Occupation

  assistant
  

       employee, 1980 -1985, Dr. Powell DDS, Patricia Ann DEATON (1932 TN to 2015 MO)      

       employee, 1994 -2000, Chamber of Commerce, Patricia Ann DEATON (1932 TN to 2015 MO)   

  assistant cashier
  

       employee,, Savings Deposit Bank, Erwin Eastwood (1905 to 1939-1995)   

  basketball official
  

       employee,, Orlan Clifford MOORE (1889 IA to 1976 IA), Many of the games he officiated were played in the "Ye Olde Opera House" building.   

  controller
  

       employee, 1979 -2004, Chuck Anderson Ford Mazda, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO)   

  county auditor
  

       employee,, Medina County, Erwin Eastwood (1905 to 1939-1995)   

  county coroner
  

       employee,, James DEATON (1779 VA to 1854 IL)   

  director
  

       employee, 1910, Cleveland Bible Institute Orphanage, Frank S. Eastwood (1880 OH to 1939 OH)   

  distinguished professor of theology
  

       employee,, University of Franeker, WILLIAM AMES Jr. (1576 EN to 1633 EN)   

  executive manager
  

       employee, 1988 -1997, Dillards retired, Paul Douglas WILSON (1935 KS to 2018 KS)   

  farmer
  

       employee, 1923 -1939, Medina County, Frank S. Eastwood (1880 OH to 1939 OH), He farmed for a few years after he was married then sold the farm. According to his obituary, Frank spent the fall of 1938 "in the Carolinas to get away from his trying duties as a probation officer".   

  general agent
  

       employee,, Kansas City Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad, Benjamin Franklin WILSON Jr. (1850 OH to 1914-1940), railroad was based in Joplin Missouri   

  justice of the peace
  

       employee,, James DEATON (1779 VA to 1854 IL)   

  manager of apartment complex
  

       employee,, Elinor May SEARLS (1921 ?NY to 1989 CA)      

       employee,, Coley D. Doane (?1921 to 1949-2011)   

  marshall
  

       employee, 1928, Ben Richeson (1885 OH to 1928-1975 ?OH)   

  mechanical department manager
  

       employee,, Thew Shovel Works, Alfred Pettitt (1862 ?NY to 1939)   

  minister
  

       employee,, John Pettitt (?1819 to 1839-1909 ?OH)      

       employee,, John Pettitt (?1819 to 1839-1909 ?OH)   

  office manager
  

       employee,, Richard Alexander Garrett (1913 IL to ?1945-2003)   

  pastor
  

       employee, 1922 -1939, Baptist Church, Frank S. Eastwood (1880 OH to 1939 OH)   

  postmaster
  

       employee,, Leonard G. Kessler (1818 PA to 1902 PA)   

  preceptressteacher
  

       employee,, Monnett Hall, Susan Atkinson WILSON (1841 OH to 1919 CA)   

  probation officer
  

       employee, 1923 -1939, Medina County, Frank S. Eastwood (1880 OH to 1939 OH)   

  school superintendant
  

       employee,, Frank Clement Bowers (1886 OH to 1886-1976)   

  SE corner of Trumbull & Pearl
  

       employee,, SETH GRANT (?1610 EN to 1636-1700), was one of the original ones there   

  sheriff
  

       employee,, Thomas DEATON (1827 NC to 1880-1917 TX), for two years      

       employee,, Thomas DEATON (1827 NC to 1880-1917 TX), for two years after Commanche county   

  sheriff deputy
  

       employee, 1893, Thomas Jarvis DEATON (1860 TX to 1893 TX), While working as a deputy for sheriff A.P. Shockly, Thomas was attempting to arrest a man named Jim Jones. Jones shot and killed Thomas then escaped. Jones was still being sought by the law three years later.   

  vice president
  

       employee, 1941 -1968, H.H. Robertson Company, George Bacon MOORE (1904 MA to 1941-1994), retired   

  vice-president of sales
  

       employee,, Xenia Shoe Manufacturing Company, Henry C. Flynn (1903 OH to 1949 NY), After graduating from business school, Henry returned to Xenia and went to work for his father in the Xenia Shoe Manufacturing Company. His father was the president and general manager. The company was later purchased by the Krippendorf-Dittmann Company and Henry became a vice president. He was responsible for the company's eastern sales division. Henry was elected a director of the Xenia National Bank in 1929. He served as a vice president there even after he moved to Scarsdale.   

  watchman
  

       employee, 1925 -1929, O.S.L., William Oliver DEATON (1872 NC to 1929 ID)   

  weather observer
  

       employee, 1916 -1965, National Weather Service, Orlan Clifford MOORE (1889 IA to 1976 IA), He took daily readings at the Big Sioux River every day. He also measured rainfall.   

  World War II
  

       employee,, Midway Ford Truck Center, James S. WILSON (1922 MO to 2002 MO), retired after 27 years   

  accountant
  

       employee, 1956 -1958, Burroughs Corp. Todd Division, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO)      

       employee, 1958 -1959, Burroughs Corp. Todd Division, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO)      

       employee, 1959 -1959, Burroughs Corp. Todd Division, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO)      

       employee, 1959 -1960, McKowat Mercer, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO), printer speciality of Civil War books      

       employee, 1940, Gillette Safety Razor Company, George Bacon MOORE (1904 MA to 1941-1994)      

       employee,, Interstate Commerce Commission, James Frederick Wolfenden (1874 MI to 1920-1964)   

  accountant ,business manager
  

       employee, 1960 -1970, Truex Chevrolet, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO)   

  accountant ,salesman
  

       employee, 1955 -1955, Wurzburg Brothers, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO), brokers for corrugated boxes the company existed until about 2017, headquartered at 710 S. 4th St. in Memphis, when it went bankrupt   

  administrator
  

       employee, 1645-07-01, church, John Bicknell (?1625 ?EN to 1645-1715)   

  advertising director
  

       employee,, Coley D. Doane (?1921 to 1949-2011)   

  airline stewardess
  

       employee,, Mary Addie Linda DEATON (1923 TN to 2012 VA), After graduation, Linda moved to Hollywood, California and became a stewardess for American Airlines. After she and Jack were married, they moved to various places around the country, including Hawaii, before they settled in McLean, Virginia, just outside of Washington DC.   

  alderman
  

       employee, 1632 -1638, CHARLES HOAR (?1592 EN to 1638 EN)   

  architect
  

       employee,, Bruce DOUGLASS (1886 SD to 1949-1976)   

  assessor
  

       employee, 1700 -1708, Samuel WHITMORE (1658 ?MA to 1724 ?MA)   

  attorney
  

       employee,, Newell Fowler (?1900 to 1920-1990)      

       employee,, Western Union, James Oakes McKee (1920 ND to ?1950-2010)      

       employee,, Peel Mathers and McKee, James Oakes McKee (1920 ND to ?1950-2010), there eleven years before retiring      

       employee,, Richard Pratt Garrett (1877 IL to 1972 IL), In 1936 his office was located at 1 Seventy Six W. Adams Street in Chicago. In 1955 his office was at 30 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago.   

  auctioneer
  

       employee,, Rufus MOORE (1776 ?MA to 1846 ?MA)      

       employee,, John Newman SEARLS (1941 NY to 1970 NY)   

  auto mechanic
  

       manager, 1919, Sioux City Municipal Garage, Dwight Clifford SEARLS (1900 IA to 1960 IA), expert auto mechanic He worked there for forty years and eventually became the manager. He was responsible for over 100 mechanics.   

  automobile dealership co-owner
  

       partner,, George Douglas SEARLS (1883 IA to 1918 SD), He owned half of the first automobile dealership there.   

  aviation cadet
  

       employee, 1942 -1944, U.S.Air Force, Marvin Frank Burr (?1921 to 1944-2011)   

  bailiff
  

       employee,, Ebenezer MOORE (1751 ?MA to 1817 ?ME)   

  baker
  

       employee,, Mr. (?)William Ogborn (?1590 ?EN to 1650-1680)      

       owner,, George G. DOUGLASS (1880 NE to 1953 ?CA), owned his own shop   

  banker
  

       employee,, George Douglas SEARLS (1883 IA to 1918 SD), prospered in the banking field   

  Baptist minister
  

       employee, 1892, Charles H. SEARLS (1862 OH to 1940 ?OH), He eventually became what was described in the book "The History of Hinckley, Ohio" as the "best known and universally beloved minister within a 25 mile radius".      

