Elam
Directory
1897
Twelve miles from Media and 90 miles from Harrisburg. Nearest railroad station,
Brandywine Summit, on the
P. W. & B R.R., 1 1/4 mile distant. Populaton 500.
Postmaster Thomas E. Bullock
NAME:
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OCCUPATION:
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ADDRESS:
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Hon R. J. Baldwin
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ins. agt.
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J. E. Barnett
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roofer
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Julia Booth
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dressmaker
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W. T. Brown
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butcher
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T. H. Budd & Sons
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paperhangers & painters
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John Bullock
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barber
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Thomas E. Bullock
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general store & postmaster
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W. J. Chaney
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carpenter
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Robert Coulter
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plasterer
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Horace Darlington
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physician
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F. H. Day
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physician & dentist
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Ella Doherty
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dressmaker
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D. B. Eldridge
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freight & railroad agent
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Rev. W. F. Ewing
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Methodist
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R. C. Fairlamb & Son
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lumber, lime, flour & coal dealers
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Charles Forwood
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carpenter
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Mrs Charles Forwood
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boarding
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Robert Forwood
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carpenter
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P. M. Frand
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Justice of Peace
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James P. Gaskill
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butcher
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Stephen Grubb
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paperhanger & painter
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Frank Hathaway
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carriage & wagon builder
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L. E. Hanaway
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blacksmith
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B. G. Hickman
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stoves & ranges
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C.C. Hipple
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fertilizer
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Thomas H. Husbands
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fertlizer & wood dealer
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M. A. Ingram
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blacksmith
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I. E. Johnson
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musical insts
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T. W. Johnson
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real estate agt.
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T. W. Johnson & Sons
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quarries
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F. S. Kendall
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roofer
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J. F. Kendall
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stoves & ranges
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S. W. Mathews
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vet surgeon
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National Kaolin Co.
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quarries
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J. N. Neeld
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constable
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Elwood Norritt
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mason
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Charles Oliphant
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blacksmith
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J. W. Perkins
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fertilizer
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Mrs. B. F. Pierce
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midwife
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Reba W. Pyle
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midwife
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Samuel H. Pyle
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general store, mason & c
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T. A. Pyle
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cabinet, carriage & wagonmaker
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Mrs. T. A. Pyle
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boarding
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H. L. Quinn
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fish & oyster dealer
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W. H. Rigy
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Justice of Peace
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George Senn
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boot & shoemaker
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Hibberd Slawter
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carpenter
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M. P. Smith
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general store
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Jacob Styer
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florist
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J. Talley
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plasterer
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Frank Walters
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flour & grist mill
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Charles H. Williams
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paperhanger & painter
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W. Attwood Wilson
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coal dir
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