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.