       minister,, Dorsey Elbert DEATON (1890 NC to 1938 NC)   

  Baptist minister ,pastor
  

       employee, 1920 -1936, New Lyme Baptist Church, Anna C. Eastwood (1884 ?OH to 1961 ?OH)      

       employee, 1936, Hinckley Ridge Baptist Church, Anna C. Eastwood (1884 ?OH to 1961 ?OH)   

  Baptist preacher
  

       employee, 1850, John Calvin DEATON (1794 NC to 1858 TX)   

  barber
  

       operator,, William B. Helvie (1881 OH to 1955 ?OH)   

  blacksmith
  

       craftsman,, ABRAHAM MOORE (1716 ?MA to 1773 MA)      

       craftsman,, DAVID MILLER Sr. (1736 ?MA to 1808 ?VT)      

       craftsman,, JOHN PRESCOTT (c1604 EN to 1681 MA)      

       craftsman, 1643, THOMAS SAWYER (c1616 EN to 1706 MA)      

       craftsman,, HENRY CHAMBERLAIN Sr. (1595 EN to 1674 MA)      

       craftsman,, JOHN HILL II (?1610 ?EN to 1664 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, Abner MOORE (1736 MA to 1756-1826 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, James MOORE (1693 ?MA to 1743-1783 ?MA)   

  book store owner
  

       owner, 1877, William S. WILSON (1845 OH to 1898 CA)   

  bookstore owner
  

       owner,, Curtis Carmean (?1855 ?MO to 1932 CA)   

  breeder of Durham cattle
  

       employee,, JOHN B. MILLER (1822 VT to 1883 VT), had thirteen dairy cows   

  brewer
  

       employee,, CHARLES HOAR (?1592 EN to 1638 EN)   

  building and cement contractor
  

       employee,, William Clyde DEATON (1880 OH to 1937 OH), spent several years working both in Springfield (Clark) Ohio and in Florida   

  building contractor
  

       employee,, William Searles Eastman (1853 to 1942 FL)   

  butcher
  

       employee,, Orval\Orville Fredrick SEARLS (1903 IA to 1966 CA)   

  C.P.A. ,bank auditor
  

       employee,, federal government, Joseph Atkinson Garrett (1887 IL to 1980 CA), Forced to retire at mandatory age of 70, so he went to work for five more years in Spokane, Washington.   

  cabinetmaker
  

       craftsman,, Estey Organ Works, Charles A. MILLER (1849 VT to 1874-1939)      

       craftsman,, Philip J. SHULTZ (1778 ?PA to 1849 PA)      

       employee,, Joseph McElroy Garrett (1844 KY to 1888 IL)   

  carpenter
  

       craftsman,, LAWRENCE WATERS (1602 EN to 1687 MA)      

       craftsman,, BENJAMIN BARRETT (p1653 MA to 1690 MA)      

       craftsman,, NATHANIEL WOODWARD (1613 to 1694)      

       craftsman,, THOMAS MILLER (1609 EN to 1680 CT)      

       craftsman,, NATHANIEL WOODWARD (?1585 EN to p1661 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, Elmer R. DOUGLASS (1889 CA to 1920-1979)      

       craftsman,, John JONES (1686 ?MA to 1706-1776)      

       craftsman,, Judah MOORE (1755 CT to 1844 VT)      

       craftsman,, Paul MOORE (1711 MA to 1756-1801 MA)      

       craftsman,, John WOODWARD (?1650 MA to 1688 MA)      

       craftsman,, Robert WOODWARD (?1618 ?EN to 1653 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, Ezekiel WOODWARD (?1622 EN to c1680 ?MA)      

       employee,, JOHN HILDEBRAND (?1779 PA to 1877 ?PA)      

       employee, 1850, GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS (1826 IL to 1914 ?CA)      

       employee,, JONAS FAIRBANK (c1624 EN to 1676 MA)      

       employee, 1838, Benjamin Franklin WILSON (1808 PA to 1892 IL)   

  carpenter on a ship
  

       employee,, Mr. ? ? (?1900 ?CA to 1900-1990)   

  carpenter/cabinetmaker
  

       employee,, William S. HILDEBRAND (1811 PA to 1862 PA)   

  carriage maker
  

       owner, 1866 -1884, James Hidden Roberts (1810 ?VT to 1895 ?VT), owned his own shop   

  cattle stock raising
  

       farmer,, William Douglas DEATON (1857 TX to 1877-1947 MT)   

  chimney viewer
  

       employee,, RICHARD CHURCH (1610 EN to 1667)   

  chiropracter
  

       employee,, Archibald Stone DOUGLASS (1849 IL to 1925 ?OR)   

  city clerk
  

       employee, 1971 -1978, City of Excelsior Springs, Daniel Merideth WILSON (1931 MO to 2004 MO)   

  civil engineer
  

       employee,, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ronald Earl SEARLS (1918 SD to 1994 CA)      

       employee, 1973, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ronald Earl SEARLS (1918 SD to 1994 CA), retired to Lake of the Pines near Auburn   

  civilian contractor
  

       employee,, U.S. Air Force, Roger William Sleight (?1911 to ?1931-2001)   

  clerk
  

       employee,, ROBERT MAVERICK (?1525 ?EN to 1573 EN)      

       employee, 1920, tile works company, Thomas V. Moorehead (1898 ?OH to 1920-1988)      

       employee, 1870 -1879, Charles Herbert WILSON (1848 OH to 1882 OH)   

  clerk of the train band
  

       employee, 1654, ISAAC\JOHN MIXER (1603 to 1655-1693 EN)   

  clothier
  

       craftsman,, HENRY COGGAN (c1585 EN to 1612)      

       craftsman,, EDWARD\EDMUND FROST (?1560 EN to 1616 EN)      

       craftsman,, RICHARD SCOTT (?1505 EN to c1565 ?EN)      

       partner, 1892 -1912-03-01, Beck and Burrill, Joseph C. Beck (1866 to 1943 MO), until he retired The two men had previously been employed at Burg and Hentges in LeMars. When Joe retired on 03-01-1912, his share of the business was bought by Leo A. Douglass, an. The name of the firm was changed to Burrill-Douglass Co. In either 1915 or 1916 Wesley bought out Leo and took his own sons, Lowell L. and Stanley S., as partners and changed the name to Burrill and Sons. Wesley died in 1935.   

  coal and grain business
  

       employee, 1921 -1926, Barton Alphonso Adams (1888 IA to 1969 IA)      

       employee, 1926 -1927, Day Coal Co., Barton Alphonso Adams (1888 IA to 1969 IA)   

  collarmaker
  

       craftsman,, EDWARD HEATH (?1525 EN to 1593)   

  commercial traveler
  

       employee,, THOMAS K. MELVIN (1822 VA to 1890 OH), for most of his career [per obituary]   

  constable
  

       employee, 1728, JAZANIAH ROGER NICHOLS (1691 to 1755)      

       employee,, SIMON BRYANT (1663 ?MA to 1748 CT)      

       employee, 1688, DAVID HOBART (1651 MA to 1717 MA)      

       employee, 1656, RICHARD GOODMAN (1609 EN to 1676 MA)      

       employee,, JOHN WHITCOMB (c1588 EN to 1662), He was selected as one of the Conihassets partners in Scituate in 1646.      

       employee,, STEPHEN TERRY (1608 EN to 1668 ?MA)      

       employee, 1587, JOHN FAIRBANK (?1565 EN to 1625 EN)      

       employee, 1595, JOHN FAIRBANK (?1565 EN to 1625 EN)      

       employee, 1634, EDMUND HOBART (1570 EN to 1648)      

       employee, 1657, JOHN BARRETT (?1620 ?EN to 1664 ?ME)      

       employee, 1643, MOSES MAVERICK (?1611 ?EN to 1686 ?MA)      

       employee,, Bezaleel SAWYER (1683 MA to 1760 ?MA)   

  construction foreman
  

       employee, 1951, Herman Coolidge DEATON (1924 NC to 1995 FL)   

  cooper
  

       craftsman,, JOSEPH WARNER (1707 MA to 1743 CT)      

       craftsman,, DANIEL ALLEN (c1635 EN to ?1735 MA)   

  corn miller
  

       craftsman,, JOHN PRESCOTT (c1604 EN to 1681 MA), He located in what later became a part of the town of Clinton at about the southeast corner of High and Waters Streets.   

