Montpelier Merchants and Traders

D. P. Thompson's List to August, 1860

When not otherwise indicated, the persons named were dealers in goods of the usual variety to be found in country stores until about 1851, and after that date in dry goods. The list is necessarily imperfect previous to 1860, and since that it might have been swelled to double its length by the insertion of the names of persons engaged in business not included generally in the preceding list. Notably is a long line of dealers in family groceries and provisions, several with restaurants connected, and some doing a large business in fruits. The list is made from the Vermont Registers, and hence the true dates should be a year behind those given as a general rule.

1791 - Dr. Frye.
1794 - Col. Joseph Hutchins.
1796 - Col. J. & W. Hutchins.
1799 - Hubbard & Cadwell.
1802 - W. I. Cadwell; Col. D. Robbins, cast part of town, Robbins & Freeman.
1803 - Hubbard & Wing, Langdon & Forbes.
1807 - Timothy & Roger Hubbard, Jas. H. Langdon, Uriah H. Orvis, Dunbar & Bradford.
1808 - Chester W. Houghton, Josiah Parks.
1809 - John Crosby, drugs, etc.
1810 - L. Q. C. Bowles, Walton & Goss, booksellers, etc.; French & Dodge, shoes.
1811 - J. F. Dodge, Langdon & Barnard.
18 13 - John Spalding.
1814 - C. Hubbard & J. Spalding, D. Baldwin & Co., Austin Arms, Emerson &; Wilkins, Luther Bugbee, Charles Storey.
1815 - Wright & Sibley, books, etc.
1816 - E. P. Walton & Geo. S. Walton, books, etc.; French & Harvey, shoes.
1818 - Sylvester Larabee; E. P. Walton, books, etc.; H. Y. Barnes, harness and saddlery.
1821 - John Barnard, Langdon & Spalding, Chester Hubbard, Barnard & Dutton, W. I. Cadwell & Son.
1822 - C. Hubbard & E. P. Jewett, Roger Hubbard.
1823 - Dutton & Baylies, W. W. Cadwell.
1824 - Hubbard & Kimball, T M. Taylor, Warren Swift, Langdon, Spalding & Co., Otis Standish.
1825 - Baldwin, Hutchins & Co., Cadwell & Goldsbory, Taylor & Prentiss; Dodge & Standish, drugs, etc.
1826 - Wiggins & Seeley; Geo. W. Hill, books, etc.
1827 - Luther Cross, Joseph Wiggins, Goss & Wiggins.
1828 - Luther Cross & Co., Hubbard, Jewett & Co., Spalding, Storrs & Co., Baylies & Hutchins.
1829 - N. Harvey, shoes.
1830 - Baldwin & Prentiss.
1831 - Charles Lyman; I. S. & G. Town, jewelry, etc.; W. W. Cadwell, Hart & Riker; J. M. & B. H. Snow, harnesses; E. H. Prentiss, drugs.
1832 - W. & M. P. Hutchins.
1833 - Emerson, Lamb & Co., Snow, Bancroft & Co., Snow & Bancroft, A. C. Pierce & Co., Silver & Pierce, Standish D. Barnes, G. W. Ware, Baldwin & Scott.
1834 - Jewett & Howes, Burbank & Hubbard, Baylies & Hart, Ebenezer Colburn; S. B. Flint, saddlery and harness; Hutchins
& Wright; Wm. Clark, books, etc.
1835 - H. N. Baylies & Co.; Harvey & Harran, shoes; John & Charles Spalding, Silver, Pierce & Co., Silas Burbank & Co., Ira Day, Wm. A. Prentiss.& Russell, Baylies & Storrs.
1837 - Bancroft & Riker, C. & L. L. Lamb, C. Alexander.
1838 - Spalding & Foster, Langdon & Wright; Town & Witherell, jewelry; John S. Abbott, clocks, etc.
