Aurora – 1884 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-85. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1884.
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AURORA. The city of 6,000 inhabitants in situated on the Ohio River and O & M Ry, in Dearborn county, 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh court-house, 25 from Cincinnati, and 90 from Indianapolis. It was settled in 1819, incorporated in 1848, and is now a growing manufacturing place supplied with 12 churches, 2 graded schools, an opera house with a seating capacity of 600, 2 national banks, 4 hotels, gas works and an efficient fire department. The press is represented by 2 weekly newspapers, the Independent and Spectator. The chief manufacturing establishments comprise 2 flour mills, furniture factory, distillery, 2 foundries, chair factory, 2 saw mills, nail works, machine shop, large brewery, 2 cooper shops and 3 brick yards. Ex, O & M and Adams. Tel, W. U. Harry Fisk, postmaster.

  • Aurora Distillery Company.
  • Aurora Gas Light, Coke & Coal Company; Charles W. How, pres.
  • Aurora Valley Furniture Company; Garrett Bosse, pres; Wm Williams, sec and treas.
  • Baker Walter S, insurance.
  • Bauer John H, tailor.
  • Bauer Sisters, milliners.
  • Blackmore Olive M, dressmkr.
  • Bloom Albert, grocer.
  • Bond Richard C, physician.
  • Bradford & Bond, harness.
  • Braunagel Edward, saloon.
  • Braunagel Egidius, saloon.
  • Brison Wm W, livery.
  • Brown G W, Proprietor St Charles Hotel. (See adv page 105.)
  • Busby Isaac, hotel.
  • Caldwell Samuel, blacksmith.
  • Canfield O T, dry goods.
  • Carbaugh Isaac H, justice.
  • Chambers, Stevens & Co, general store.
  • Cobb’s Iron and Nail Co.
  • Cobb John & Co, chair mnfrs.
  • Cobb Louis W, propr Independent.
  • Cobb O P & Co, hardware.
  • Cochran G & L Misses, milliners.
  • Crescent Brewing Co, James W Gaff, Pres; S D Langtree, Manager.
  • Davidson A C Rev (Baptist).
  • Day Wm T, undertaker.
  • Dobel A & Bro, shoes.
  • Downey Daniel T, lawyer.
  • Downey Erastus S, agrl implements.
  • Droge & Donselman, flour mill.
  • Eades Eliza, stoves.
  • Eades James A, hardware.
  • Ebel John P H, grocer.
  • Egan John, tailor.
  • Elliott A & Co, agrl implements.
  • Epstein Samuel, grocer.
  • Erle Phillip, grocer.
  • Erwin Wm A Rev (Presbyterian).
  • Everett & Gregory, proprs Spectator.
  • Excelsior Iron Works, Julius Severin, pres.
  • Fehlin Charles Jr, grocer.
  • Feustel Ernest, saloon.
  • First National Bank (capital $200,000), Henry W Smith, pres.
  • Fisk C & Son, carriages.
  • Fisk Harry, postmaster.
  • Fritz Hiram, carriages.
  • Gehrish Joseph, shoemkr.
  • Giegoldt George C, saloon.
  • Giegoldt, Beinkamp & Co, grocers.
  • Goerth Bros, barbers.
  • Goerth L & Son, painters.
  • Goldsmith C & Bro, clothing.
  • Graf Louis, gunsmith.
  • Grand Opera House, Leive, Parks & Stapp, proprs.
  • Haines Abraham B, physician.
  • Hannah Lydie, dressmkr.
  • Haring Emil L, dentist.
  • Haring Mathew, furniture.
  • Harwood Thomas, painter.
  • Hauck Frederick, barber.
  • Hauck Julius J, barber.
  • Hays James A, furniture.
  • Held Hattie, stoves.
  • Held J Ph H, tailor.
  • Henkel H Rev (German Lutheran).
  • Henry Wm C, physician.
  • Herdegen Charles, agt Adams Ex Co.
  • Herdegen & Kress, grocers.
  • Holman & Holman, lawyers.
  • Horr Philip, jeweler.
  • Hurlburt Lewis G, lumber.
  • Husmeyer Frank, grocer.
  • Independent (weekly), Louis W Cobb, propr.
  • Johnson Adam, baker.