  county deputy recorder
  

       employee,, Harry I. SEARLS (1864 ?OH to 1891 ?OH), for three years      

       employee,, George DeForest SEARLS (1869 ?OH to 1939)   

  dairy farmer
  

       employee,, Ernest Lyons (1889 ?OH to 1909-1979)      

       partner,, Curtis Carmean (?1855 ?MO to 1932 CA), a small herd co-owned with a neighbor   

  dentist
  

       employee,, R. C. Blades (?1848 to 1868-1938)      

       employee,, James Collier SEARLS (1926 SD to 2018 IA)      

       employee,, Edwin Marsh (?1896 ?IA to 1916-1986)      

       proprietor,, James B. DEATON (1840 NC to 1917 TN)   

  deputy
  

       employee, 1638 -1639, JOHN PIERCE (1585 EN to 1661 MA)   

  deputy sheriff
  

       employee, 1753, Richard MOORE (1708 MA to 1782 ?MA)   

  doctor
  

       employee,, Abraham\Thomas MOORE (1748 MA to 1803 ME)   

  drove cattle
  

       employee, 1854 -1856, Elias L. DEATON (1833 TN to 1899 ?TX), He worked on a farm for Judge Tyler and drove a team hauling supplies. He also drove cattle with his brother Thomas for two years. He also worked for a while herding cattle for Isaac Williams.   

  drug business
  

       employee, 1931, Benjamin Franklin DEATON Jr. (?1888 TN to 1932 TN)   

  drug store clerk
  

       employee,, Silas Sidney MOORE (1891 ?IA to 1910 IA)   

  dry goods business
  

       partner, 1890, Leroy L. Kidder (1832 OH to 1899 IL), with brother-in-law Philip Schwartz      

       partner, 1890, Philip Schwartz (1845 PA to 1910 ?IL), with brother-in-law Leroy Kidder   

  engineer
  

       co-founder, 1908, Wilson and Schlesinger, Lawrence D. WILSON (1882 OH to 1936 OH), Upon returning to Xenia, he co-founded a general engineering and construction company called Wilson and Schlesinger. He bought out Schlesinger's interests within a year. Soon after the company was called Wilson and Dean and still later it was renamed to L.D. Wilson Company. In 1911 it was incorporated and renamed to The Wilson Engineering and Contracting Company. It had offices on S. Detroit Street in Xenia. The company later established coal and builder's supply businesses with yards on Washington Street. It thus abandoned the engineering business though it kept the company name. The Wilson Engineering and Contracting Company later purchased the Shawnee Refrigerator Company and renamed it to be the Xenia Ice Company. The two companies merged their operations and were located on W. Church Street. After prohibition was repealed, the Xenia Ice Company became a distributor for several brands of beer in twenty counties in southwestern Ohio. It also established a warehouse in Columbus.      

       employee,, Standard Oil of California, Malcolm Johnstone Miller (1918 CN to ?1938-2008)      

       employee, 1902 -1908, J.G. White and Company, Lawrence D. WILSON (1882 OH to 1936 OH)   

  engineer electrical
  

       employee,, Northern Illinois University, Royal Herbert SEARLS (1917 SD to 1996 IL)   

  engineer electrical ,chief engineer
  

       employee, 1922 -1933, city power and light company, Clair Herbert SEARLS (1888 IA to 1933 SD), as a part-time worker   

  engineer mechanical and electrical
  

       employee,, Northrup Aircraft, Charles Gordon Dibble (1918 ID to 1991 CA)   

  executive
  

       employee,, Art Metal Inc., Carl Hulbert Bowen (?1901 to 1921-1991)   

  farm equipment manufacturer
  

       owner,, Edwin Marion Hill (1907 IL to 1995 CA)   

  farmer
  

       employee, 1880, GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS (1826 IL to 1914 ?CA)      

       employee,, JOHN B. MILLER (1822 VT to 1883 VT), had 300 acres      

       employee,, ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND (1748 GE to 1833 PA)      

       employee, 1794 -1796, LAWRENCE\LORENTZ SHULTZ (c1739 ?GE to 1827 PA)      

       employee,, DANIEL SEARLS (1775 NY to 1854 OH)      

       employee,, CYRUS DOUGLASS (1792 ?VT to 1880 IL), retired in 1865      

       employee,, ELI MILLER (1790 VT to 1862 VT)      

       employee,, RANSEL BARRETT Rev. (1797 VT to 1881 VT), (per the 1880 U.S. Census and the Brattleboro records)      

       employee, 1766, ISAAC BARRETT Jr. (c1744 ?MA to 1830 VT)      

       employee,, JAZANIAH ROGER NICHOLS (1691 to 1755)      

       employee,, JONAS FAIRBANK (c1624 EN to 1676 MA)      

       employee,, JAMES CUTLER Jr. (1635 MA to 1685 MA)      

       employee,, JOHN PRESCOTT (c1604 EN to 1681 MA)      

       employee,, JAMES CUTLER (1606 EN to 1694)      

       employee,, NATHANIEL WOODWARD (?1585 EN to p1661 ?MA)      

       employee,, JOSEPH MORSE (?1580 ?EN to 1646 ?MA)      

       employee,, Joseph Bartlett (?1704 ?MA to 1791 ?RI)      

       employee,, Cyrus DOUGLASS (1814 NY to 1901 IN)      

       employee,, section seven of the township, Samuel METIER (1826 OH to 1904 IA)      

       employee,, Judah MOORE (1730 MA to 1778-1820 ?VT)      

       employee,, Judah MOORE (1755 CT to 1844 VT)      

       employee,, William Gibson (1824 ?OH to 1901 IA), owned 175 acres      

       employee,, Edward SAWYER (c1608 EN to 1636-1698 ?MA)      

       employee,, Bezaleel SAWYER (1683 MA to 1760 ?MA)      

       employee,, Isaiah SEARLES (1790 ?NY to ?1814 CN)      

       employee,, Stephen Decatur SEARLS (1817 ?NY to 1862-1907 ?WA)      

       employee,, Isaiah SEARLS (1828 NY to 1915 NY), initially 125 acres later 253 acres      

       employee,, Horace H. SEARLS (1855 NY to 1931 NY)      

       employee,, John Isaiah SEARLS (1882 NY to 1968 NY)      

       employee,, Edward Clinton SEARLS (1883 NY to 1969 NY)      

       employee,, Clayton Edward SEARLS (1918 NY to ?1947-2008)      

       employee,, Charles C. SEARLS (1861 ?NY to 1882-1951)      

       employee,, Daniel James SEARLS (1836 OH to 1923 IA)      

       employee,, Daniel James SEARLS (1836 OH to 1923 IA)      

       employee,, Charles Ambrose SEARLS (1861 IL to 1936 CA)      

       employee,, Roscoe Jerome SEARLS (1893 IA to 1966 SD)      

       employee,, Medary township, Daniel Burdette SEARLS (1897 IA to 1961 SD)      

       employee,, Gilbert I. SEARLS (1867 IL to 1938 IA), farmed his father's farm      

       employee,, Fredrick Thomas SEARLS (1870 IL to 1953 CA), farmed land adjacent to father's farm      

       employee,, John Howard SEARLS (1873 IL to 1968 IA), farmed on land near his father      

       employee,, Walter Howard SEARLS (1915 IA to ?1955-2005)      

       employee, 1969, Lloyd LaVerne SEARLS (1917 IA to 1984 IA)      

       employee,, Ray Eaton (?1875 to 1901-1965)      

       employee, 1911 -1913, Barton Alphonso Adams (1888 IA to 1969 IA)      

       employee, 1912 -1916, Barton Alphonso Adams (1888 IA to 1969 IA), managed his father's farm      

       employee, 1918 -1920, Barton Alphonso Adams (1888 IA to 1969 IA), farmed with his wife's parents      

       employee,, William Henry SEARLS (1838 OH to 1923 CO), was wealthy      

       employee,, Lee Clare SEARLS (1875 ?NE to 1963 ?NE)      

       employee,, Ambrose K. SEARLS (1841 OH to 1885 CO)      

       employee,, Leroy L. Kidder (1832 OH to 1899 IL)      

       employee,, Daniel SEARLS Jr. (1814 NY to 1894 OH)      

       employee,, Linden Howlard Pettitt (1853 ?NY to 1932 ?NY)      

       employee,, Isaiah SEARLS (1825 NY to 1897 NE)      

       employee,, Jonathan THAYER (1658 to 1695-1748 MA)      

       employee,, Thomas\Isaac THAYER (1664 MA to 1738)      

       employee, 1858, Benjamin Franklin WILSON (1808 PA to 1892 IL)      

