J. A. REDFIELD, Jr.

REDFIELD, KENNEDY, ROBERT

Posted By: Char Hixon (email)
Date: 9/29/2009 at 19:46:55

J. a. REDFIELD, Jr., post-office, Oxford; was born in Adrian, Michigan, September 22, 1856. The fall of 1868 moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he clerked for several years, and in 1877 attended College in Toledo, and the fall of 1877 came to Oxford, and opened a store in what is known as the Wagner building, under the name of J. A. Redfield & Co., and in November, 1878, moved in a new brick built by Mrs. H. Kennedy, and continued in business until the night of January 16, 1879, when the building and contents were destroyed by fire; he having about $12,000 of a stock; insured for $8,100; since then he has been engaged as clerk in Oxford stores. The spring of 1881 he bought the stock of Moffet & O'Brien for A. P. Robert, and clerked for him about one year, and in May went to Shelby, Iowa, in the mercantile business.
Reference: History of Johnson County, Iowa, 1836 to 1882, page 903