1839 - Baylies & Goss; S. P. Redfield, drugs; J. T. Marston, E. P. Walton & Sons, books, etc.; Storrs & Langdon.
1840 - Charles Spalding, Silver, Lamb & Co.; Harran & Dodge, boots and shoes.
1841 - H. N. Baylies, Jewett & Howes, Baldwin, Scott & Co., Lyman & King, J. H. Ramsdell; Cross, Hyde & Co., bakers.
1842 - Cross, Day & Co., Benjamin Day & Co., French & Bancroft, Ellis, Wilder & Co.; Clark & Collins, drugs.
1843 - Silas C. French, boots and shoes.
1844 - Augustus Haven, Zenas Wood, stoves and tin; Webb, Bancroft & Co.; J. Booth, hats; Moses & Rich, No. Montpelier; J. Huntington, East Montpelier.
1845 - Z & C. Wood, stoves and tin; J. T. Marston, books, etc.; Wm. T. Burnham, hats, etc.; Samuel Abbott, jewelry;
N. C. King, No. Montpelier.
1846 - Bancroft & Riker, J. W. Howes, L. & A. A. Cross, Erastus Hubbard.
1847 - Harvey King.
1848 - Loomis & Camp; Hyde, Dodge & Co., hardware; E. C. Holmes; Witherell & Mead, jewelers; Eastman & Danforth, books, etc.; A. A. Sweet, tin and stoves; Alfred Scott, hats.
1849 - Keith & Barker; S. K. Collins, Redfield & Grannis, drugs.
1850 - Scott & Field, Geo. P. Riker, Bancroft & Holmes; Abbott & Emery John Wood, James Howland, cabinet work; L. M. Wood, R. R. Riker, clothing and tailoring.
1851 - Hubbard & Blake, stoves.
1852 - Peck & Lewis; Ballou & Burnham, books, etc.; R. W. Hyde, T. C. Barrows, iron and hardware.
1853 - Lyman & King.
1854 - Keith & Barker, Ellis & Bancroft, Gustavus Hubbard, Walker & White, Wilder, Scott & Co.; Smith & Pierce, Dr. B. O. Tyler, drugs; Geo. L. Kinsman, hats; N. C. Bacon; Emery & Brown, crockery and furniture; Wm. P. Badger, W. W. Cadwell, hats; Phinney & Mead, jewelers; S. M. Walton, book-bindery; C. G. Eastman, Ballou & Loveland, books and stationery; Wm. McCollum.
1855 - C. W. Storrs, John S. Barker, H. S. Loomis, Peck & Bailey, Union Store, Fuller & Smith, Jacob Scott; Oliver & Helmer, hardware; French & Sanborn, H. B. Witt, clothing; Fred E. Smith, Collins & Pierce, drugs; Keith & Peck, leather dealers.
1856 - W. Corliss, E. Montpelier; Chas. Sibley, No. Montpelier; Palmer & Storrs; Burbank& Langdon, flour; Hyde & Foster,
Hardware; A. C. Field, clothing.
1857 - Ellis & Hatch, Livingston & Salmon; James G. French, clothing; S. C. Woolson, merchant tailor; Storrs & Fuller, W. L goods and groceries.
1858 - J. P. Dewey; J. S. Lee, clothing; L. F. Pierce, drugs; Q. K. Bennett, guns and pistols; Mercantile Union, L H. P.
Rowell, agent; C. & S. E. Robinson; Adams Kellogg, E. Dewey, hats and clothing; Emery & Field, crockery and furniture; Wm. Storrs; Herrick& Page, shoes; A. A. Mead, jewelry; T. C. Phinney, jewelry, changed to book-store.
1859 - E. C. Lewis; S. S. Boyce, books, etc; S. Abbott, jewelry; Field & Watson, M. P. Courser, A. L. Carlton; J. R. Langdon, flour; J. C. Emery, crockery and furniture; E. Gunnison, shoes; Bailey & Brothers, Palmer & Stetson, Wooster Sprague.