       employee,, George Baker Van Horn (1836 PA to 1895 OH)      

       employee,, John Hildebrand WILSON (1841 OH to 1887 IL)      

       employee, 1873, William WILSON (1812 PA to 1876 IL), retired   

  farmer of citrus
  

       employee,, Cyrus E. DOUGLASS (?1872 IL to 1892-1962)   

  fence viewer
  

       employee,, RICHARD GOODMAN (1609 EN to 1676 MA)      

       employee, 1669, Nathaniel GRAVES (c1629 EN to 1669-1719)   

  ferryman
  

       employee,, RICHARD INGERSOLL (?1585 EN to 1644 MA), across the North River      

       employee,, WILLIAM HAYWARD (1604 EN to 1659 MA)      

       employee,, THOMAS HARRIS (?1590 ?EN to a1635 ?MA), from Boston to Charlton   

  firetruck manufacturer
  

       owner, 1955, Brookings Fire Apparatus Co., Harold Ambrose SEARLS (1900 IA to 1961 SD), was a founder of the company   

  fruit and produce business
  

       owner,, Henry GOSS (1806 VT to 1836-1896)   

  fur trader
  

       employee,, SIMON WILLARD (?1605 EN to 1676)   

  fur trapper and buyer
  

       employee,, Clayton Edward SEARLS (1918 NY to ?1947-2008)   

  furniture business ,clerk
  

       employee, 1888, Wilson and Lindsay Company, ROBERT STITT WILSON (1856 OH to 1916 MO)   

  furniture store
  

       owner, 1891, Christman and Huber Furniture Store, Charles D. Christman (1866 IA to 1959 IA), The business was located at Third and Main Streets.   

  gold prospector
  

       employee, 1858 -1861, Nevada and California, Leroy L. Kidder (1832 OH to 1899 IL), as a young man for several years   

  grain business
  

       employee,, John W. Hedges (1872 NO to 1947 IA)      

       employee,, John W. Hedges (1872 NO to 1947 IA)      

       partner,, Fields and Hedges, John W. Hedges (1872 NO to 1947 IA)   

  grain dealer
  

       employee,, Robert M. Smart (1843 ?OH to 1912 ?OH), He was probably a part owner of the Smart Brothers warerooms on Detroit Street.   

  greenhouse owner
  

       owner,, Milton Ernest MOORE (1872 MA to 1963 MA), He ran fourteen greenhouses that bordered the Mystic River until around 1950 when they were replaced by apartments   

  grist mill
  

       operator,, JOHN WHITE (1602 to 1683-1692 MA), was the first mill in the town   

  grist mill operator
  

       owner, 1880, GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS (1826 IL to 1914 ?CA), His son-in-law Edwin Searls worked for him in 1880-1881 delivering flour.   

  grocery store co-owner
  

       owner,, Kidder Brothers Grocery Store, Ernest R. Kidder (1876 ?IL to 1924-1966), a partner with his brother Louis      

       owner,, Kidder Brothers Grocery Store, Louis Leroy Kidder (1878 ?IL to 1924-1968), a partner with his brother Ernest   

  grocery store merchant
  

       employee, 1900-02- , John Orson DOUGLASS (1852 IL to 1925 ?CA)   

  grocery store operator
  

       employee,, George W. SEARLS (1880 NY to 1939 NY)   

  grocery store owner
  

       employee,, MARTIN MOORE (1804 VT to 1878 MA)      

       owner,, Peter B. Few (1832 NY to 1889 TN)   

  gunsmith
  

       craftsman,, RUFUS MOORE (1761 MA to 1836 VT)   

  haberdasher of hats
  

       craftsman,, WALTER ALLEN (1601 EN to 1681 MA)   

  harness and buggy business
  

       owner, 1896 -1904, Henry Clark Hoghton (1874 IL to 1952 IL), Before starting his own mortuary, Henry owned a harness and buggy business.   

  hatter
  

       owner,, CYRUS DOUGLASS (1792 ?VT to 1880 IL), learned the business in New York   

  health officer
  

       employee,, Stephen Irving SEARLS (1839 OH to 1924 IL), In both a 1917 article about Stephen's oldest brother, Daniel, and an article written in the late 1800's about Stephen's youngest brother, Edwin, they said that Stephen was the Pecatonica city marshall for most of his adult life. However, Stephen's own obituary [Pecatonica News 10-03-1929] never mentioned his being the city marshall. It said that he had been the village health officer for many years and still held the position at the time of his death.   

  home builder
  

       employee,, ROBERT TAFT (1640 to 1725), in Boston and Braintree   

  husbandman
  

       employee,, GEORGE SPEAR (1613 EN to 1678-1703 ?MA)      

       employee,, WILLIAM HINDS (?1600 EN to 1658-1690 ?MA)      

       employee,, RICHARD NEWTON (1601 ?EN to 1701 MA)      

       employee,, EDMUND GOODNOW (1611 EN to 1688 MA)      

       employee,, JOHN WARNER (?1545 EN to 1584 EN)   

  innkeeper
  

       employee,, Elijah MOORE (1702 MA to 1781 ?MA)      

       employee,, Nathaniel WILDER (1650 MA to 1704 MA), for 25 years      

       owner,, THOMAS MILLER (1609 EN to 1680 CT)      

       owner,, John Knight (1587 EN to 1670 ?MA)      

       owner,, Richard MOORE (1671 MA to 1767 ?MA), was the second licensed in town   

  interior designer
  

       employee, 1981, Barbara Jane SEARLS (1927 IA to 1981-2017)   

  iron merchant
  

       employee, 1849, MATHEW WILSON (1777 PA to 1864 OH)   

  judge
  

       employee,, ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND (1748 GE to 1833 PA)   

  justice of the peace
  

       employee,, Samuel HALE (1645 CT to 1711 CT)      

       employee,, Jonas PRESCOTT (1648 MA to 1668-1738)   

  L.P.N.
  

       employee,, Anita Elizabeth SEARLS (1918 IA to 1990 CA)   

  laborer
  

       employee,, RICHARD SANFORD (1594 EN to ?1676 ?MA)   

  lawyer
  

       employee,, Frisco Railroad, Berry Fisher DEATON (1871 TN to 1940 CA)      

       farmer,, Levi DEATON (1826 VA to 1906 OH)   

  librarian
  

       employee, 1767 -1768, Harvard University, Jonathan MOORE (1739 ?MA to 1814 MA), also taught Greek and Hebrew   

  linen weaver
  

       craftsman,, WALTER HAYNES (1583 EN to 1665 MA)      

       tradesman,, NICHOLAS BATT (1612 EN to 1677 ?MA)   

  livery business
  

       owner, 1896, David Calvin DEATON (1865 TX to 1950)   

  loaning money
  

       owner, 1886, MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON (1810 PA to 1886 OH), per his death certificate   

  lumber ,president
  

       employee,, Greene County Lumber Company, C. W. Murphy (1888 OH to 1947 OH)      

       employee,, Murphy Lumber Company, C. W. Murphy (1888 OH to 1947 OH)   

  lumber and coal business
  

       employee, 1890-031929, Herbert Leslie MOORE (1864 VT to 1935 SD), sold it after he lost his hearing He managed the lumber yard started by his uncle Milton A. Moore.      

       owner, 1878, Moore Loring & Co., Milton Alphonse MOORE (1845 VT to 1917 IA), Milton started his first lumber business in partnership with George E. Loring. The first was dissolved a few years later. Then Milton started the M.A. Moore Lumber Co. He was president of several lumber companies doing business in the Iowa towns of Lemar, Akron, Kingsley, Remsen, Oyens, Struble, Seney, Dalton, Brunsville, Craig, Chatsworth, and Meriden. He also had lumber yards in the South Dakota towns of Moville and Elk Point. Milton would partner himself with younger men whom he thought showed promise of success. He was always willing to loan them money to keep their yards going.   

  lumber business
  

       partner,, Moore Saw Mills, NEWELL SIDNEY MOORE (1842 VT to 1925 IA), with brother Milton Moore      

       partner,, Moore Saw Mills, Milton Alphonse MOORE (1845 VT to 1917 IA), with brother Newell Moore      

       partner, 1889-10- , Milton Alphonse MOORE (1845 VT to 1917 IA), started a new lumber yard His nephew, Herbert L. Moore, managed it for him until 1929.   

