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R. L. POLK & CO.'S
ASHTON DIRECTORY 1884. Ashton. A station on the G. R. & I. R. R., located in Lincoln Township, Osceola County, 11 miles north of Hersey, the county seat, 7 from Reed City, the nearest banking town, 75 from Grand Rapids and 150 from Mackinaw City. The village, which was settled in 1869, has a steam saw-mill, and offers an excellent opening for a flouring mill. Principal shipments, lumber, shingles, hemlock bark, ties and posts. Wild land sells for $10, while improved is worth $50 per acre. Exp., U. S. Tel. W. U. Daily mail. Population, 250. |
| Andrews, Andrew C. | general store |
| Adams, Benjamin F. | carpenter |
| Alwood, Charles C. | Laborer. |
| Alwood, Peola. | laborer. |
| Ashton Lumber Co. | James H. Dewing pres, Henry L. Watson sec, Thayer Halladay treas, lumber mnfrs. |
| Bedo Augustus. | laborer. |
| Brett, Edward P. | (Brett Bros.). |
| Cady, Aldie. | laborer. |
| Cole, John. | laborer. |
| Cuddeleck, Richard. | real estate agent. |
| Daly, George W. | farmer. |
| Deland, James B. | laborer. |
| Dewing, James H.. | pres Ashton Lumber Co. res Kalamazoo, Mich. |
| Dillabough, Charles H. | clerk. |
| Duddebeck, Edward L. | laborer. |
| Fewlas, Isaac. | farmer. |
| Gillespie, Wm. F. | teacher. |
| Halladay, Burton. | clerk. |
| Halladay, George & Son. | (George and Thayer), general store. |
| Halladay, Lewis. | laborer. |
| Halladay, Thayer. | tres Ashton Lumber Co. |
| Howe, Elmer. | laborer. |
| Howe, Frank. | laborer. |
| Howe, Isaac W. | Physician & Surgeon. |
| Lamport, Rev W W. | (Methodist Episcopal), res Luther, Mich. |
| Lincoln, Charles W. | mason. |
| Martin, Rev. Jesse J. | (Baptist). |
| Morris, Wm. | laborer. |
| Morse, Wm. | laborer. |
| Mulholland, Arthur. | grocer. |
| Mulholland, Arthur Jr. | grocer. |
| O'Connor, Cornelius. | section foreman. |
| Palmer, Hiram R. | physician. |
| Peck, Frederick R. | carpenter. |
| Pratt, Edward. | laborer. |
| Pratt, Elbert. | laborer. |
| Pratt, Lucinda. | (wid Addison). |
| Pratt, Wm. | laborer. |
| Purchase, Leon T.. | (purchase & Son). |
| Purchase, Warren. | laborer. |
| Purchase, Wm. | (Purchase & Son). |
| Purchase & Son. | (Wm and Leon T), lumber mnfrs and proprs Ashton House. |
| Rich, John. | laborer. |
| Russell, Joseph H. | laborer. |
| Snyder, Arthur. | laborer. |
| Stanford, Milo D. | laborer. |
| Struthers, Frank. | laborer. |
| Swen, Rev Asa F. | . |
| Swem, John H. | wagonmaker. |
| Thompson, Miss Emma. | teacher. |
| Thompson, Grant. | laborer. |
| Thompson, Mrs. Hannah. | dressmaker. |
| Thompson, Leon E. | clerk. |
| Thompson, Lucy E. | (wid Joseph). |
| Thorene, Charles. | laborer. |
| Thorne, Thomas A. | Propr Ashton Exchange. |
| Thorpe, Charles B. | painter. |
| Thurlby, T B. | laborer. |
| Turnbull, Miss Lilly C. | music teacher. |
| Watson, Henry L. | sec Ashton Lumber Co, res Kalamazoo, Mich. |
| Wiley, Anson A. | railroad and exp agt. |
| Wiley, Julius. | tanner. |
| Williams, Silas O. | blacksmith. |