1860 - Eli Marsh, Wm. B. Burbank, J. W. Ellis & Co.; Jacob Smith, clothing; Deming& Brooks.

Additions from August 1860.
1860 - George Watson; Fisher & Stratton, silver-platers, etc.; Braman & Tilden; Dennison Dewey, stoves, glass and tinware.
1861 - Geo. W. Scott & Co., Ellis & Foster, Calvin Robinson, S. E. Robinson; M. C. Parkinson, watches, etc.; Chas. H. Cross, bakery and confectionery; J. V. Babcock & Co., furniture; D. T. Knapp, Roger Bulkley, harnesses, etc.
1862 - C. W. Storrs; Geo. W. Wilder, books, etc.; E. Bickford, J. C. Page, boots and shoes; L. F. Pierce & Co., drugs.
1863 - N. P. Brooks, dry goods and hardware; Wm. F. McClure, groceries; N. K. Brown, drugs; Barnes & Johnson, J. Lease, harnesses, etc.
1864 - Nichols & French, clothing; J. A. Taft & Co., George Jacobs, Daniel Scribner, flour and groceries; Kellogg & Adams, hats and clothing; J. P. Dewey, flour, grain and nails; H. & C. Fullerton, boots and shoes; Wood, Bixby & Co., druggists; S. Freeman, jewelry, etc.; Wm. F. Braman, hardware, etc.; Charles Cross & Son, bakers and confectioners; E. Scribner,
Jr., stoves and tin-ware; Dennis Lane, saw-mill machinery.
1865 - L. W. Smith; Jacob Smith & Son, furniture; A. D. Arms & Co., D. Neveux, W. I. goods; E. R. Skinner, staple and fancy goods, wholesale; Blanchard. Peck and Johonnott, leather; Wm. F. Braman & Co., hardware; John W. Clark, wagons and sleighs.
1866 - Martin & Simonds; Geo. Nichols, ready-made clothing; Carleton & Co., W. I. goods; Mark French, preserved fruits; J. E. Smith & Co., stationery and fancy goods; J. Bodell, boots and shoes; Bixby & Co., druggists; Redfield & Crooks,
drugs; Lane, Pitkin & Brock, iron-founders and machinists; E. N. Scovell, furniture; Henry Cobb, marble monuments, etc.
1867 - New York Dry Goods Store; Emery & Carleton, crockery and carpeting; H. E. Fifield & Co., flour and W. I. goods; L. L. Tanner, boots and shoes; W. F. Braman, hardware, etc.; J. V. Babcock, drugs, etc.; Ira S. Town, watches and jewelry; Peck & Johonnott, leather; C. Spear, gas and water fixtures.
1868 - B. Benjamin & Co.; W. E. Adams, hats and clothing; Denison Taft & Son, flour, etc.; B. M. Chaffee, boots and shoes; Lamb & Peck, hardware, etc.; Putnam & Co., N. K. Brown & Co., drugs; Flanders & Kinson, platers, etc.
1869 - A. C. Dewey & Co., flour, lime, plaster, etc.; J. C. Emery, crockery, carpeting, etc.; Philbrick Brothers, W. I. goods, etc.; Barrows & Peck, hardware. etc.; Babcock & Cutler, drugs, etc.; W'. A. Boutelle & Wife, dry goods and millinery; Blanchard, Keith & Peck, leather, etc.; A. L. Carleton, dry goods; Hinckley & Best: C. F. Fullerton, boots and shoes; S. S. Towner, millinery and fancy goods; Farwell Brothers, clothing; T. H. Cony & Co., W. I. goods; J. W. Page, teas, coffee, spices and tobacco, wholesale; T. C. Phinney, books, stationery, fancy goods and homoeopathic medicines; Hiram Atkins, staple stationery; Medad Wright & Son, lumber and machinery. West Montpelier; W. H. Barnes, harnesses, etc.; Cobb & Cummins, marble monuments Stimson & Co., patent door springs.
