. Sketches of Monroe and Union County : together with general and individual characteristics of their people and a description of the natural resources and business enterprises. flour, grain, meat, lard, etc. They represent severallarge mills and packing houses and sell goods on a very small]nargin. They are both men of ex])erience in their line and havean extensive trade, which is constantly growing. They are both))ul)lie spirited citizens and each enjoys much jjcrsonal p!)pu-laritv. Xdt much has been said in these pages of an historical natiin-. The idea has been to give a picture of jjresen
. Sketches of Monroe and Union County : together with general and individual characteristics of their people and a description of the natural resources and business enterprises. flour, grain, meat, lard, etc. They represent severallarge mills and packing houses and sell goods on a very small]nargin. They are both men of ex])erience in their line and havean extensive trade, which is constantly growing. They are both))ul)lie spirited citizens and each enjoys much jjcrsonal p!)pu-laritv. Xdt much has been said in these pages of an historical natiin-. The idea has been to give a picture of jjresent life and activity. Were any liistorical sketch atteni]»ted it deal largely witli tlie men of the town andMiiiiiy. whose personali-lies have given direction;o the activities of the ]Ko-Ic. 1)1 the history of the\ )wn the pioneers wouldiHcupy a large them are names ofmen well known in theirI lay. and some of them liv-ing to ripe old ages have1 Icn known to the young-t r generation. All ofthem have passed these names arethose of Joseph McLaugh-lin, wlio built the firststorehouse here; T. IXWi nchester, John D. Stew-art, C. Austin, M. Austin,. THE LATi: II. M. HOUSTON. John Shute, Capt. C. M. T. McCauley, Maj. D. A. Covington, S. H. Walku]i. Henderson Simpson, A. F. Stevens, Col. Ill W. II. Fitzg-erald. Tatttison Houston, B. F. Houston,A. A. Hanev, A. M. Crowe] 1 and H. M. latter was one of the best known men who everlived in this section. He was the largest property owner of thetown at the time of his death, liavino- spent a long time in closeattention to business, in frugal hal)its. and the practice of a
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