Rising Sun – 1890 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana entries from:
Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1890. Volume 5. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1890.
See also:
Entries from Ohio County, Indiana (1890)
Ohio County Directories

RISING SUN. Is the county seat of Ohio County, located on the Ohio river, 32 miles below Cincinnati and 92 southeast of Indianapolis. This is an incorporated town of 2,000 inhabitants, supplied with 6 churches, a graded school, 3 hotels, a national bank, and 2 weekly newspapers—Recorder and Local. The town carries a bonded debt of $4,000 and enjoys a good local trade from the surrounding fertile farming district. The industries of manufacture include a flour mill, saw mill, plow works and a tannery. Stage daily to Aurora; fare, 50 cents; and Patriot; fare, 50 cents. Exp., Adams and U. S. Money order office. Michael McGuire, postmaster.

  • Alden Thomas E, physician
  • Anderson Wm H, confectioner
  • Anderson & McHenry, Proprs Rising Sun and Aurora ‘Bus Line; Four Trips Daily; Meet All Trains at Aurora; Fare 50c, Round Trip 75c; Issue Tickets on All Trains
  • Baxter John D, harnessmaker
  • Baxter Petit, shoemaker
  • Bell Isaac, tanner
  • Bennett George W, harnessmaker
  • Best Mrs. Sallie, milliner
  • Birdzell Bros, meat market
  • Bloss Edward H, baker and confectioner
  • Bonnell Theodore O, stoves and tinware
  • Brown Harvey H, tailor
  • Bush John W, agent U S Exp
  • Calkins Mrs. Louisa, hotel
  • Clark Cornelius M, blacksmith
  • Clark Wm H, dry goods
  • Clore Mrs. Amelia, milliner
  • Clore Wm & Sons, plow mnfrs
  • Coles John B, lawyer
  • Cope Thomas A, cigars
  • Craig Wm H, physician
  • Crouch Miss Carrie, dressmaker
  • Davis John Q, boots and shoes
  • Davis Rodman L, prosecuting attorney
  • Deweese Grant, supt of schools
  • Downey Alexander C, lawyer
  • Downey Samuel R, lawyer
  • Drake Allen R, wagonmaker
  • Duncan Hezekiah L, grocer
  • Elliott Wm H, coal and lumber
  • Enoch Walter S, blacksmith
  • Epsey H S & Son, grocers
  • Eschman John, coal and lumber
  • Fugitt Reuel W, county recorder
  • Gary Enos, furniture
  • Gary John W, baker and grocer
  • Gibbs Charles, blacksmith
  • Gibson George B, hardware, etc.
  • Gillespie & Gillespie, Physicians
  • Gleason Edward P, coroner
  • Hall Daily B, Propr Rising Sun Local
  • Hall Daniel T, shoemaker
  • Harris James, carpenter
  • Harris Martin L, county commissioner
  • Harwood & Son, painters
  • Henderson Wm C, barber
  • Hewitt Mrs. Kate, dressmaker
  • Heyn Bros, general store
  • Hoffner Walter, gunsmith
  • Horshall James, tailor
  • Igoe Elwood A, dentist
  • Jones Grant, barber
  • Jones Oscar, grocer
  • Jones Robert J, stoves
  • Kurr Henry, shoes
  • Langsdale Robert G, druggist
  • Lindsay Samuel F, carpenter
  • Linville John E, confectioner
  • Love Joseph F, hotel and saloon
  • McAvoy George, druggist
  • McClanahan Russell, dentist
  • McGuire Michael, postmaster
  • McIntyre Charles, jeweler
  • Matson Charles B, county clerk
  • Nation Bank of Rising Sun (capital, $100,000), Simeon Beymer pres, James N Perkins cash
  • Nichol Edward F, county surveyor
  • Palmer Gard L, blacksmith
  • Pate John M, hay and live stock
  • Powell Ira, county auditor
  • Powell & Ownby, dry goods
  • Redd Samuel, barber
  • Riggs John, blacksmith
  • Rising Sun Local, D B Hall propr
  • Rising Sun Recorder, F J Waldo propr
  • Schrumph Julius, meat market
  • Scott Samuel, sheriff
  • Scranton Levi W, saloon
  • Seward Millard F, county treasurer
  • Seward Bros, dry goods
  • Seward W R & Co, Grocers
  • Sholey Wm H, cigar mnfr
  • Shroyer John T, barber
  • Smith Ernst, wagon mnfr
  • Steele Robert A, furniture, etc.
  • Stegemiller Wm F, saloon
  • Stevenson George A, physician
  • Stewart Stephen H, lawyer
  • Stopher Matthias, livery
  • Sullivan Wm H, physician
  • Talbot Joseph W, Flour Mill
  • Thorn David C, druggist
  • Tibbals Thomas J, confectioner
  • Toohy John, marble
  • Truett Daniel P, grocer
  • Truett & Kemp, farm impts
  • Ulhmansick Wm, saloon
  • Vosburg Mrs. Kate, dressmaker
  • Waldo Frederick J, propr Rising Sun Recorder
  • Walton Daniel E, photographer
  • Walter Daniel K, photographer
  • Wells Mrs. Maria, hotel
  • Whitlock John T, grocer and hardware
  • Whitlock Wm H, saw mill
  • Wilbert David S, insurance
  • Wilber & Hall, lawyers
  • Williams Will W, lawyer