The following information was taken from The History of Clay County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, Towns, Etc. by W. C. Gilbreath, published 1889.
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| Ackley, S. D., mail carrier--Peterson | Kirkpatrick, Thos., laborer--west side Peterson |
| Atkinson, C. H., barber--Main | Klatt, Ed, farmer--N half SW quarter sec 1 |
| Baier, John, shoemaker--Main | Klatt, Wm., farmer--S half SW quarter sec 1 |
| Baker, Wm., clerk billiard hall | Lacy, M., farmer--sec 23 |
| Bertram, W. E., manager Wisconsin Lumber | Lane, F. S., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Bevans, Thomas, retired merchant | Langford, John, laborer--P O Peterson |
| Bicknell, J. J., farmer--sec 32 | Luther, L. J., drayman--Third & Ash |
| Bicknell, O. C., farmer--NE quarter sec 31 | Lynch, O., farmer--SE quarter of SW quarter sec 8 |
| Bingham, W. N., laborer | Lynde, A. D., drayman--Third & Ash |
| Bird, R., retired, Peterson | Lynde, Charles, laborer--Pine |
| Bowen, John, of Dimler & Co. merchants | Maher, J. E., farmer--SW quarter sec 31 |
| Brandow, H. A., merchant--Main | Marsh, E. A., jeweler--Main |
| Breese, J. W., carpenter--Third | Maynard, A. E., carpenter--east side |
| Bucknum, J., restaurant--Second | McClintock, J. M., pharmacist--Main |
| Carveth, S., carpenter--Fourth & Park | McMillen, D., grain and stock dealer--Front |
| Chatterton, A. S., physician--Main | Mendenhall, C. F., farmer--NW quarter sec 19 |
| Chesley, C. P., farmer--NW quarter sec 30, renter | Mendenhall, Z., farmer--NW quarter sec 19 |
| Colby, T. M., laborer--Third & Park | Merrick, Thos., farmer--NW quarter sec 6 |
| Compton, J. G., liveryman--Elm | Merwin, B. W., justice of the peace--Main |
| Corcoran, Hugh, farmer--SE quarter sec 16 | Metz, B. A., agent--Ash |
| Crippen, T. E., liveryman--Main | Metz, W. M., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Dean, Walter, farmer--S half, SE quarter sec 10 | Miller, H. W., farmer--NE quarter sec 19 |
| Deegan, E., farmer--SE quarter sec 18 | Moody, A. J. |
| Deegan, Wm., Jr., farmer--SE quarter sec 18 | Morrison, U. E., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Deegan, Wm., Sr., farmer--sec 18 | Murphy, James, laborer--P O Peterson |
| DeWitt, W. W., druggist--Main | Murphy, Jerry, laborer--P O Peterson |
| Dimler, F. H., merchant--Main | Nelson, Samuel |
| Dubois, H. H., farmer--NE quarter sec 2 | Owen, J. W., carpenter--Commercial Hotel |
| Ellis, W. E., lumber dealer--Park & Second Street | Owen, R., farmer--NW quarter sec 6 |
| Ellis, W. E., lumber and coal--PO Peterson | Parker, Henry S., banker--Main |
| Elphick, R., farmer--SE quarter sec 6 | Pattee, J. W., carpenter--Commercial Hotel |
| Evans, B, compositor--Peterson | Paulsen, C., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Evans, John, farmer--4th Street | Peterson, N. H., merchant of Towner & Company--Main |
| Evans, John, farmer--NE quarter sec 24 | Pinkerton, C. W., hardware--Main |
| Ewing, T., painter--Park | Ploughman, Henry, farmer--SW quarter sec 5, renter |
| Fairbanks, Charles B., hardware merchant--Main | Potter, F. H., farmer--NW quarter sec 10 |
| Felton, C., retired farmer--Pine | Potter, J. W., merchant--Main |
| Fillmore Charles W., banker and attorney--Fourth | Powell, H. H., farmer--SE quarter sec 36 |
| Follon, O., horse dealer--Third | Powell, W. O. |
