Mt Pleasant

• First Store owned by Enoch Harris in 1804
• First Tavern owned by Benj Scott 1806
• Silk Factory 1841 by Thomas White

Do you know of an early pioneer business located in Mt. Pleasant or have a photo of a business in Mt. Pleasant? If you would like to submit a business and/or photo, please contact Flora at Jeffersoncounty1@att.net

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Many thanks to Angela Feenerty president of the Historical Society of Mt Pleasant, Ohio. for sharing the following information with Jefferson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

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Mount Pleasant Business Directory
Lot #	Business
1	Mark Atkinson 1856, McHugh shoemaker 1871
2	Wm Reid wagonmaker
4	Mrs Maxwell Dry Goods 1871
6	Henry Burr Chair Maker
6, 8	J M Mercer Tailor 1856
7	Isaac Parker Dr and drug store
8	Lewis Walker Store east, W B Evans tailor west 1828, Blakley Harrison Store 1880, 1884 Bracken fruit house
9	Dr J T Updegraff 1856
10	H Heberling 1871 Henry Heberling shoe store, grocery and variety store, G W Mitchell Merchant 1856, Clara and bro Ollie Bracken store east, (Fleming?) printer 2nd floor, G Flanner 1871
12	Dr W F Flanner 1856, Hague’s Tavern, Dr Schooly east side 1871, Dr McGliner, Dr W E Flanner 1856, Samuel Jones Store west side
13	Bracken Bros 1871, Silk Mill 1841, Gill Fruit house and storage, Rankin Gill Store, Chamber’s Drug Store
16	Pinky Lewis shoe store, west B Bone shoe shop 1871, east Blakemores Tin Shop 1871
17, 84	R B Smith Blacksmith 1856 &1871, Janie Barkhurst dressmaker
19, 21	Sam Gill
21	Union Humane Society organizational meeting 4-20-16
22	Jesse Thomas Saddlery, David Eldridge back of lot wagon maker 1856
23	Glass’s blacksmith shop, William’s Harness Shop 2nd floor, People National Banks 1941, squire’s office east, Hannah Harriss bonnet maker
24	Peoples Nat’l Bank, Chambers Tin Shop, Post Office, Dr Jesse Scott dentist
25	Dr Hamilton 1810, west side McHugh shoe shop and livery, Jas. Watson
26	Caleb Evans Tavern 1812, Chamber & Atkinson drug and wright store 1865, Mitchell Drug Store Confectionery 1871, Chamber’s Tin shop in restaurant side, east Chamber’s drug store, Hatch Candy Shop
28	Joseph Gill, PO located here, R Gorsuch. Was torn down to build Burriss (Fairlawn) Store c 1895
29	Alexanders? Drug Store 1871 IOOF #63, Union Hall, harness shop west, shoe shop east, 2nd floor downhill. later photo shows barber on the east and confectioner on the west
30	Fogel Store 1871, G S Hogg Merchant 1856, John Hogg 1810, Post Office, Knights of Pythias
31	Confectionery east, Noble tailor west 1871, David Wilson Store east, stairs on west led to Dentist Withrow 1900
32	Amos Jones Merchant 1856
33	Wm McCay carpet weaver 1871
34	bank on east corner of lot 1816, Dr Hamilton’s hospital for the insane
35	Grocery 1871, Dr A J Mercer? 1871
35, 37	Benj Scott Tavern, the first hotel in town 1806, Free Labor Store
36	Sample Store, Grant House owned by David Wilson 1871, Stable 1871, Burriss House, McMasters Barber 1900
38	Ratcliff and Son Store 1871
40, 42	Merrick Starr Mercantile (Starr was also a cooper*)
43	Buchannon Tavern 1812-ish, David Milner - Temperance Hotel, Milner Harness 1871,
44	G W Dilworth Merchant 1856
48	CME church
55	Tannery (J Moore?) 1871
54	Sample Store (I believe had samples of items and you placed an order)
56, 58, 60	school
68, 70, 71	J Woods
73	Samuel Jones burying ground
76, 74	Hogg’s Woolen Mill, later Skels Flouring Mill
76	D B Updegraff barn 1871
80	Gill Silk Mill, Slaughterhouse 1871
82, 76	Cocoonery
100	C F King Saddle and Harness 1856
103	Pork packing
106	School house
111, 113	Wm Moore (drygoods)
120	Kithcart barn 1844
120,122	Hussey Woolen Factory 1864, Stamm Tannery and livery 1856
121	Wm Stanton and Stanton Butler mfg 1810, Sammy Spencer shoemaker, Stanton and Stanton Hat Mfg
122	Kithcart Mill? Harbout flour mill
131	Gorsuch Tin Shop 2nd floor, Humphreville hearse 1st floor
133	Benj Mitchell
137	Photographer Silversmith 1871, Littleton Hornsby wagon maker & lot 160, 161, 162 1856
167	Free Labor Store, Dr. Isaac Parker office / apothecary
169, 18	Wm Humphreville cabinet shop west side 1856
170	Enoch Harris 1804
171	Enoch Harris Printer 1856
175	Cocoonery
176,178	AME church 1847
177	Cocoonery
188	J M Gorsuch Gunsmith 1856
189	Richard Ricks - carved wood as hobby
193	Johnson Underwood, small plant nursery
206	Creamery - last lot on right in French’s Addition
JW Taylor carpenter 1856 Benj Walker carpenter 1856 Y H Jones, botanic doctor 1846
Angela Feenerty president Historical Society of Mt Pleasant, Ohio inc. mtp1803.org