The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-11
MUCH BUSINESS
IN BENNINGTON
80 YEARS AGO
Interesting Statistics Compiled
by Edward L. Bates
CHANGES IN INDUSTRIES
Iron Furnaces, Cotton Mills and Tan.
nerics Flour shed Here In the
Year 1881.

Bennington as it was SO years ago
lis shown By some stats dcs found by
Edward /. Bates few days ago In a
copy of the Vermont Gazette printed
Jan. i, 1881 1t shows what remark
able changes have taken place in this
town in something less than a cen ury
The statistics are a compila icn Of
the business of Bennington, including
industrial establishments, merchants,
mechanics, professional men, etc.
Some of the names are familiar to the
older residents. The statistics are as
follows
Mfrs. of Iron Benn Iron Co., com
tprises furnaces at which 7 tons of
Ipig ihon are mfl per day there is con
Inected with the establishment, oDe
Irefni forge employs about l50 hands
pocket furnaces of Aaron. Grover,
Pocket furnaces Of stephen Hnsdill
& Co.
Four Machine shops: Bailey Ami
don, Stephen Hinsdill, Joseph B. Plank,
Asa Doty & Co; ordinarily employ &c
hands.
Thirteen Blacksmith shops; Martin
e Martin S. Norton & Co., Martin Nor
ton. md. Aaron Norton, Welcome
I4u her Joseph and Charles Norton, j,
Bangs, Henry Norton, b. Fentcn, l.,
& S, Chandler, Pierpoint Il. Ball,
Joseph Benedict. Enoch Winslow, Ma
than Barber
One Gun Smith, Sherman Norton,
One Stone Ware Mfr, l.. Norton,
Emp. IL hands.
Four Cotton Factories. Gordon, en-
lploying zoe hands; D6;y & Loomis,
Iempoying so hands; Stafford, Norton
G Co., employing so hands; David &
Estes, employing 80 hands
Three Carding Machines and Cloth
fingers Works; Joel Volentne. Rich
lardscn & Jones, H H. Ketchum G CO.,
labout 36 hands
Three Tanneries; Buckley Squires,
Newell Squ.res. Cephas Swee'.
Saddle and Harness Makers: John
Hicks. Buckley Squires, Caleb S. PoCl.
Three Cabinet Makers shops: Isaac
ICrossett. j H. Kendrick, Otis & John
Drake.
4 Carpenters and joiners 0. Abel, II.
Waters, benjamin r.. Sears, Edward
IM. Welling, David Ruttenber, Elisha
IWaters, r. Savage, II Tuttfe, Charles
Thatcher, Elijah Atkins, Jr., Isaac
Hathaway, O. S. Edgerton, Henry
Robinson. Abel H. Wills, Silas New
ton, Harvey & story, Lyman Adkins,
JARVIS Withereu, Asher Prentiss.
Masons Eras us Montague, Calvin
Gibson, Smith Montague, John Whit
ling.
Tinman. II. Deming
Two Watchmakers and jewelers.
Shops, Nathaniel Dexter, Miles M.
Mitchell
Talors: Richard Carpenter, Thomas
Davis, A b. S raight Alex f. Ashley,
II. Hendryx. -Thayer.
Hatters: Cushman & Corey, Joshua
Hamlin.
Grist Mills S sebbins D. Walbrdge
Isaac Doolttle, Edward NJ. yelling, j.
Bushnell
Postmasters: William Haswell, Dan
iel Loomis.
Brick Makers Solomon Morse &
Sons, Montague & Harwood.
Mfrs of Ochre. S. & j Dewey.
DIS illers: 2. & S. Dewey. John Ncr-
tor
Hemp Machines: Uriah Edgerton G
&c.
Two Paper MiYs: George Wal
bridge. David Frisbie.
Book Bindery Solomon Clark.
Printing Office Darius Clark.
Coopers Jacob Pool, Daniel Fuller
& Sons, Elijah Moore Co.
Carr age & Wagon Makers, Z shops
Samuel Scott. James Babbett, John
II. House, Joseph Ogdon. William L.
Watson, Joel C. Rouse Elihu butcher
-Four Shoe Stores f Guilds, Levi
Clark, James B. Chandler, Buckley
Squires.
Fourteen Shoe Maker Shops: f.
Childs, Levi Clark, II Knapp, j. De
lane, -- Prentiss, f. Scot Nathan
Beals. J. Downs, ]. B. Chandler, Buck
ley Squires, Ephraim Barrows. John
Harwood, j. and r Darling, Reuben
Gulliyer, John Sibey.
Square Makers: Ilinsdill & Briggs,
employing u workmen.
Chair Factory. Buckley Squires
Oil Mill. Colvin Il Sage
Seven Saw Mills,
Stone Cutters: Roger Boon, Giles
Hollister.
Lime Manufacturers Erastus Mon
tague, II Wickwire.
| Attorneys Truman Squires, David
Robinson, Jr, Hiland Hall, Uel NJ.
Robinson, Pierpoin lsham, o. c. Mer-
rill, James Hubbell, Samuel H. Black
mer Henry kellogg, John s. Robin
son
Physicians: Noadiah Swift, William
Bigelow, Heman Swift, George o. Gil
bert, Jr., iona. Chandler.
Inn Keeper; George S. Brannack,
James Hicks ir., Joseph Starin, Isaac
Weeks, David Love, Jacob Lyon, Cy-
rus Hills.
Milliners: Caroline Kendrick, NJ. &
A. Seden, Miss Olcott.
Merchants l.. Patchin & Co., S. II.