Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-01-05

{ settler. There was a Macon taml!
2 here, but we are inclined to think thel
came after the town was laid ont an,
/ namsd. Isham Harrison, John Col
, bert and others laid ont the town, aul
; it was surveyed by Chas. W, Allen
b whose place was one mile east Of the
3 town. Three places were voted for as
the County site wharf, MS Bluff, be
tween two and three miles down the
river. Macon's present site and Tale
dega. on the hill west of Horse hunter
creek. Isaac wellboru led the
B Macon supporters; the Hunters and
their followers favored the wharton
Bluff. Talledga had but few supporters
and Macon won 1t was thought to be
the center of the county. The true
center is on Hon. W. b, Augustus
place. The first resident was Jas Ar
mold, who had a cabin on the Jesse
Blythe place near the river \ little
later j. Autry had a hotel on the cor
ner east of the Scales stable Hotels
were also kept by Cothrau and Geo.
Freeman Drs. Moore and Motif had an
office en- the east side of Court House
square. The lawyers were R, Ruff
and J. 7. Harrison, Justice Of the
I Peace G. W Allen, Constable J. Blythe,
Alex Fretwell had a school on the lot
where Mr.. Boyle now lives, Keep ami
Anderson had store on the south side
court square, Chas and Thos. Johnson
on the north corner. Ike wellborn and
Dan Epps had saloons, john Bross was
tailor, Chas. Alternately black
smith, on south side. A Mr. Davis
had ferry on Noxubee river rear Ar
mold 5 house. There was a gE.st Snd
saw mill on Running water run by
Tibble Bros.
In H0-i1 the first brick Court House
was built on the site of the present one
3. by Juo. L. Purdy and Capt Barr
FIFTY wears and more ago, among the
business men of Macon were Mcssrs ,Byram,
SaddIer am Reese, Badger. Foote and
Dismukes, Roby Cayettand Buck, Brooks,
and Stockard, Mr., Avery, W, G. Beldin
cIerked for him and was afterward q
member O. the firm OF Spooner Il Bel lin
f, W. Ferris had a drug store ID the for.
ties, afterward Dr., Dent and Or, Shelton
had drug store, then II. Dent and Wen
Rupert q Co., had drug store where
the Bank Of Macon now stands, Il. S
Murphy ocommenced clerking for Dr..
Dent in 1862. and has been in the same
business on the same lot ever since,
The Baptist organized a church in 3;
and built a church two or three years
after at the west end Of the street tina
runs north of the Court House. The first
pastor was Silas DOLbs, Elder VIM Cal
laway took part in the organization ant
also preached. The missionary question
was sprung about that time and thu
church divided on that question Mr.
David Buck. who came from Bueksport
Maine. ana founded Bucksylle in Ala,
settled in Macon in So lie led the Mis-
sionary Baptsts and the Beamans thu
Anti-Missionaries, The former paid bacl
TO the latter what they had subscribe,
to build the Macon church, and the Au
ties built a church at Mt Nebo, about
mile north of Macon.
The MethOdsts' first house Of WORSHIP
was on the lot west OF where the Eps
copal church now stands. The frs
preachers were Leroy Massengale. Robt
Finley, VIM Weir, c. c. Galloway.
The present brick church was bull
about 1853.
The Presbyterian built their first churc
where Mr.. Stonel's residence now is.
The lots for all the churches We're dc
mated by the first Poard Of Police
DISTRICT Four.
There was another small trading point il
east Noxubee that very few NoNu6ee PEG
pie now remember That was Bounceton
landing place on the river bank, not ia
from Brooklyn. There %as considerable
business done there at one time IN tn
thrties. but it driited gradually to Book
Ign. and Bounceton was deserted, Mr.
John Jackson, Mr.. Hyde and John RawI,
father married daughters OF Il Mr., Stevens
and one or all Of them were interested il
the Bounceton business.
z The town orShuqualak is mostly built o.
! land donated to the NJ, q o. railroad b
Mr.. s. c. McNees. The railroad surye
ran through his farm and the depo
grounds are located near where his res
denee stood. He is still living in ShuQua
LAX, daily witness Of the immense bushes
transacted on this great thoroughfare. Nh
McNees' farm was about middle ground be
r NrcnPurksylle,a trading point on the We,
and shiloh church and Brooklyn On the ca,
! side, Like Macon's cou TT square 10 was
good deer stand. The business houses
both places moved to Shuquaok, Wu
Beasey cgme from parksville. Mr. Ja
5. Slaughter. who had been in business
BrooLlyn in 50.5.-52, and his nephew, NJ
staunton 5, Field. built the iirst busine,
e house in Shuqaalak 1854, before the roa
reached there, but the depot had been L
Gated. Other houses soon opeued--D. /
Constantine aud Nm Beasley. Mr., Bea,
i,,, .,Ir1,,,,I ot,t orl n : fpuson to,L. L.;
place d W. Lagrone and MICS LagrOne
G. n. Thomas and Seabron Jackson w. .
. Mcclure aud VIM West. Mr.. Gray Flor
bought out the first hotel Keepers
u name we caunotrecall-aud kept the hou.
, several years, Mrs. BedsOe, Mrs, McMu
, len aud J, II, Bolton were among the oil
n the town was established were Judge Isa;
Nicholson, Josiah Nicholson, DR.. T.
Campbell, DR.. 2. II. Hamilton, X a, Fen
- Jesse LugrOne, Daniel Epps, Mrs. Eze
Mr.. McFali. John Anderson, DR., Jonatbi
> Buck, VIM. r. Nosely and others, I'll
. Baptist church y as built in 81 or 'jS, al
q Rev. J. II. Buck OBLIGATED until the wa
Thos. II Woods, late Justice Wood
taught school there aud was succeeded |
o Capt Samuel b Day. The. Masonic LODI
n was established in '5S or 80. Those wi
lived near the town were Jno II Gree
g Henry Green, Abram Greer, WIN B. Ilu
son, Henry Ann Hudson, Isaac b. Hudso
Robert Jones, seabron JACKSON, G. '
$ Campbell, Mrs. Eliza Purnell, ,shuqual