| History of Stamford, Connecticut, from its settlement in 1641, to the present time | ||||||
| Author: Huntington, E. B. (Elijah Baldwin), | ||||||
| "Stamford Business, 1868, excepting such as is already recorded in the preceding pages. | ||||||
| This list will show how early any of the parties indicated were in business in the town, | ||||||
| and is as full and accurate, as the time allowed the author to make it." | ||||||
| Adams, Nathaniel E. | architect and builder | 1827 | ||||
| Arnold, A.C. | architect and builder | 1860 | ||||
| Alphonse, John W. | fruit and confectionery, police | 1863 | ||||
| Alphonse, Charles | police | 1865 | ||||
| Avery, Horace | blacksmith, 3 hands | |||||
| Brown, Philip H. | mason, 18 men | 1840 | ||||
| Billiard & Nichols | sash & blinds, 9 hands | 1861 | ||||
| Barker & Avery | blacksmith | 1860 | Rings End | |||
| Barber, Mrs. | boarding house | 1867 | ||||
| Buxton & Webb | builders, 8 hands | 1844 | ||||
| Brown, Samuel C. | livery | 1862 | ||||
| Benjamin, Ralph | billiards | |||||
| Bates, Mrs. Fred | fancy goods | 1863 | ||||
| Birchard, James | cabinet | 1865 | Darien depot | |||
| Brooks, Wm. H. | barber | 1860 | ||||
| Bouton, Samuel M. | carman | 1865 | ||||
| Bunten, Cornelian | blacksmith & carriage maker, 8 men | 1844 | ||||
| Bunten, Aurelian | blacksmith & carriage maker, 4 men | 1847 | ||||
| Bostwick, John, jr. | carpenter | |||||
| Bates, Chas. E. | coal & fuel | 1864 | Rings End | |||
| Bernhard, T. & Bro. | fancy dry goods and millinery | 1868 | ||||
| Benas, Maurice | cigars and tobacco | 1865 | ||||
| Boettger, Mrs. Clara | millinery | 1868 | ||||
| Barret, Isaac | carman | |||||
| Briggs, S. | Union House, built 1844, Successor to Theodore Searls | 1864 | ||||
| Beers, Miss S.A. | fancy goods | 1868 | Darien depot | |||
| Broadway, W.H. | grocer | 1868 | Quintard's Block | |||
| Brown, Francis H. | music conservatory | 1867 | ||||
| Bostwick & Waterbury | grocers, 4 hands | 1865 | ||||
| Butler, J.K. | telegraph at depot, 2 assistants | 1867 | ||||
| Buxton, Edwin | shoes | 1833 | Turn of River | |||
| Buxton, Nelson | shoes | 1836 | Turn of River | |||
| Buxton, John H. | shoes | 1838 | Turn of River | |||
| Clark, David H. | insurance & real estate agent & auctioneer | |||||
| Crabe, Allen L. | cooper | North Stamford | ||||
| Cook, M.L. | fancy goods | 1865 | ||||
| Cook, Mrs. C. | hairdresser | 1866 | ||||
| Christie & Clancy, Misses | milliners | 1867 | ||||
| Card & Hill | painters | 1856 | ||||
| Crawford, James S. | photographer | 1861 | ||||
| Crombie, Richard | tailor | 1854 | ||||
| Cohen, W. | tailor, 3 hands | 1862 | ||||
| Curtis, Hiram | baskets | 1856 | ||||
| Combs & Provost | carriage makers, 8 hands | 1846 | ||||
| Daskam, B. J. | grocer | 1835 | ||||
| Daskam, T.J. | insurance agent & deputy assessor | 186? | ||||
| Dibble, Wm. H. | boarding house | 1847(?) | Strawberry Hill | |||
| Dayton, George | cooper | North Stamford | ||||
