Property Owners and Business in
Emmitsburg in the Late 1910's*
Samuel Hays 1908 -
1991
I doubt if anyone ever counted the small business
enterprises in town. So, beginning at the extreme West
end of town, believe it or not, was:
- Joe Orndroff - Manufacturer of Hoes
- Joe Kreitz - painting & wood finishing
- Miss Tude Downey - Specialized Cook (she once
cooked dinner for Woodrow Wilson)
- Columbus Springer - carpenter & house building
- John Wagaman - Ford Garage
- Kugler property - elementary school
- Duke and George Frailey - Farmers
- Jake Topper - Undertaker and carriage maker
- Ed Annan - Banker
- ? Nunamaker - retired
- Joe Caldwell - Grocery Store
- Hahn - constable
- Jim Hospelhorn - Civil War veteran.
- Roy Wagaman - Mechanic
- ? Welty - Telephone Exchange
- Mrs. Andrew Annan - Democrat
- J. T. Hays & Son- Plumbing & Heating
- M. F. Shuff & Son - Funeral Director
- Annan Horner - Bank Cashier
- Joe Hoke - Grocer
- Charles Hoke - Stone Cutter (monuments)
-
Sam Rowe - Grocery Clerk
- Frank Rowe - Shoes, made and repaired
- F S K- Mathews - bottled soda pop and Ice Cream
- (Baldy) Howard Rowe - Livery Stable
- John Rosensteel & "Easy" Hemler -
Bakery
- Morris Billelan Butcher
- E. L. Higbee - Minister
- William "Paw" Morrison -- Express Agent
Emmitsburg Rail Road
- Pias Felix - Conductor E.R.R
-
J. Stuart Annan - Farmer, Banker, Water Co.
President and County Commissioner.
- Frizzle - Feed & Coal
- Harry Hopp - Bakery
- Reform Church
- Helen Hoke - Milliner
- Dr. Stone - M.D.
- Dan Adelsberger - Stove Pipe and other Sheet metal
products
- Guy Topper - Barber
- Philip Lawrence - Shoe Shop
- Thadeus Zimmerman - Drug Store
-
Annan & Horner Bank
- Charles Zeck - Store on the square
Then starting at the Northeast corner going east on
Main Street:
-
Gertrud, Alice & Ann Annan - retired
- Brooks Boyle - Stud Service and Hay
- Hotel
- "Bubba" Rotering - Clothing Store
- Eugene Rowe - Lawer
- Morry Kerrigan -Grocer
- Peter Burkett - Store Cleck
- ? Chrismer - Carriage Maker
- ? Lansinger - Carpenter & Home Builder
- Sella McBride
- Harry BoIlinger - Butcher
- ? Flax
- Cornelius Gelwicks - Engineer E.R.R.
- Rosensteel -
- Doc Brawner - Doctor
- John Jackson - Stone Mason
- John Mentzer - Confederate War Veteran
- Broad Alley way
- Sewing Factory
- Cameron & Beecher Ohler - Thresher man
- Charles Gillen - Painter
- ? Cadoris - Retired
- Mack Hawk - Broom Maker
- Charles Ohler \ Lewis Keepers - East End Garage
- Walter Bowers - Ice House
Begin on the South side of Main Street going West to
East.
- Harry Hardman - Sold Fish and Newspapers
- ? Sprenkle - Livery Stable
- ? Stoner - Sharpened Saws
- Warren Kugler - Sheet Metal & Carpenter
- Oscar Frailey - Foundry
- Hotel Slagel
- James Mitchell
- ? Kreitz - Store
- ? Gladhill - Laborer
- ? Wagaman - Garage
- Bob Burdner - Garage
- Harry Mason
- William Bushman - Painter
- Ed Rowe - Surveyor
- Ginny, Annie, & L. Smith
- Rider & Hoke - Monuments
- John Agnew - Garbage Collector
- Fire House
- William Sellers - Farmer
- Harry Weant - Plumber
- D. C. Gilson - Office Worker
- Presbyterian Church
- Thad Bollinger - Butcher
- Albert Patterson - Cattle Dealer
- Joseph Hoke - Grocer
- Norman Hoke - Store Clerk
- Cecil Fostering - Clothing Store
- Methodist Church
- Maurice Gillelan - Butcher Show
-
J. Henry Stokes - J. P. & Harness Shop
- Anna Gillelan - Seamstress
- Halle Motter - Widow
- Ruth Gillelan - Dry Goods
- Sterling Galt - Editor of the Chronicle
- Hall Eyster - Hardware
- George Eyster - Clock Repair
- Alley way
- B. I. Jamison - Doctor
- Jim Helman - Local Historian
- Doc Septon - Dentist
- Miss Lum Winters - Milliner
- E. F. Ohler - Salesman
- Hillman Home
- George Willhide - Laborer
- Hokes Café
- John Mentzer - Told Tall Stories
- Gillelan Home
- Alleyway
- Presbyterian Home
- Chronicle Office & Press
Have your own memories of
Emmitsburg Business?
If so, send them to us at history@emmitsburg.net
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other articles by Samuel Hays
*A few years back, the Emmitsburg Dispatch
published the above recollections of Property Owners
and Business in Emmitsburg from Samuel Hays. Unfortunately,
Mr. Hays never proved the Dispatch the period of his recollections.
Any suggestions on what period of emmitsburg History he
is referring to would be greatly appreciated (our best
guess to date is between 1925 and 1930).
Emmitsburg Historical Society
In reply, to the above request for information on
June 29, 2001 we received the following letter:
My great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were
both doctors in the area, both named Daniel Edwin Stone
-- you'll see a Dr. Stone listed on the Hays list. The
house my great-grandfather lived in (as best I can
recall) is next to a path that leads up to the cemetery.
This is where my grandfather the Rev. W. Owings Stone
grew up (my dad always said my grandfather was a soda
jerk in the drugstore on the corner a few buildings up
from the house).
On the side of the house farthest from the path is a
small addition. The stone at the foot of the door of
that addition has the name Stone on it -- that was where
my great-grandfather practiced medicine. He died of
acute appendicitis on 13 Jun 1920 at the age of 44. My
great-grandmother, Elizabeth Hammond Downey Stone
continued living in the house, finally marrying a man
named Mr. Riggs (I think). (The Doctor and his wife as
well as the Rev. W. O. Stone and his wife Margaret
Simpson Stone are all buried in the cemetery in
Emmitsburg.)
My great-great-grandfather, also Dr. Daniel Edwin
Stone, died in 1924 in Mt. Pleasant, aged 84. His wife
was Rebecca Owings Stone. (My other
great-great-grandfathers in the area were Dr. Jesse
Wright Downey, Dr. Thomas W. Simpson, and Gibson Smith.
I have information on all but Gibson Smith, of whom I
know absolutely nothing!)
So what does this all mean? If the Hays list purports
to report on active businesses, then it must have been
made before my great-grandfather's death in June 1920.
On the other hand, the empty office remained there with
the rock carved with the name Stone.
I hope this has been helpful!
W. Owings Stone II
Boston, Mass.