| Fraser, J. D., grain dealer--Front | Prew, A., blacksmith--Fourth |
| Fraser, Geo W., clerk with O. W. Towner | Richardson, E. A., blacksmith--Third |
| Fraser, Hugh, grain dealer--Front | Schellenger, W. H., agricultural implements--Main |
| French, B., farmer--SW quarter sec 4 | Schultz, Wm., farmer--sec 32 |
| French, John, farmer--sec 4 | Sealy, W. A., physician--Main |
| French, J. W., farmer--NW quarter sec 9 | Shelden, B. J., clerk in bank--P O Peterson |
| Funk, A. A., merchant--Main | Shuey, Jerry, carpenter--Pine |
| Gleason, O., prop. American hotel | Sitz, Amos, prop Commercial Hotel--Main |
| Glynn, L., laborer--Peterson | Sitz, Ed, miller--west side |
| Gordon, N., laborer in flour mill--Peterson | Sitz, Lewis--Main |
| Goss, J. E. | Sitz, Robert, prop Commercial Hotel--Main |
| Goss, J. G., farmer--Third & Ash | Stark, D., farmer--S half NW quarter sec 2 |
| Gracey, Andrew, farmer--N half NE quarter sec 15 | Steckmest, Frank, harness maker--Pine & Third |
| Grapentine, John, farmer--sec 8 | Steffens, Wm., blacksmith--Park |
| Hagedron, Christain, agricultural implement dealer | Stoner, C. E., farmer--N half SW quarter sec 17 |
| Hagermon, S., plasterer--Park & Fourth | Storey, George, farmer--NW quarter sec 34 |
| Hagerty, George, laborer--Second | Strohm, D. L., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Hagerty, Wm., plasterer--Pine | Southwell, D. L., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Hall, D., farmer--sec 32 | Southwell, S. R., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Hartman, D., street commissioner and marshal | Thompson, Geo., farmer--SW quarter sec 31 |
| Hatter, T. G., billiard hall--Peterson | Tillinghast, Alvin, carpenter--Main |
| Hawkins, G. F., farmer--SW quarter sec 8 | Tillinghast, D., farmer--S half SW quarter sec 10 |
| Hayden, F. P., farmer--S half SW quarter sec 15 | Tillinghast, R. B., laborer--Park |
| Hitchcock, H. G., agricultural implement dealer | Tolley, J. W., farmer--N half SW quarter sec 10 |
| Hulburt, E. A., carpenter--Second & Pine | Towner, O. W., merchant--Fourth Street |
| Hulburt, H., farmer--SW quarter sec 28 | Turner, E. F., agent Chicago & Northwestern Ry Co. |
| Hulburt, H. H., retired farmer--Pine | Voight, A. E., furniture dealer--Main |
| Hulburt, Henry, farmer--NE quarter sec 28 | Voight, Lewis, cashier Farmer's Bank--Main |
| Hulburt, R. M., jeweler--Main | Walsh, Thos., farmer--sec 4 |
| Jensen, Hans, laborer--Pine | Warren, A. G., laborer--P O Peterson |
| Jepson, Nels, farmer--NW quarter sec 15 | Waters, John, farmer--S half SE quarter sec 24 |
| Jones, Thos. J., farmer--W half sec 35 | Weir, A. S., grain dealer |
| Judson, W. A., farmer--E half sec 1 | Wheeler, E. A., furniture dealer--Main |
| Kellum, J., farmer--W half SW quarter sec 6 | White, George, farmer--S half sec 9 |
| Kennedy, James, editor Peterson Patriot | Wilder, F. R., elevator manager--boards American House |
| Kennedy, John, farmer--SE quarter sec 12 | Williams, J. I., engineer--Fourth |
| Kenyon, A. B., farmer--sec 3 | Winegar, J. A., farmer--SW quarter sec 23, renter |
| Kirchner, C. E., miller--west side Peterson | Wood, W. H., farmer--Fourth |
| Kirchner, J. A., farmer--Fourth Street | Zieman, Charles, farmer--SW quarter sec 2 |
| Kirchner, P., farmer--east side sec 29 | Zieman, W., farmer--SW quarter sec 2 |
| Kirchner, Wm., farmer--NE quarter sec 34 |
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