| Dann, Seth | cooper | North Stamford | ||||
| Dixon, G.H. | grocer | 1868 | New Hope | |||
| Dean, Geo. W. | marble yard | 1858 | ||||
| Daniel, James | painter, 7 hands | 1853 | ||||
| Dammyer, John C. | painter, 4 hands | 1864 | ||||
| Davis, Theodore | sash & blind | 1855(56?) | ||||
| Dix & Cousin | shoes, 36 hands | 1856 | Darien depot | |||
| Dean, Isaac | shoes | Deanville | ||||
| Dean, Seth | cooper | North Stamford | ||||
| Ells & Gogan | painters | 1845 | ||||
| Fairchild, Robert | builder | 1861 | ||||
| Finney, Henry & Bros. | blacksmiths | West Stamford | ||||
| Fox, Jacob | clothing merchant & tailor | looks like 1659? | ||||
| Ficket, John B. | carpenter | Darien | ||||
| Ferris, De Forest | carman | |||||
| Gifford | carriages, 4 hands | 1853 | Long Ridge | |||
| Goldy, Henry | builder, 10 men | |||||
| Guernsey, William | ||||||
| Gardner, Jr., Thomas | ||||||
| Gorham & Garland | grocers | 1856 | Darien | |||
| Goff & Ellwood | soda & sarsaparilla | 1863 | ||||
| Hicks, John H. | billiard saloon | 1867 | ||||
| Holly, Alexander N. | hardware & lumber | 1842 | ||||
| Hoyt, jr., Wm. | dry goods | 1826 | ||||
| Hoyt & Leeds | grocers | 1826 | ||||
| Hoyt, Lyman | cabinet, 7 hands | 1837 | ||||
| Hoyt, James H. | carpenter | |||||
| Hoyt, George | ticket agent at depot | 1855 | ||||
| Hoyt & Ayres | grocers | 1862 | ||||
| Hoyt, John W. | restaurant, Cornucopia | 1866 | ||||
| Hoyt, J.A. | shoes, 2 men | 1860 | ||||
| Hobbie, Chas. A. | carriage and blacksmithing, 5 men | 1850 | Darien | |||
| Harper, Robert | music | |||||
| Hay, William | carman | |||||
| Hathaway, B.F. | civil engineer | 1857 | ||||
| Hubbard & Holly | dry goods & tailoring | 1855 | ||||
| Hurlbutt, W.P. & L.H. | merchant tailors, 15 hands | 1861 | ||||
| Hallock, Wm. H.H. | mason, 18 men | |||||
| Hendricks, Wm. | photography | 1867 | ||||
| Johnson, Lewis | boating | 1840 | ||||
| Johnson, Sam'l H. | boating | 1861 | ||||
| Jerman, W.H. | shoes, 6 men | 1851 | ||||
| Jessup & Lockwood | builders | |||||
| Jones, Thaddeus | carman | 1840 | ||||
| Jennings, W.H. | dyeing | |||||
| Jennings, Mrs. L.A. | dressmaking, Madam Demorest's agent | |||||
| Jones, Charles & Co. | dry goods, 5 hands | 1858 | ||||
| June, Hanford | carpenter | |||||
| Jones, Lewis | flour & feed at mill | High Ridge | ||||
| Jacobs, P.S. | grocer | 1865 | ||||
| Jones, N.D. & Co. | fish market | 1863 | ||||
| Jones, Daniel H. | carman | |||||
| Keeler, J.H. | carman, successor to his father who was here in | 1841 | ||||
| Knapp, Charles H. | mason | |||||
| Knappe & Crossner | barbers, succeed Andrew Schmidt | 1862 | ||||
| Knapp, Sylvester L. | grocery & dry goods | Roxbury | ||||
| Knapp, David H. | shoes | North Stamford | ||||
| Knapp, John B. | harnesses | 1865 | ||||
| Ketcham, Oliver & John | oyster trade | |||||
| Kirk & Scofield | builders, 4 hands | 1857 | ||||
| Kennedy & Burke | restaurant | 1867 | ||||
| Lehigh, John | stair builder | 1862 | ||||
