{"id":3143,"date":"2021-11-17T18:09:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2021-11-18T11:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:35:29","slug":"kenton-1876-business-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/kenton-1876-business-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenton 1876 Business Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Tennessee State Gazetteer\u00a0and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co.<\/em><\/p>\n

KENTON.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A thriving village of 300 inhabitants in the southeastern part of Obion County, 15 miles from Troy, the county town, and 173 from Nashville. It is on the Mobile & Ohio R. R. and the Obion River, from which power is derived for a grist and saw mill. It contains 2 churches \u2014 Methodist and Presbyterian, an academy, a number of stores and such offices, shops, etc., as are usually found in a prosperous village. It was settled in 1865, incorporated 1874. Cotton and general produce are exported. Telegraph, Western Union. Express, Southern. Mail daily. W. F. Jones, postmaster.<\/p>\n

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ATKINSON<\/strong>, S. W. – grocery and saloon.
\nCARROLL <\/strong>& HOLLOMAN<\/strong> – general store.
\nCAZORT<\/strong>, B. F. – shoemaker.
\nCLAYTON <\/strong>& ZARRICOR<\/strong> – general store.
\nFOSTER<\/strong>, C. L. – lawyer.
\nFOSTER<\/strong>, L. J. – jeweler.
\nFOSTER<\/strong>, R. H. – notary public.
\nGARRISON<\/strong>, N. N. – saddlery.
\nGARRISON<\/strong>, ___ – miller.
\nHOWELL <\/strong>& CASEY<\/strong> – general store.
\nHOWELL <\/strong>& TAYLOR<\/strong> – grocers.
\nJONES<\/strong>, W. F. – general store.
\nLAWRENCE<\/strong>, F. P. – physician.
\nMITCHELL<\/strong>, J. W. C. – hotel.
\nMOSLEY<\/strong>, T. L. – lawyer.
\nNEEDHAM<\/strong>, E. – grocer.
\nNORTHERN, J. M.<\/strong> – botanic physician.
\nPHARR, W. C. <\/strong>– station agent.
\nPOWELL <\/strong>& BRO. – dentists.
\nRAMSEY<\/strong>, G. J. – physician.
\nRAMSEY <\/strong>& BRO. – druggists.
\nROSSON <\/strong>& BRO. – shoemakers.
\nSMITH<\/strong>, J. L. – saloon.
\nTAYLOR<\/strong>, E. A. – physician.
\nTILGHMAN <\/strong>& BRO. – grocers.
\nTILGHMAN & ROWELL<\/strong> – druggists.
\nWEST, Mrs. M.\u00a0 J. <\/strong>– hotel.
\nWILSON & FLOWERS<\/strong> – dry goods.
\nWORTZ<\/strong> & BRO. – blacksmiths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Tennessee State Gazetteer\u00a0and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co. KENTON. A thriving village of 300 inhabitants in the southeastern part of Obion County, 15 miles from Troy, the county town, and 173 from Nashville. It …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,26,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-businesses","category-cities-and-communities","category-kenton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3148,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143\/revisions\/3148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}