BURLINGTON CITY RESIDENTS 1879
transcribed by Richard Harrison

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SURNAME

GIVEN NAME

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION/BIOGRAPHY/NOTES
JacksonAndrewres. Brown, cor. of GeorgeCarpenter
JacksonHarryres. 717 ValleyBrakeman
JacksonJ. M.res. 643 S. 8thForeman C.B.&Q. repair shop
JacksonRev. Matthewbds. St. James HotelEvangelist
JacksonRev. W. H.. Pastor of the M. E. African Church
Jacobson & Farber101 S. 3dWholesale dealers in paper-stock and woolen rags
JacobyAlexanderres. 1110 Agency 
JacuinetDennis1105 N. 8th
res. cor. 8th and North
Saloon and barber-shop
JaegerJ.1706 Mt. PleasantShoe-shop
JaegerJ. M.1124 DoemlandPlasterer
JaegerJ. Phil.110 N. Main
res. Main, cor. Darwin
Book-keeper
JaggarE. D.res. 823 N. Main 
JaggarWm. L.823 N. Main 
JarvisH. J.res. 107 S. 6th 
JarvisW. N.101 Central Block, N. Main
res. 1103 S. 8th
General Western Agent I.B.&W. Ry. Co.
JenkinsJ. W.3d St
res. 636 S. 7th
Carriage works
JennyAntoine513 MapleMachinist
JensenRichard618 Jefferson, res. Curran, Hibernia.Decorative painter
JetkowskyWm.1316 N. 6thWagon-maker
JohnsonA. B.217 V. 8th.Bdg. house
JohnsonC. M.315 S. 5thEngineer
JohnsonF. A.Starr, cor. WilliamsConductor
JohnsonFredres. 226 S. BoundaryForeman C. B. & Q. paint shop
JohnsonJ. A.317 S. AugustaCarpenter
Johnson & Myer319 S. MainDlrs. in wood, coal and ice
JonesG. Nelson, M.D.off.322� N. 3dSecretary 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.
JonesJ. 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.
JonesS. H.cor. 4th & Jefferson
res. 222 Court
Capitalist
JonesSamuel. 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.
JonesWesley 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.
JonesWesley223 Jefferson
res. 222 Court
Books & stationery
JordanWilliamres. 1013 N. 6th 
JudD.236 S. 9thCigar mfr.
JuliusFred808 Foster 

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