Directory of Stillwater Borough as published in 1901
Explanations
First is the name of the individual or firm. Second is the post office address in parenthesis, if different from the name of the town. Third. The figures following the letter "r" indicate the number of the road on which party resides and will be found by reference to the map in the back part of the completed work. Where no road number is given, the party is supposed to reside in the village. Fourth. Business or occupation. Fifth. Figures placed after the occupation of a farmer indicates the number of acres owned or leased
Abbreviations
Adv., Advertisement; Asst., Assistant; Ave, Avenue; Bds., Boards; Bldg,, Buildings; Cor., Corner; Co., Company Do., Ditto; E., East; H., house; Ins., insurance; Manuf., Manufacturing; n., Near; N., North; Pres., President
Residents of the Borough of Stillwater...
Albertson Miles, r 3½, laborer
Appleman Mary, r 31, widow Samuel
Ash Charles B, r 31, emp planing mill
Ash Harriet B Mrs, r 31
Beishline Evan B, r 31½, justice of the peace, school teacher
Bender Elias P, r 24, farmer 104 owned by wife
Bender Lloyd, dairy 4 cows, farmer on shares for Mrs Rebecca Bender 104
Bender Rebecca Mrs, r 24, farmer 104
Christian Church, r 30, Rev R H Sawtelle of Benton, pastor
DeWitt Clinton R, r 21½, laborer
Edgar George, r 31, miller for Thomas H
Edgar I Warren, r 31,(McHenry, Edgar, Hess & Co oil Fishing Creek Township) and farm 28
Edgar Thomas Hardy, r 31, propr planing mill and chop and feed mill, contractor and builder, farmer 45
Fausey Charles E, r 31, farm laborer
Fausey Delilah, r 31, widow William
Geisinger John A, r 31, laborer
Girton Isaac L, r 24, emp paper mill
Girton John T, station agt B& R R, agt U S Express Co and telegraph operator, bds r 24
Girton William, r 31, farm laborer
Hagenbauch Oscar D, r 25, dealer in Deering Harvesting Machinery and Poland China Swine, huckster, leases of Joseph F McHenry 93
Harvey J Frank, r 32, emp paper mill
Hess Miranda B, r 31½, postmaster
Hill Hervey A, r 31½, wagon-maker
Hummel Zura, r 24 cor 32, farmer 31
Hunt & Staufer, r 31, (George B Hunt of Bloomsburg and Charles 0 Staufer) distillers
Karns John B, r 26, farmer 72
Kelchner Henry H, r 31, farmer 87
McHenry Almira, r 31, widow Silas
McHenry Alyah H, r 42, farmer 45
McHenry Andy, r 31, dealer in railroad and mining ties, farm in Greenwood 157
McHenry David B, r 31, (McHenry & Edgar, Hess & Co) on r 21 in Fishing Creek Township, school director, boro treasurer
McHenry B Franklin, r 9 cor 8, farm laborer
McHenry Bertha L, r 31
McHenryY Daniel, r 31, burgess, farmer 300
McHenry Dyer N, r 8, farmer leases of Moses McHenry 48
McHenry J Gaylord, r 31, M McHenry & Son) overseer of the poor
McHenry John V, r 31, farmer 44
McHenry Joseph F, r 31½ farmer 93
McHenry M & Son, r 31 cor 31½, (Moses and J Gaylord McHenry) general merchants and coal dealers
McHenry Martha, r 31, widow Hiram
McHenry Marvin W, r 31, farmer 80
McHenry May, r 31,
McHenry Moses, r 31, (M McHenry & Son) justice of the peace and farmer 85
McHenry Oliver S, r 31, farmer 160
McHenry Orvis D, boro auditor, lumber dealer, timberland 300, and in Briar Creek 700
McHenry Percy, r 31, emp planing mill
McHenry Priscilla, r 30, widow Cyrus B
McHenry Stott E, r 30, mail carrier and prop stage line from Stillwater to New Columbus, farmer 43
McHenry William L, r 30, (A L McHenry & Co of Benton) school director and overseer of the poor, cattle dealer, farmer 130
McHenry & Edgar, r 31,{Atwood B McHenry and I Warren Edgar), dealers in dry goods, groceries, hardware, boots and shoes, hats, caps, crockery, wall paper, flour etc
Methodist Episcopal Church, r 31½, Rev John C Wilhelm of Benton, pastor
Parks Charles L, r 31, emp B & S R R
Parks Wallace W, r 31, laborer
Pealer Benjamin F, r 31, fireman planing mill
Pealer Susanna, r 31, widow John
Shultz John H, r 24, emp paper mill
Shultz M Bruce, r 24, fireman paper mill
Smith William J, r 31, school director, blacksmith
Staufer Charles 0, r 31, (Hunt & Staufer)
STILLWATER AND NEW COLUMBUS STAGE LINE, via Vancamp and Bendertown, leaves 10 a m, arrives 3:20 p m, Stott E McHenry propr
Stillwater Manufacturing Co, r 25, (Charles A and Perry D Wesley) manuf wrapping paper
TELEPHONE PAY STATION at A McHenry's store
Wagner Earl E, r 31, physician and surgeon
Wall George W, r 24 cor 32, butcher, huckster and farmer 4, wife owns farm 62
Welliver Amos R, r 31½, laborer
Wesley Charles A, r 24, (Stillwater Manufacturing Co), boro councilman and school director
Wesley Perry D, r 24, (Stillwater Manufacturing Co), boro auditor
Young D Stephen, r 31
Young Marvin D, r 31, emp planing mill
Source: Directory of Columbia Country, Pennsylvania, published 1901, as compiled and published by George Hanford, Realty Building, Elmira, New York. The publisher was Advertiser Association, Printers.
