Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1892. Volume 6. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1892.
See also:
Entries from Dearborn County (1892)
Entries from Lawrenceburg (1892)
Dearborn County Directories

AURORA. This city of 5,500 inhabitants is on the Ohio river and O. & M. and C., C., C. & St. L. Rys., in Dearborn county, 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh court house and 79 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, good hotels, gas works, electric light, and a fire department. The press is represented by 2 weekly newspapers, the Independent and Spectator. The chief manufacturing establishments comprise 1 flour mill, furniture factory, distillery, 1 foundry, 2 chair factories, saw mill, brewery, cooper shop and 2 brick yards. Exp., B. & O. and Adams. Tel., W. U. John H. Denton, postmaster.

• Avry George, saloon
• Aurora Cigar Co., cigar mnfrs
• Aurora Distilling Co., see Sunnyside Distilling Co.
• Aurora Furniture Co., furniture mnfrs
• Aurora Gas Light, Coke and Coal Co.
• Aurora National Bank, Alex B Pattison cashier
• Aurora Spectator, Frank Gregory propr
• Baker Charles K, blacksmith
• Baker Walter S, insurance
• Bauer Charles, carpenter
• Bauer John H, tailor
• Bellican S A, milliner
• Beincamp Charles R, grocer
• Blake Joseph, carpenter
• Bloom Albert, grocer
• Bond Richard C, physician
• Bradford Alfred W, blacksmith
• Brannon John, grocer
• Braunagel Edward, saloon
• Buchanan John, confectioner
• Buffington Blythe W, grocer
• Burke Mrs. Mary H, notions
• Campbell Alexander M, farm supplies
• Canfield Oliver T, dry goods
• Chambers Stevens E, general store
• Cheek L M & Co., grocers
• Cobb John & Co., chair mnfrs
• Cobb O P & Co., hardware
• Cochren G & L, milliners
• Cofield Wm R, sewing machines
• Coles J R & Son, livery
• Coll L Willard, propr Dearborn Independent
• Crescent Brewing Co The, brewers
• Curtis & Bluffington, feed and produce
• Day Wm T, undertaker
• Dearborn Independent, W L Coll
• Denton John H, postmaster
• Devan James, crockery
• Dorrel & Son D, meat markets
• Douselman & Co, grocers
• Downey Erastus S, agricultural implts
• Downey George E, Attorney at Law, practicing in all courts in Dearborn and adjoining counties. Collections promptly attended to.
• Droge Gerhard H, grocer
• Ebel John P, saloon and grocer
• Egan John, tailor
• Elliott Wm, meat market
• Emria Harry, jeweler
• Epstein Lena, clothing and furnishing goods
• Fehling Charles, grocer
• First National Bank, E H Davis cashr
• Fisk Charles & Son, Mnfrs of Fine Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, cor Main. Importing.
• Flohr John, barber
• Frank George, grocer and saloon
• Freiberger Andrew, saloon
• Fritz Hiram, carriagemaker
• Funck George P, meat market
• Gamble Arthur, photographer
• Gardiner Robert G, grocer
• Gehrich Joseph, shoemaker
• Gieholdt & Miller, meat market
• Goerth Leonard, rubbers
• Goerth L & Son, painters
• Graf Louis, gunsmith
• Green Edward H, lawyer
• Gregory Frank, propr Aurora Spectator
• Griffin Mary A, grocer
• Griffith Wm W & Co, druggists
• Grossholz Louis, saloon
• Oswald George, baker
• Haring Emil L, dentist
• Harwood Elias, painter
• Hauck Julius, barber
• Heaton Conley, physician
• Held Henry, stoves and hardware
• Henry Wm C, physician
• Herdegen & Kress, grocers and Adams Express agents
• Hill & Son A, coal
• Hillman Charles, crockery
• Holman & Holman, lawyers
• Horr Philip, jeweler
• Hurlbert Lewis G, lumber
• Jacobs Henry, dry goods
• Jarhmih & Renner, cigar mnfrs
• Johnston Adam, baker
• Kassebaum F W & Son, marble
• Kastner Anthony, grocer
• Kerr & Melson, General Blacksmithing and Repair Shop. Special Attention Given to Horseshoeing. Your Trade Solicited, cor Main and Mill
• Kirsch House, Jacob Kirsch Propr, 162 and 164 Second street near O & M depot
• Kirsch Jacob, Proprietor Kirsch House. First Class Accomodation for Traveling Men
• Klueber John Jr., clothing
• Knight Charles, picture frames
• Knight Sarah, milliner
• Knippenberg Henry, confectioner
• Koehler Mrs. Martha, grocer
• Kreite Louis, architects
• Kuhlmeier J Henry, saddles and harness
• Kyle John J, oculist and aurist
• Kyle T M, Surgical Specialist, Medical and Surgical Treatment of Malignant Diseases
• Lamar Wm W, dry goods, boots and shoes
• Lamb James, physician
• Langley Augustus, Tin and Slate Roofer, Cornice Work, Guttering, Roofing and Spouting satisfactory done.
