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BURLINGTON CITY RESIDENTS 1879
transcribed by Richard Harrison
SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
ADDRESS |
OCCUPATION/BIOGRAPHY/NOTES |
Jackson | Andrew | res. Brown, cor. of George | Carpenter |
Jackson | Harry | res. 717 Valley | Brakeman |
Jackson | J. M. | res. 643 S. 8th | Foreman C.B.&Q. repair shop |
Jackson | Rev. Matthew | bds. St. James Hotel | Evangelist |
Jackson | Rev. W. H.. | | Pastor of the M. E. African Church |
Jacobson & Farber | 101 S. 3d | Wholesale dealers in paper-stock and woolen rags |
Jacoby | Alexander | res. 1110 Agency | |
Jacuinet | Dennis | 1105 N. 8th res. cor. 8th and North | Saloon and barber-shop |
Jaeger | J. | 1706 Mt. Pleasant | Shoe-shop |
Jaeger | J. M. | 1124 Doemland | Plasterer |
Jaeger | J. Phil. | 110 N. Main res. Main, cor. Darwin | Book-keeper |
Jaggar | E. D. | res. 823 N. Main | |
Jaggar | Wm. L. | 823 N. Main | |
Jarvis | H. J. | res. 107 S. 6th | |
Jarvis | W. N. | 101 Central Block, N. Main res. 1103 S. 8th | General Western Agent I.B.&W. Ry. Co. |
Jenkins | J. W. | 3d St res. 636 S. 7th | Carriage works |
Jenny | Antoine | 513 Maple | Machinist |
Jensen | Richard | 618 Jefferson, res. Curran, Hibernia. | Decorative painter |
Jetkowsky | Wm. | 1316 N. 6th | Wagon-maker |
Johnson | A. B. | 217 V. 8th. | Bdg. house |
Johnson | C. M. | 315 S. 5th | Engineer |
Johnson | F. A. | Starr, cor. Williams | Conductor |
Johnson | Fred | res. 226 S. Boundary | Foreman C. B. & Q. paint shop |
Johnson | J. A. | 317 S. Augusta | Carpenter |
Johnson & Myer | 319 S. Main | Dlrs. in wood, coal and ice |
Jones | G. Nelson, M.D. | off.322� N. 3d | Secretary and Treasurer of Des Moines County Medical Society. Native of Quebec Province, Canada; graduated at McGill Medical College, Montreal, Canada; in 1874, spent one year in the St. Thomas Hospital, London, and came to Burlington in October, 1875; was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Des Moines County Medical Society Nov. 15, 1876, a position which he continues to hold. |
Jones | J. W. C. | | Attorney at law.Born in Miami Co., Ohio, Oct. 11, 1844, and removed, with his father, in 1847, to Newberry, S. C.; he was educated at Columbia College, South Carolina, and graduated from that institution in 1861; he came to Burlington in the fall of 1865; in 1866, he organized and taught for two years a High School at Pleasant Grove, this county; in Septetnber, tetnber, 1868, he went to Danville and conducted an Academy until the fall of 1870; in 1871, was chiefly engaged in writing for educational periodicals and preparing for normal work; from 1872 to 1876, he was Principal of the Burlington city schools, and a Conductor of Normal Institutes; in 1875 and 1876, he instituted a system of graded schools in Grafton, Ill., and at the same time organized a Normal Institute at Jerseyville; in January, 1877, he was admitted to the bar. In 1865, he married Miss Hattie E. Tolman, who was born in Medina Co., O.; they have five sons Lambert B., Benson E., Lewis T., Robert Lee and John Tracy. Mr. Jones has been prominently identified with the political interests of Iowa and Illinois, in various ways, and has been active in campaign speaking in the interests of the Democratic party. |
Jones | S. H. | cor. 4th & Jefferson res. 222 Court | Capitalist |
Jones | Samuel. H. | | Capitalist. Born in Maryland and came with his father to Burlington at an early date; from 1861-65, he was engaged in mercantile business at Denver, Colo., and since his return to Burlington devotes his entire attention to looking after his real estate interests. |
Jones | Wesley | | Wholesale and retail dealer in books, stationery and fancy goods. Born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1839; is the son of Wesley Jones, Sr., a native of Maryland, and one of the earliest merchants of the city; the latter died in 1848, of cholera. During 1864 to 1865, Wesley Jones, Jr., was engaged in mercantile and trading business at Virginia City, Montana; returning to Burlington, he established himself in 1866, in his present trade. |
Jones | Wesley | 223 Jefferson res. 222 Court | Books & stationery |
Jordan | William | res. 1013 N. 6th | |
Jud | D. | 236 S. 9th | Cigar mfr. |
Julius | Fred | 808 Foster | |
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