From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co.

OBION.

A village of 200 inhabitants, and a station on the Paducah and Memphis R. R., in the southern part of Obion County, 6 ^1/2 miles from Troy, the seat of justice, 18 from Dyersburg and 167 from Nashville. It has 2 steam saw mills, and exports lumber, cotton and corn. Mail daily. Thomas Cathey, postmaster.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

CAMPBELL, J. M. – proprietor, Obion House.
CHEATHAM, M. A. – carpenter.
CRITTENDEN, Callicut – groceries and liquors.
CRITTENDEN & CROCKETT – saw mill.
DAVIS, Clem – lawyer.
GILLESPIE, John D. – lawyer.
HARRIS & FIELD – carpenters.
HUBBARD, E. – station agent.
McCULLOUGH, Wm. – carpenter.
MARSHALL, W. H. – bookkeeper, (D. P. Shoffner).
ROCHELLE, James A. – groceries and liquors.
SHOFFNER, D. P. – saw mill and general store.
STONE, Mrs. Tersey A. – boarding.