1870 - Calvin Robinson & Co.; Bailey & Park, Storrs & Jones, W. I. goods, etc.; Carlos Bancroft & Son, W. I. goods, iron, etc.; W. L. Washburn & Co., T. J. Hunt, W. F. Waterman & Co., W. I. goods and groceries; Spear & Bancroft, tin-ware,
stoves, etc.; Woodward & Blakely, druggists; D. McDonald, furniture, carpeting, etc.; E. Hatch, boots and shoes; E. Spinney, fresh and salt fish, etc.; G. P. Foster, coal and wood; D. Taft and Son, lumber; Kimball & Hewett, monuments, etc.; J. W. Paine, A. Allen, cigars.
1871 - C. Blakely, drugs, etc.; Scovill & Lyon, furniture, etc.; Jacobs Brothers, flour and W. I. goods; C. E. Winch &
Co., W. I. goods and groceries; Thomas McGee, sewing-machines; Fisher, Colton & Kinson, platers, etc.; J. O'Grady, boots
and shoes; N. C. Bacon, auction store; J. Bruce, harnesses and carriage trimmings; Soper & Lord, cloths and merchant tailors; T. A. Dewing, boots and shoes.
1872 - George Jacobs, flour, W. I. goods, etc.; Smith Brothers, coal; L. W. Jones, provisions, W. I. goods, etc.; Geo. M. Scribner, stoves and tin-ware; F. C. Gilman, wagons and sleighs; B. T. Soper & Co., cloths and merchant tailors; A. G.
Stone, watches and jewelry; Crosby & Taplin, dry goods; Redfield & Bascom, drugs, etc.
1873 - Montpelier Manufacturing Company, children's carriages, etc.; Hatch & Farnsworth, boots and shoes; C. E. Hosford,
clothing, etc.; Crosby & Taplin, dry goods; Babcock & Cutler, drugs, etc.; A. Luce & Son, groceries; V. Konsalik, watches, etc.
1874 - J. D. Clogston, tin-ware; Putnam & Marvin, groceries, crockery and glass.
1875 - E. P. Towner, boots and shoes; Fuller & Howe, dry goods; Mrs. A. L. Carlton, dry goods; Bascom & Dewey, Wilson & Co., drugs, etc.; C. H. Heaton, groceries.
1876 - A. & A. Johonnott, leather; N. P. Brooks & Son, house-finishing tools
and fixtures, glass, sash, blinds, doors, etc.; E. H. Towne, merchant tailor; C. P. Pitkin, coal and wood; H. C. Webster, dry goods; Lyon & Daley, furniture, etc.; A. J. Braley, groceries; C. H. Keene, watches and jewelry.
1877 - Fred Blanchard, tin-ware, etc. C. W. Selinas, harnesses, etc.; Henry
Cobb, marble monuments; Kimball & Carter and H. C. Cross, granite monuments; S. C. & H. H. Woolson, merchant tailors; Chase & Edgcombe, boots and shoes; A. H. Bailey, Smith Brothers, dry goods; Orange Fifield, flour, groceries, etc.; Washburn & Co., millinery.
1878 - Sabin Manufacturing Co., door springs; Miss M. L. Page, millinery; Henry Lowe & Son, teas and fine groceries.
1879 - C. W. Skinner, watches, jewelry, etc.; A. J. Howe, dry goods.
1880 - Sumner Kimball, granite monuments; C. H. Shipman, C. E. Stow, boots and shoes; Blanchard Brothers, flour, iron and hardware; W. W. Park, flour and groceries; E. W. Bailey & Co., flour and feed; Montpelier Carriage Co., children's carriages.
1881 - C. A. Best, millinery and dry goods; D. W. Temple, dry goods; J. A. Murray, W. L goods and groceries; H. E. Slayton, books and stationery; E. R. Meader, millinery and sewing-machines Geo. E. Wheeler, marble monuments.

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Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.