• Langtree, McGuire & Co, flour mill
• Leibecke Charles, barber
• Leive Wm, The Leading Jewelry House in Aurora; also Dealer in Books, Wall Paper, Musical Instruments and all kinds of Fancy Goods. 88 Second street.
• Lieb Henry Jr., livery
• Lindsey J F & Son, carpenters
• Loew Jacob, baker
• Lostatter David & Co, insurance
• Lotton House, Lewis Lotton propr
• Lotton Lewis, propr Lotton House
• McClanahan James E, agricultural imple
• McClellan Mrs. Mattie E, millinery and notions
• McConnell R A & Bros, dry goods
• McCullen Wm J, horseshoer
• McHenry Wm C, lumber
• McIntyre John A, Practical Undertaker and Embalmer, Funeral Furnishings of all Kinds, all Orders will Receive Prompt Attention, Dealer in Fine Furntiture, 81 2d st.
• McMullen, Johnston & McMullen, lawyers
• Maffey Frank, grocer and saloon
• Mahr John H, saloon
• Martin Charles, saloon
• Martin Gerhart, saloon
• Mauntel Frederick, Undertaker and Embalmer, our Livery Stable Specially Recommended to the Traveling Public, Dealer in Fine Furniture, Household Goods, 106-108 Judiciary and 111 Main
• Maybin Robert, dry goods and groceries
• Menkel Adolph H, grocer
• Milburn John N, books and jewelry
• Mullen & Dennerline, insurance
• Murphy John F, veterinary surgeon
• Nees John A, grocer and livery
• Nees Wm J, music teacher
• Neff & Schepper, boots and shoes
• Niebaum & Stenver, dry goods
• Norton Thomas H, grocer
• Parks John A, lawyer
• Parnell Kerby, barber
• Pelgen John, saloon
• Perry Kate, milliner
• Peters David, saloon and grocer
• Petscher John, saloon
• Pickelheimer Moses S, lawyer and mayor
• Pickelheimer Thomas J, lightning rod agt
• Post Clemens, cigar mnfr
• Probst George & Henry, brick mnfrs
• Pyles James B, feed and groceries
• Rectanus Frederick, physician
• Briddell S & Co., druggists
• Ritter John, shoemaker
• Robert John W, harnessmaker
• Roberts Omar F, lawyer
• Sale Fleetwood H, physician
• Sargent Thomas, coal
• Scharf Wm F, Daily Meat Market, Always Supplied With the Best Quantities of Meat, the Cheapest and Best Place in Town. Cash Paid for Good Stock, 81 Third
• Schroeder Mrs. Magdalene, saloon, grocer
• Schuler J C & Bro., Dealers in Furniture, all Kinds of Household Goods. All Repairing Promptly Attended to. Corner Third and Main.
• Schultz Adolph, saloon
• Schulz Bros, clothiers and tailors
• Schwartz Mrs. Kate, notions
• Severin Catherine, tin roofers
• Shuman W M, Livery, Breed and Sale Stables, Proprietor of the Famous Three-Year-Old Stallion Dr. Jekyl.
• Siemantel John H, saloon
• Sittlop Lena, milliner
• Smelly Reuben B, confectioner
• Smith Edwin, physician
• Smith Henry J, justice of peace
• Sunnyside Distilling Co., Charles L Howe Pres, Charles H Jacob vice-pres, Henry W Smith Sec and Treas, Mnfrs of Sunnyside All Rye Whisky, Distilleries Aurora Indiana and near Hillsdale, 23d District of Pennsylvania.
• Somerfield Samuel, millinery
• Spaeth H P & Co. (H P Spaeth, G L Dennerle), Dealers in Hardware, Stoves and Tinware, Roofing and Gutting done to order. 94 Second st.
• Spencer Benjamin F, druggist
• Stagenwald Charles, grocer
• Stamm Julius, machinist
• Stapp David H, lawyer
• Stedman Nathan, foundry
• Stedman & Vail, insurance
• Stoll L & Son, meat market
• Stratton Loren S, general store
• Strunk Frederick, saloon
• Suermann Edward, saloon
• Swift & Hauck, boots and shoes
• Taylor George W Jr., livery
• Teaney James R, confectioner
• Tevis Wm L, dentist
• Thomas & King, machinists
• Thoms Frederick, blacksmith
• Tuck Nelson A, photographer
• Twentyman John, shoemaker
• Uhly Wm, baker
• Ullrich John, drugs
• Underhill Winfield S, saloon
• Walker A D, blacksmith
• Walter Jacob, saw mill
• Walton James N, photographer
• Warner Mike, boots and shoes
• Weber Wm, grocer
• Webster Mary C, milliner
• Weimer George W, justice of peace
• Weiss Louis, saloon
• White John H, station agent Big 4 and Am Express
• Wood Frank B, painter
• Wood Henry, grocer
• Wymond Ellsworth, news agent
• Wymond John E, insurance
• Wymond L & Co., milliners
• Wymond Samuel Cooperage Co., mnfrs of barrels
• Zimmerman Peter, saloon and hotel