  lumber mill logger
  

       employee,, Augustus Edward DEATON (1885 to 1922-1975)   

  lumber yard
  

       employee, 1908, Harvey E. SEARLS (1879 SD to 1923 IA)   

  lumber yard owner
  

       owner, 1911, Jehial E. Hollister (1850 ?IL to 1913-1940 ?CA)      

       owner, 1913, Jehial E. Hollister (1850 ?IL to 1913-1940 ?CA), bought a lumber yard   

  lumber yard owner/operator
  

       owner,, Archibald Stone DOUGLASS (1849 IL to 1925 ?OR), a large lumber mill      

       owner, 1949, Percell R. DOUGLASS (1877 NE to 1949-1967 ?OR), a large lumber mill   

  lumberyard
  

       employee, 1903, Smaltz-Moore Hardware Co., Fred Dwight MOORE (1875 IA to 1942 IA)      

       employee, 1910, Moore Lumber yards, Fred Dwight MOORE (1875 IA to 1942 IA), went into business with his uncle Milton   

  lumberyard owner/manager
  

       owner, 1946 -1985, Akron Lumber Company, Robert Tucker (1920 IA to ?1946-2010), sold the business when he retired   

  machinist ,foreman
  

       employee,, U.S. Mint Coining Division, Joseph (Guiseppe) De Angelis (1894 MA to 1959 CA)   

  mariner
  

       employee,, WILLIAM HAYWARD (1604 EN to 1659 MA)      

       employee,, Abraham JOSLIN (?1620 ?EN to 1640-1710 SE)   

  mason
  

       employee,, BENJAMIN CRISPE (?1610 ?EN to 1683 MA)   

  master carpenter
  

       craftsman,, Curtis Carmean (?1855 ?MO to 1932 CA)   

  mathematician
  

       employee,, NATHANIEL WOODWARD (?1585 EN to p1661 ?MA)   

  mechanic
  

       employee,, Harley Damon (1872 OH to 1920-1962)   

  mechanical and electrical engineer
  

       employee,, General Electric Co., Charles Gordon Dibble (1918 ID to 1991 CA)   

  medical & psychiatric social worker
  

       employee,, Virginia Claire SEARLS (1911 NY to ?1943-2001)   

  mercantile business
  

       employee, 1931, George W. DEATON (1852 TN to 1933 TN), for many years      

       employee, 1931, Mr. ? Mabry (?1891 to 1931-1981)      

       employee, 1841, James Stutson (1798 MA to 1877 OH)   

  merchant
  

       employee,, SIMON WILLARD (?1605 EN to 1676), became prosperous      

       employee,, Ulysses Hayes DEATON (1877 NC to 1965 NC), retired      

       employee,, Peter HOBART (?1626 ?EN to 1626-1716)      

       employee,, Josiah HOBART (?1632 ?EN to 1632-1722)      

       employee,, Reuben MOORE (1751 ?MA to 1771-1841 ?ME)      

       employee,, Collins and Searls General Store, Charles Roy SEARLS (1881 NY to 1965 NY)      

       employee, 1877, Leroy L. Kidder (1832 OH to 1899 IL)      

       owner,, ISAAC ALLERTON (c1586 EN to 1659 CT)      

       owner, 1873, Henry C. SEARLS (1841 ?OH to 1914 ?OH)      

       proprietor,, William DEATON (1813 NC to 1880-1903)   

  Methodist Episcopal minister
  

       employee,, John W. DEATON (1777 VA to 1861 VA)   

  midwife
  

       employee, 1673, Isle of Shoals, Mrs. GRACE TUCKER (1627 NH to 1674 ME)   

  migratory adventurer
  

       employee, 1907 -1909, western United States, Barton Alphonso Adams (1888 IA to 1969 IA)   

  milinery business
  

       partner, 1900-08- , Nellie E. Kidder (1867 ?IL to 1934-1957), with Helga Heide Helga was from Durand (Winnebago) Illinois   

  milk delivery man
  

       employee,, Charles D. Christman (1866 IA to 1959 IA)   

  mill owner
  

       craftsman,, EDMUND\EDWARD LITTLEFIELD (c1591 EN to 1661 ?ME)   

  miller
  

       craftsman, 1860, GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS (1826 IL to 1914 ?CA)      

       craftsman,, David Learned (1710 ?MA to 1730-1800)      

       craftsman,, John PRESCOTT (c1635 EN to 1682-1725 ?MA), eventually took over his father's mill   

  milling and mining
  

       operator, 1837, MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON (1810 PA to 1886 OH), learned the trades from his father   

  millwright
  

       craftsman,, ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND (1748 GE to 1833 PA)      

       craftsman,, DORMAN BLOSS (c1771 CT to 1823 IN), Dorman built a dam on the east fork of the White River at Rockford just one and a half miles north of Seymour. He later built the first water mill there but he died unexpectedly shortly after completing it and the mill later burned down.   

  miner
  

       employee,, Aaron BLOSS (1775 CT to 1843 PA), As well as his prosperous hotel business, Aaron was also in the coal mining business as the area had excellent coal deposits. In 1832 Richard C. Taylor of Philadelphia, the most distinguished geologist of his time, made a mineral and geological survey of the Blossburg area for the Tioga Railroad which was subsequently built from Corning (Steuben) New York to Blossburg. Richard mentions in his report that the first coal dug in the area was opened by Aaron Bloss. The coal was an unusually good species of coal and was shipped by the railroads for thousands of miles and became generically known as "Blossburg Coal".   

  minister
  

       employee,, RANSEL BARRETT Rev. (1797 VT to 1881 VT)      

       employee,, JOHN MAVERICK (1578 EN to 1636 MA)      

       employee,, George Richard SEARLS (?1838 ?NY to 1880-1928 NY)   

  mortuary
  

       owner, 1904 -1952-04- , Henry Clark Hoghton (1874 IL to 1952 IL), Henry sold his mortuary to Joyce Hallmann two weeks before he died.   

  musician
  

       employee,, Judah MOORE (1755 CT to 1844 VT)   

  nail maker
  

       craftsman,, Rufus MOORE (1776 ?MA to 1846 ?MA)   

  newspaper sales rep
  

       employee,, Coley D. Doane (?1921 to 1949-2011)   

  nurse
  

       employee,, Zilpha Azalia DEATON (1883 OH to 1974 OH)   

  paint store owner
  

       owner, 1930, Wilson Paint Store, EDWIN LAWRENCE WILSON (1895 MO to 1971 MO), Edwin eventually decided to open his own paint store and go into business for himself. He chose Excelsior Springs as the city in which to build his business. Earlier, Edwin had visited the city Excelsior Springs while setting up a store for Cook Paint.   

  pharmacist
  

       employee, 1915 -1916, EDWIN LAWRENCE WILSON (1895 MO to 1971 MO), drug store clerk   

  photographer
  

       employee, 1900, John Orson DOUGLASS (1852 IL to 1925 ?CA)      

       employee,, Clifford Slear McKibben (1886 to 1964)   

  physician
  

       employee,, Jonathan FAIRBANK (1662 ?MA to 1719 ?MA), was the first in town      

       employee,, Jonathan MOORE (1764 MA to 1784-1854)      

       employee,, Abijah MOORE (1705 MA to 1759 CT)      

       employee,, Uriah MOORE (?1699 ?MA to c1746 ?MA)   

  planter
  

       employee, 1638, EDMUND BLOSS (1587 EN to 1681 ?MA), on his forty acres      

       employee,, JOHN BARRETT (?1620 ?EN to 1664 ?ME)      

       employee,, ABRAHAM SHAW (1590 EN to 1638)      

       employee,, RICHARD SANFORD (1594 EN to ?1676 ?MA)      

       employee, 1638, George WILLARD (1595 EN to 1638-1685 ?MA)   

  plumber
  

       employee,, William B. Helvie (1881 OH to 1955 ?OH)   

  police officer
  

       employee,, Duke Vincent (?1902 to 1925-1992)   

  professional baseball player
  

       owner,, Robert Tucker (1920 IA to ?1946-2010), Bob became the owner/manager of Harriett's paternal grandfather Newell's Moore Lumber Co. The name was changed to Akron Lumber Co.   

  proprietor
  

       employee, 1653 -1654, JOHN MOORE Jr. (?1628 ?EN to a1702 MA)      

       employee, 1664, THOMAS RICE (c1622 EN to 1681 MA)      

       employee, 1633, RICHARD GOODMAN (1609 EN to 1676 MA), He was paid for doing repair work around the town prison.      

