Merchants of Wartrace 1870-1886

From 1870 to 1886 the merchants have been and are as follows:

J. D. Houston, drugs.

B. I. Hall, Davis & Co., Arnold Bros., B. W. Blanton and Cunningham, Davidson & Co., dry goods.

Smith Bros., family groceries.

C. B. Murphey, books and stationery.

J. W Haines, furniture and undertaker.

W. E. Russell, tinware and stoves.

A. Ogle, saddles and harness.

Mrs. M. E. Clayton, milliner.

The hotels are the Healan House, Mrs. S. O. Healan & Son, proprietors.

Chockley House, J. C. Chockley, proprietor.

Tin town has two good livery stables, owned by J. W. Tillford and W. G. Petty.

The banking house of B. F. Cleveland was established in 1882, of which B. F. Cleveland is president, and R. M. Cleveland is cashier. This establishment does a general banking business, and is of much benefit to Wartrace.

Manufacturers

The manufacturers of Wartrace are as follows:

J. A. Cunningham & Co., flouring-mill, erected in 1880 at a cost of $12,000.

Wartrace Mill Company, established in 1882, the building of which cost $18,000; these mills are supplied with modern machinery, and do a large custom and shipping business.

Ellington Bros., saw and planing-mill, erected in 1885, with $3,000 capital invested.

John Butner, wagon-maker and blacksmith.

Harry Erwin, John Price and W. A. Schwarts, general blacksmiths.

Near Wartrace is situated the distillery of Zach Thompson, which has been in active operation since 1883, though it has been in existence for about fifty years. This distillery has a capacity of between seventy-five and eighty gallons of whisky per day.

The business houses of Wartrace are all of brick, and present a handsome and substantial appearance. The railroad has a large brick depot, for both passengers and freight.

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Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886.