS AS FREEHOLDERS:
Baer & Colburn – attorneys
Baer, Henry G. – attorney
Baer, Solomon – farmer
Baer, William J. – attorney
Benford & Brothers – merchants
Benford, George W. – druggist
Benford, Henry – gent
Benford, Thornton L. – merchant
Boblitz & Casebeer – tanners
Coffroth, A. H. – attorney
Coffroth, William B. – cabinetmaker
Colborn, A. J. – attorney
Conley, Isaiah – merchant
Cunningham, Elias – attorney
Edie, John R. – attorney
Forward, Ross – attorney
Gaither, Samuel – attorney
Heffley, Peter – merchant
Herr, Joseph – watchmaker
Holderbaum, John M. – merchant
Kimmel, Edward M. – physician
Kimmel, Francis M. – president judge
Kimmel, John O. – attorney
Knable & Sanner – merchants
Knee, George – teacher
Koontz, William H. – attorney and prothonotary
Kurtz, John C. – justice of the peace
Kurtz, Samuel – druggist
Laughton, Robert – gent
Lint, Gillian – justice of the peace
Marshall, R. R. – gent
Mier, Jacob – gunsmith
Mitchell, C. F. – printer
Neff, Jacob – gent
Neff, John – gent
Parker & Co. – merchants
Parker, John W. – merchant
Picking, Barnet – innkeeper
Picking, William H. – innkeeper
Pile, Rev. Graft M. – minister
Roddy, John D. – attorney
Sanner, Michael A. – banker
Schell, Henry F. – attorney
Scull, Edward – editor and attorney
Stewart, Andrew – gent
Stutzman, Alexander – attorney
Weyand, Daniel – attorney

PROMINENT RESIDENTS AS TENANTS:
Brubaker, Henry – physician
Casebeer, A. J. – merchant
Crook, Frederick – saddler
Elder, Cyrus – attorney
Haines, E. R. – register and recorder
Walker, Perry – sheriff
Yutzy, Enoch D. – county surveyor

PROMINENT RESIDENTS AS SINGLE MEN:
Altfather, John – miller
Altfather, William F. – merchant
Beachy, G. L. – dentist
Brown, Rev. Walter – minister
Colborn, Sylvester – teacher
Conley, Martin – merchant
Gaither, John C. – printer
Hay, Valentine – attorney
Hugus & Kimmel – attorneys
Hugus, Isaac – attorney
Lavan, Rev. F. K. – minister
Lawson, Cicero – printer
Lichty, Lewis – attorney
Meyers, Cyrus – attorney
Meyers, John – teacher
Ogle, Alexander – gent
Ogle, William A. – attorney
Pearson, Edward – printer
Uhl, John H. – student

(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)

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