       employee,, JOHN SMITH (?1610 ?EN to 1669 MA)      

       employee,, EDMUND RICE (c1594 ?EN to 1663 MA)      

       employee,, EDMUND RICE (c1594 ?EN to 1663 MA)      

       employee, 1634, LAWRENCE WATERS (1602 EN to 1687 MA)      

       employee,, SAMUEL GARFIELD (?1624 ?MA to 1684 ?MA)      

       employee, 1636, JOHN WINTER (?1605 EN to 1662 ?MA)      

       employee, 1661, EDWARD GARFIELD (1605 ?EN to 1672)      

       employee, 1662 -1673, WALTER ALLEN (1601 EN to 1681 MA)      

       employee, 1638, THOMAS WILDER (?1618 ?EN to 1668)      

       employee, 1636, ISAAC\JOHN MIXER (1603 to 1655-1693 EN)      

       employee,, NATHANIEL TREADWAY (c1610 EN to 1689)      

       employee, 1643, WILLIAM HARRIS (?1620 ?EN to 1717 ?CT)      

       employee, 1637, ABRAHAM THOMAS JONES (1602 ?EN to 1681 MA)      

       employee, 1636, EDWARD GARFIELD (c1575 ?EN to 1672 MA)      

       employee,, WALTER HAYNES (1583 EN to 1665 MA), was one of the first in town      

       employee, 1653 -1660, JOHN PIERCE (1585 EN to 1661 MA), early but never moved to town      

       employee, 1636, RICHARD PARKE (1602 EN to 1665 MA)      

       employee, 1634, SETH GRANT (?1610 EN to 1636-1700)      

       employee,, THOMAS AXTELL (1619 EN to 1646 ?MA)      

       employee, 1633, JOHN HILL II (?1610 ?EN to 1664 ?MA)      

       employee,, JOSEPH MORSE (?1580 ?EN to 1646 ?MA)      

       employee,, Edward GARFIELD (?1636 ?MA to 1636-1726)      

       employee,, James RICE (1669 MA to 1730 MA)      

       employee, 1719, Elisha RICE (1679 MA to 1761 MA)      

       employee,, Joshua RICE (1661 MA to 1734 MA)      

       employee,, Gregory STONE (1590 EN to 1672 ?MA)   

  prospector
  

       employee,, Curtis Carmean (?1855 ?MO to 1932 CA), after his children were grown      

       employee,, Curtis Carmean (?1855 ?MO to 1932 CA), after his children were grown      

       employee,, Gilbert I. SEARLS (1867 IL to 1938 IA)   

  railroad agent
  

       employee,, Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, BURTON ORSON SEARLS (1876 SD to 1946 SD), Burton worked all of his adult life for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, the same one both of which his father and son worked all of their adult lives. Burton was a valuable to the CM&SP and held many responsible positions for them. He was a "natural born railroad man" according to his son Cluett. Burton learned fast and was promoted quickly. By age 30 he was made the agent at Sioux Falls, the "biggest, toughest agent's job in South Dakota". The salary was $70. 00 a month which at the time was the highest paying railroad agent's job. Burton worked the same type of 126-hour weeks that his father did. During World War I Burton was made the Assistant Superintendent- Trainmaster in Mitchell and he and his family lived there for two years. Often, during train wrecks, floods, etc., he would not get home to change clothes for a week or two at a time. In 1920 he was promoted to the General Agent position in Cincinnati. He was in charge of all CM&SP affairs in the southeastern states. He had a big office, complete with a large mahogany desk, rugs, a large staff, etc. But it was staffed with "those easterners", as he called them, who were not used to someone who worked as hard and for so many hours as Burton did. This caused much friction among Burton and his staff. They called him "that cowboy from out west".      

       employee,, George Douglas SEARLS (1883 IA to 1918 SD)   

  railroad car builder
  

       employee,, WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON (1844 AR to 1916 TN), perhaps he also worked for the same Illinois Central Railroad that his oldest son Robert, Robert's oldest son Charles, and Charles's oldest son Charles all worked for. Two pages from a book that lists occupations of residents of Memphis. <_LF_>1. Page 90 has four Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): William H. Deaton inspector of cars for the K.C.,M,& B. railroad; Robert Deaton a repairer of cars for the same railroad; Gilbert Deaton works at Bluff City Stove Works; William (no occupation listed). Two other Deatons are listed: B.J. and Pinckney who both live at addresses different from all other Deatons. <_LF_>2. Page 305 has five Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): Wm H. car repairer; Robert C. car repairer; Adella, packer; Arista, packer; Gilbert, molder at H. Wetter Mnfg Co. No other Deatons are listed.   

  railroad yardmaster
  

       employee, 1908 -1958, Illinois Central Railroad, CHARLES FRANKLIN DEATON (1889 TN to 1972 TN), His father, and perhaps his grandfather, also worked for Illinois Central in Memphis. Charles started with the ICRR at age 19. He worked his way up to the position of yardmaster. Upon retirement in 1958, after fifty years of service, he received his "gold card" which allowed him to travel, at no charge, anywhere, anytime on any ICRR line.      

       employee, 1901 -1937, Illinois Central Railroad, ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON (1867 TN to 1939 CA), retired in 1937 Two pages from a book that lists occupations of residents of Memphis. <_LF_>1. Page 90 has four Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): William H. Deaton inspector of cars for the K.C.,M,& B. railroad; Robert Deaton a repairer of cars for the same railroad; Gilbert Deaton works at Bluff City Stove Works; William (no occupation listed). Two other Deatons are listed: B.J. and Pinckney who both live at addresses different from all other Deatons. <_LF_>2. Page 305 has five Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): Wm H. car repairer; Robert C. car repairer; Adella, packer; Arista, packer; Gilbert, molder at H. Wetter Mnfg Co. No other Deatons are listed.      

       employee,, Illinois Central Railroad, Charles William DEATON (1913 TN to 1974 TN), Charles worked for the same railroad that his father and grandfather worked for. His great grandfather William may have also worked for this same railroad.   

  ranch hand
  

       employee, 1853 -1853, Elias L. DEATON (1833 TN to 1899 ?TX)   

  real estate salesman
  

       employee,, Clayton Edward SEARLS (1918 NY to ?1947-2008)   

  realtor
  

       employee,, Herman Coolidge DEATON (1924 NC to 1995 FL)   

  receptionist
  

       employee, 1963 -1964, Doctors Wyatt and Koonce, Patricia Ann DEATON (1932 TN to 2015 MO)      

       employee, 1966 -1970-12- , Bemis Cotton Mill, Patricia Ann DEATON (1932 TN to 2015 MO)   

  restaurant business
  

       employee, 1931, DeWhitt DEATON (?1895 TX to 1931-1985)   

  restaurant manager
  

       manager,, Henry GOSS (1806 VT to 1836-1896)   

  road builder
  

       employee,, State of South Carolina, Augustus Edward DEATON (1885 to 1922-1975)   

  sadler
  

       craftsman,, CHARLES HOAR (?1592 EN to 1638 EN)      

       craftsman,, CHARLES HOAR (?1568 ?EN to ?1632 EN)   

  sailor
  

       employee,, Henry GOSS (1806 VT to 1836-1896), for six years   

  salesman
  

       employee,, Murray and Watt Dry Goods, Harry I. SEARLS (1864 ?OH to 1891 ?OH)   

  saw mill
  

       operator,, JOHN WHITE (1602 to 1683-1692 MA), was the first mill in the town   

  saw mill operator
  

       owner,, William B. DEATON (1811 VA to 1855 OH)   

  saw mill owner
  

       craftsman, 1717, Samuel Bennett (1665 ?MA to 1742 ?MA)   

  sawed timber
  

       owner, 1870 -1879, Missouri River banks, GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS (1826 IL to 1914 ?CA), Settlers learned that their last chance to purchase timber before moving into the interior of South Dakota was to buy from George Douglass. There was no timber in central South Dakota.   