  • Johnson Bros, flour mill.
  • Johnson John A, confectioner.
  • Kastner Philip, grocer.
  • Kerr Mahlon B, blacksmith.
  • Kessebaum Frederick, marble.
  • Kirsch Jacob, hotel.
  • Kleaver Frank, harness.
  • Knight Sarah, notions.
  • Koehler Peter, grocer.
  • Kriete Frederick, grocer.
  • La Mar Elizabeth, general store.
  • Lamb & Treon, physician.
  • Landsbury A B, wagonmkr.
  • Leive, Parks & Stapp, propr Grand Opera House.
  • Leive & Bro, jewelers.
  • Lostutter, Statton & Jelley, insurance.
  • McClellan Mattie E, millinery.
  • McClellan Wm, blacksmith.
  • McConnell & McAvoy, dry goods.
  • McCreary & Niebaum, dry goods.
  • McHenry Wm J, lumber.
  • McIntyre John A, furniture.
  • McIntyre J A Mrs, confectioner.
  • McMillen Hugh D, lawyer.
  • Maloney Michael, propr Valley House.
  • Marshall & McAvoy, druggists.
  • Martin Charles, saloon.
  • Mattox Charles, agt O & M Ry.
  • Mauntel Frederick, Furniture.
  • Maybin Robert, general store.
  • Mergner Henry, meat market.
  • Merkel A H, grocer.
  • Meyer Joseph, clothing.
  • Milburn John N, jeweler.
  • Mitchell George W, brick mnfr.
  • Mueller Charles C, Druggist, corner Main and Third, City Building.
  • Murdock Arch C, grocer.
  • Nees John A, saloon.
  • Notmyre Christian S, saloon.
  • Oester Nicholas, liquors.
  • Oswald George, baker.
  • Parks John A, lawyer.
  • Parks & Stapp, general store.
  • Pelgen Peter, grocer.
  • Petcher John, saloon.
  • Peters Jacob, carpenter.
  • Pickelheimer & Roberts, lawyers.
  • Rebenstein Henry, tailor.
  • Rectanus Frederick, physician.
  • Reichert Frederick, saloon and hotel.
  • Riddell J A & Co, druggists.
  • Ritter George, cigars.
  • Roach S G Mrs, dry goods.
  • Roberts John W, harness.
  • Rudolph John B, grocer.
  • Rudolph John F, confectionery.
  • St. Charles Hotel, G W Brown Proprietor (See adv page 105.)
  • Sargeant Thomas W, coal and salt.
  • Schafer George, shoes.
  • Schroeder Ernest, saloon.
  • Shoentrip J J Rev (Catholic).
  • Siemantel George, baker.
  • Simantel John H, saloon.
  • Siemantel Simon, saloon.
  • Smith Edwin, physician.
  • Smith Thomas, physician.
  • Sommerfield Lewis, tailor.
  • Sommerfield & Meyer, gents furnishers.
  • Spaeth H P & Co, hardware.
  • Spectator (weekly), Everett & Gregory proprs.
  • Stamm Julius, machinist.
  • Stapp David H, lawyer.
  • Steadman & Co, machinists.
  • Stoll L & Son, meat market.
  • Stratton Loren S, general store.
  • Strunk D Mrs, saloon.
  • Suerman Edward, saloon.
  • Sutton Edward, saw mill.
  • Sutton George, physician.
  • Sutton Harley H, physician.
  • Taylor George, physician.
  • Trester B F, carpenter.
  • Tuck Nelson H, photographer.
  • Twentyman John, shoemkr.
  • Twentyman Mary, millinery.
  • Uhly Wm, barber.
  • Ulrey & Harryman, dentists.
  • Valley House, Michael Maloney, propr.
  • Walker A D, carriages.
  • Walker A D Mrs, dressmkr.
  • Walker John, brick mnfr.
  • Walton James N, photographer.
  • Webster Sisters, milliners.
  • Winkley Richard T, grain and hay.
  • Wood E H Rev (Methodist).
  • Wood Henry, grain and feed.
  • Wright Thomas, grocer.
  • Wymond Philip, brick mnfr.
  • Wymond S & Co, coopers.
  • Wymond & Hayes, grocers.
  • York & Biddle, livery.
  • Zimmer Michael, baker.