  sawyer
  

       employee, 1899, William Clyde DEATON (1880 OH to 1937 OH)   

  school superintendent
  

       employee,, Robert Ralph Siebsen (1928 IA to a2010 ?MN), retired   

  school superintendent ,Superintendent of Schools
  

       employee, 1987, Robert Ralph Siebsen (1928 IA to a2010 ?MN), retired   

  secretary
  

       employee, 1950-091954-09- , Mutual of New York Insurance Co., Patricia Ann DEATON (1932 TN to 2015 MO)      

       employee,, Elinor May SEARLS (1921 ?NY to 1989 CA)   

  sheriff
  

       employee,, Elias L. DEATON (1833 TN to 1899 ?TX)      

       retired, 1875-11-16, Elias L. DEATON (1833 TN to 1899 ?TX), sold his farm   

  sheriff [mayor]
  

       employee, 1634, CHARLES HOAR (?1592 EN to 1638 EN)   

  shoe salesman
  

       employee,, Eggemann Shoe Company, ROBERT STITT WILSON (1856 OH to 1916 MO), at time of death   

  shoemaker
  

       craftsman,, HENRY CHAMBERLAIN (?1619 ?EN to 1678 MA)      

       craftsman,, THOMAS THAYER (1596 EN to 1665)      

       craftsman,, WILLIAM SHATTUCK (c1621 EN to 1672)      

       craftsman,, Jeduthan MOORE (1741 ?MA to 1816 ?MA)      

       employee,, Edwin SEARLS (1838 ?OH to 1918 OH)   

  smith
  

       craftsman,, JOHN STRUTT (?1450 EN to 1516 EN)   

  social worker
  

       employee,, Massachusetts Dept. of Social Services, Donald Milton MOORE (1923 MA to 1985 MA)   

  steel mill
  

       owner,, George M. Verity (1864 OH to 1942 OH), founder of Armco Steel Mill   

  stenographer
  

       employee, 1931, Lucille DEATON (?1902 TN to 1931-1992)   

  steward for Governor Bowdoin
  

       employee,, Ebenezer MOORE (1751 ?MA to 1817 ?ME)   

  stock raiser
  

       employee,, section seven of the township, Samuel METIER (1826 OH to 1904 IA), He owned over one hundred thorough-bred short-horned cattle.      

       employee,, section nine, William Gibson (1824 ?OH to 1901 IA)   

  store owner
  

       employee,, John Pettitt (?1819 to 1839-1909 ?OH)   

  street car conductor
  

       employee,, Ambrose Pettitt (1851 ?NY to 1923 ?NY)   

  surgeon
  

       employee,, Japhet HOBART (?1647 ?MA to 1647-1737 ?SE)   

  surveyor
  

       employee,, JACOB FARRAR (1614 EN to 1677 MA), laid out many lots in Lancaster      

       employee,, NATHANIEL WOODWARD (?1585 EN to p1661 ?MA), Nathaniel was an eminent surveyor. In 1638 he ran the line between the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Colony. He also was part of the surveying of the line between Massachusetts and Connecticut.      

       employee, 1661, Nathaniel GRAVES (c1629 EN to 1669-1719)      

       employee,, Job WHITCOMB (1636 to 1683 ?MA)   

  surveyor of highways
  

       employee, 1639 -1647, ANDREW WARNER (c1595 ?EN to 1684 MA)   

  swimming pool operator
  

       owner,, Wilson Swimming Pool, Lawrence D. WILSON (1882 OH to 1936 OH), maintained it until his death   

  tailor
  

       craftsman,, GEORGE ALDRICH (1605 EN to 1682-1695 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, JOHN BALL (?1620 EN to 1675 MA)      

       craftsman,, ABRAHAM THOMAS JONES (1602 ?EN to 1681 MA)      

       employee, 1931, William C. DEATON (?1890 ?TN to 1931-1980)   

  tanner
  

       craftsman,, DAVID HOBART (1651 MA to 1717 MA)      

       craftsman,, JOHN WINTER (?1605 EN to 1662 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, JOHN PURCHAS (?1550 EN to 1585 EN)      

       craftsman,, Samuel ALDRICH (1665 MA to 1747 ?RI)      

       craftsman,, Samuel ALDRICH (1681 ?MA to 1752-1771)      

       craftsman,, John MIXER (1669 MA to 1689-1759)      

       owner,, Dison\Dyson DEATON (1806 NC to 1895 NC), He ran a tannery at the Deaton home near the Little River, two miles east of Troy. His home was destroyed by fire in 1937.   

  tavern keeper
  

       employee, 1796, LAWRENCE\LORENTZ SHULTZ (c1739 ?GE to 1827 PA)      

       employee,, EDMUND\EDWARD LITTLEFIELD (c1591 EN to 1661 ?ME)      

       employee,, Samuel Harrington (?1715 ?MA to 1735-1805)   

  tavern owner
  

       employee,, Thomas HALE (c1653 CT to 1723 CT)      

       owner,, ISAAC SCOTT (1744 MA to 1818 NY)      

       owner,, Jacob SCOTT (?1784 ?NH to 1784-1874), sold the tavern in 1820 He took over his father's tavern after his father died.   

  tax collector
  

       employee,, Olive Isabelle Eldred (1894 NY to 1932-1984 ?NY)   

  taxi cab driver
  

       employee, 1944 -1977, Yellow Cab, Thomas Melvin WILSON (1888 OH to 1976 MO), until he retired   

  teacher
  

       employee, 1653, JACOB FARRAR (1614 EN to 1677 MA)      

       employee, 1629 -1630, JOHN MAVERICK (1578 EN to 1636 MA)      

       employee,, Dell May Conner (1878 to 1898-1968 ?IA)      

       employee,, Searls country school, Kate Stoddard (1892 to 1912-1982)      

       employee,, fourth grade, Kate Stoddard (1892 to 1912-1982)      

       employee,, John MOORE (1773 ?MA to 1836 ?NY)      

       employee,, Curtis Carmean (?1855 ?MO to 1932 CA)      

       employee,, Florence Carmean (?1883 ?CO to 1903-1973), for 57 years      

       employee,, Ann Katherine SEARLS (1840 ?NY to 1918 ?NY)      

       employee,, Lenora Augusta Sargent (1867 IA to 1922 ?SD)      

       employee,, rural school, George Edgar SEARLS (1890 IA to 1969 CA)      

       employee,, Patrick James Doyle Jr. (?1934 PA to 1998 CA)      

       employee,, Dorothy Mae SEARLS (1922 IA to 2013 MN), for three years      

       employee,, Dorothy Mae SEARLS (1922 IA to 2013 MN), for ten years      

       employee, 1961, Eckerd College, Keith Walter Irwin (1922 IL to 2009), Keith semi-retired from his position in the philosophy department at Eckerd College (formerly Florida Presbyterian College) in St. Petersburg. He taught there starting in 1961.   

  teacher ,principal
  

       employee,, Zanesville Seminary, Adelaine Parker (1817 OH to 1887 IL), for eleven years      

       employee,, Zanesville High School, Adelaine Parker (1817 OH to 1887 IL)   

  teacher ,professor of psychology
  

       employee,, University of Illinois, William Michael Gilbert (?1909 to 1929-1999)   

  teacher ,superintendent of schools
  

       employee,, William S. WILSON (1845 OH to 1898 CA)   

  teacher English
  

       employee,, Pauline Jones (?1887 MA to 1980 MA), Pauline also helped run the Students' Store on campus after she and Rolfe were divorced.   

  teacher of anatomy
  

       employee,, James Collier SEARLS (1926 SD to 2018 IA)   

  teacher of domestic science
  

       employee,, Kate Stoddard (1892 to 1912-1982)   

  teacher of English
  

       employee, 2014, middle school, Joan Kathleen SEARLS (1923 IA to 1966-2013)   

  teacher retired
  

       employee,, Northern Illinois University, Doreen Anne Harris (1920 IL to 2008 IL)   

  telegrapher
  

       employee,, Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, EDWIN JAMES SEARLS (1850 OH to 1917 IA), [NOTE: in the following, many towns are stated as being in South Dakota. They were actually a part of what was called "The Dakota Territory" until North and South Dakota became states in 1889.] E.J. started to learn telegraphy (invented 35 years earlier by Samuel F. B. Morse) in 1870 from Mat. [?Matthew] Allard while still living in Pecatonica. In 1872 he went to Marcus (Cherokee) Iowa with a Mr. H. H. Dwight (who was in Sioux City in 1917) to finish learning the trade. In the spring of 1872 he got his first job as a relief agent between Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa and Fort Dodge (Webster) Iowa with the Illinois Central Railroad. Later he was sent to Springfield (Bon Homme) South Dakota to put in a new office there. He first traveled by stage to Yankton (Yankton) South Dakota, the first capitol of the Dakota Territory, then by horseback the rest of they way since the railroad had not reached this area yet. (The railroad did reach Yankton the following year) . A few months later Edwin was sent to Fort Thompson (Buffalo) South Dakota for the same reason. It took him a week to get there by going up the Missouri River on the steamship "Western". In the fall of 1873 Edwin was sent back down the river to White Swan (Charles Mix) South Dakota which was located just across the river from Fort Randall (Gregory) South Dakota, the fort being established in 1856. General George Custer and his men were camped nearby. It was while here that E.J. came to know both Custer and General Alfred Sully as they came to his telegraph office to send messages to Chicago and Washington, DC. Edwin said that Custer was the "longest winded person he'd ever met" and that "General Sully could say the same thing in half the words". Edwin also thought that Custer was "an arrogant actor who liked to throw his weight around". Edwin did admire General Sully. In fact, one of Edwin's favorite books was "With General Sully in the Sioux Lands". Edwin knew most all of the army personnel mentioned in the book and could tell a story or two about most of the officers. Edwin was somewhat of a practical joker. To help relieve the boredom that came with the telegraph office at times, he put pennies in a basin of water and wired the basin to the telegraph circuit. Then he would have the visiting Indians reach in the basin for the pennies, resulting in an electrical shock immediately upon touching the water. But the facial expressions of the Indians never changed even though they did not understand what had happened. On another occasion, when Edwin was supposed to be collating the various monthly reports that were spread out in stacks on the fifteen foot telegraph table, he attached a wire to the tail of the office cat, connected it to the telegraph switchboard ground, then touched the cat's nose with a wire attached to the switchboard battery. As the cat jumped and scampered, emitting howls as it went from one end of the table to the other, it scattered the reports all over the room. It took Edwin two hours to clean up the mess. In the spring of 1874 Edwin was sent to Vermillion (Clay) South Dakota until the fall of 1875. (It was about this time that gold was discovered in South Dakota's Black Hills). It was while there that he met and married Mary Douglass. The couple was moved to Gayville (Yankton) South Dakota where they stayed for the winter. In the spring of 1876 the couple moved by wagon to Greenwood (Charles Mix) South Dakota, on the Yankton Indian Agency. E.J. was to be the clerk and postmaster there for $125/month at the federal government's Traders Store, post office and Black Hill Stage Company office. They were there for nearly four years before they moved back to the store at White Swan. Larry M. Wilson has a U.S. Post Office form that appointed E.J. as postmaster of White Swan. The document appears to have been signed by E.J. himself (unless the clerk filling out the form wrote E.J.'s name). It was about this time that Alexander Graham Bell was inventing the telephone, the device that would eventually replace E.J.'s telegraphs. According to the LeMars Sentinel issue of 11-29-1904, E.J. celebrated the twenty third anniversary of his employment with the railroad by taking the day off and visited his son, B.O., of Dell Rapids. At the time, E.J. was the senior member of service by several years over all his co-workers. An interesting comment made in the article said: "recently there has come to him [E.J.] the longing for a change of scene, a yearning for the comforts of perpetual summer". While in Akron, E.J. became widely known in the area by the railroad personnel and traveling salesmen, as well as the townspeople of Akron, for he was the bearer and sender of news. It was a widespread axiom, especially among the commercial traveling man, that "at no place did you find a more genial and courteous depot agent than Ed Searls of Akron". E.J.'s 35 years with the CM&SP Railroad made him one of the oldests in continuous service in the company's Sioux City and Dakota division. He took very few vacations and never retired. He made $40 per month, working 126 hours per week. He had no pension but did have a $300 life insurance policy and owned his $300 home. His small paychecks caused both his son Burton and his grandson Cluett to drop out of school so they could go to work for the same railroad to help make ends meet.      

       employee, 1910 -1969, Chicago St. Paul & Milwaukee Railroad, Cluett Clifford SEARLS (1899 IA to 1981 IA), Cluett worked most of his life, starting at age eleven, for the same railroad that his father and grandfather worked for. He started out by handling freight for 50 cents a week. At ages 12 and 13 he started learning telegraphy. With hard work he made his way up to office boy making 12 cents an hour. At age 17 he was training to take over the job of his ailing grandfather E.J. When Cluett retired to Postville in 1969, he, his father, and his grandfather had put in a combined total of 135 years of service to the CM&SP Railroad covering a period of almost one hundred years.      

       employee,, Chicago and Alton Railroad, Benjamin Franklin WILSON Jr. (1850 OH to 1914-1940), for several years   

  tiller
  

       employee,, WILLIAM\ABIEL\ABEL WHEELER (?1568 ?EN to c1614 ?EN), per his will   

  tour guide
  

       employee,, Mary Addie Linda DEATON (1923 TN to 2012 VA), part-time   

  town clerk
  

       employee,, JOHN B. MILLER (1822 VT to 1883 VT), during the mid 1800's      

       employee, 1726 -1728, JONATHAN HOUGHTON (1685 MA to 1737 MA)      

       employee, 1730 -1737, JONATHAN HOUGHTON (1685 MA to 1737 MA)      

       employee,, SIMON WILLARD (?1605 EN to 1676)      

       employee,, WALTER HAYNES (1583 EN to 1665 MA)      

       employee,, Jacob HOUGHTON (1674 MA to 1750 ?MA), was the first one in the town      

       employee,, Benjamin MOORE (1648 MA to 1729 MA)      

       employee,, Thomas Drury (?1664 ?MA to 1701-1754)   

  town officer
  

       employee,, SIMON STONE (1585 EN to 1665 MA)   

  town trustee
  

       employee,, Daniel SEARLS Jr. (1814 NY to 1894 OH)   

  traveling salesman
  

       employee,, Irvin Ray Goodwin (?1888 to 1908-1978), for a Sioux City tool and machine shop      

       employee, 1892, Matthew Durbin WILSON (1843 OH to 1921 OH), probably sold fruit trees -- the 1880 census says his occupation is "fruit tree agent"   

  vicar
  

       employee, 1615 -1630, JOHN MAVERICK (1578 EN to 1636 MA)   

  warehouse manager
  

       employee,, B. F. Goodrich Company, John Ray Easley (1890 to 1965)   

  weaver
  

       craftsman,, ISRAEL WINSLOW NICHOLS (1650 MA to 1734 MA)      

       craftsman,, JOHN BALL (1644 ?MA to 1722 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, HENRY COGGAN (c1585 EN to 1612)      

       craftsman,, NATHANIEL TREADWAY (c1610 EN to 1689)      

       craftsman,, ISAAC MIXER (?1572 EN to 1642 EN)      

       craftsman,, JOHN PIERCE (1585 EN to 1661 MA)      

       craftsman,, Philemon Whale (?1590 EN to 1676 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, Collins MOORE (1698 ?MA to 1738-1788 ?MA)      

       craftsman,, Josiah TREADWAY (1651 ?MA to 1732 MA)      

       craftsman,, Ebenezer WOODWARD (1683 ?MA to 1745 MA)      

       craftsman,, Ezekiel WOODWARD (1687 ?MA to 1759-1777)   

  welder mechanic
  

       owner,, Searls Repair, Walter Howard SEARLS (1915 IA to ?1955-2005), Walt usually makes his own tools and other devices he needs in his repair shop. He is an expert welder and a gifted mechanic.      

       partner, 1946, tractor shop, Walter Howard SEARLS (1915 IA to ?1955-2005), with Otto Osterbuhr This business was originally located in the rear of the Plymouth Coop Oil Co. In 1950 it moved into the John Dalton building until May 1976 when Walt and his son Edward moved into a new shop located on the southwest edge of town.   

  wheelwright
  

       craftsman,, Thomas\Isaac THAYER (1664 MA to 1738)   

  wine seller
  

       owner, 1647, THOMAS MILLER (1609 EN to 1680 CT), had a license   

  woman's clothing
  

       employee, 1950 -1959, Macy's, Charles Robert Parfitt (1925 to 1954-2015)   

  women's ready-to-wear clothing
  

       owner,, Christman Dry Goods Co., Charles D. Christman (1866 IA to 1959 IA), The business was the oldest continuous business in town in the mid 1900's. Charles was in business with his three brothers: Pete, Fred and Will. Charles eventually became wealthy.   

  wool stapler
  

       craftsman,, CHARLES HOAR (?1592 EN to 1638 EN)   

  writer
  

       employee,, Susan Atkinson WILSON (1841 OH to 1919 CA)   

  yeoman
  

       employee,, JOHN WHITE (1602 to 1683-1692 MA)      

       employee,, EDMUND RICE (c1594 ?EN to 1663 MA)      

       employee,, RICHARD WILLARD (?1510 EN to 1558 EN)      

       employee,, JOHN WARNER (?1570 EN to 1614-1660 ?EN)