| Leeds, E.A. | livery, successor to his father | 1845 | ||||
| Lounsbury, H.I. | shoes, 4 men | 1857 | ||||
| Lownds, Geo. L. & Son | builders, 10 men | 1847 | ||||
| Lockwood, James L. | stoves & tinware, 9 hands | 1847 | ||||
| Lockwood & Haight | druggists, successors of the Drs. Lockwood | 1848 | ||||
| Lockwood, Wm. W. | news office, books & stationery | |||||
| Lockwood, Wm. A. | blacksmith, 4 men | 1852 | ||||
| Lockwood, Sylvester | blacksmith | 1844 | Long Ridge | |||
| Lockwood, Edward R. | cooper | Long Ridge | ||||
| Lockwood, Samuel | dentist | 1840 | ||||
| Leeds, R.A. | gate fixtures, inventor & manufacturer | 1867 | ||||
| Lockwood, V.B. | grocer | 1863 | ||||
| Lounsbury, C.W. | stoves and tinware | 1867 | Darien depot | |||
| Lum, H.B. | stoves & tinware, 7 hands | 1851 | ||||
| Mather, M.S. & J.C. | successors of George | 1830 | Darien depot | |||
| Merritt, Mrs. H.V. | dressmaker, 18 hands | 1856 | ||||
| McCoun, Samuel | billiards | 1864 | Quintard's Block | |||
| McQuhae, George | blacksmith, 3 hands | 1862 | ||||
| Miller, C.O. & Co. | dry goods, 4 hands | 1868 | ||||
| Matthews, Jas. L. | flour & feed, mill | River Bank | ||||
| Miller, R.S. | grocer | 1855 | ||||
| Morgan, O.A. | shoes | 1860 | ||||
| Morgan, O.B. | grocer | 1867 | ||||
| Moore, Hampton | plastic s?ate | 1864 | ||||
| Moore, John | harnesses | 1868 | ||||
| Morris, Mrs. E.F. | millinery, succeeds Mrs. N.A. Weed, 4 hands | 1859 | ||||
| Monroe & Thompson | painters | |||||
| Morgan, Alonzo B. | carman | |||||
| Newman, John | carriage & blacksmith | 1849 | High Ridge | |||
| Nichols, Charles H. | carpenter | |||||
| Nichols, Emma C. | millinery | 1863 | ||||
| Payne, E.T. | dentist | 1863 | ||||
| Provost, William | blacksmith | 1818 | West Stamford | |||
| Price, William | grocer, 3 hands | 1852 | ||||
| Peck, J.A. & Co. | grocers | River Side | ||||
| Provost & Drew | grocers | 1868 | ||||
| Palmer, W. & Son | grocers | Long Ridge | ||||
| Powelson, C.G. | watch work & sewing machines | 1840 | ||||
| Palmer, Hannah | milliner | 1860 | ||||
| Prior, A.M. | oyster trade | |||||
| Playford, Thomas | fresco work | |||||
| Reed, J.W. | hats & furs | 1835 | ||||
| Renoude, Jarvis | cabinet | 1846 | ||||
| Richards, Ambrose | carpenter | Darien | ||||
| Read, Jane R. | dressmaker, 9 hands | 1858 | ||||
| Rockwell, James R. | grocer | 1866 | Long Ridge | |||
| Reardon, Mrs. | harnesses | 1864 | ||||
| Scofield, Erastus E. | flour & feed | 1857 | ||||
| Scofield, John A. | painter, 7 hands | 1854 | ||||
| Scofield, Charles H. | dry goods, 5 clerks | 1851 | ||||
| Scofield, Henry | carpenter | |||||
| Scofield, M.S. | carpenter | |||||
| Scofield, Oliver & Son | coat, fuel & building materials | 1848 | ||||
| Scofield, S.N. | cooper | North Stamford | ||||
| Scofield, D.L. | civil engineer & railroad contractor | 1848 | ||||
| Scofield, H.G. | civil engineer | 1866 | ||||
| Scofield, Chas. W. | mason | |||||
| Scofield, Edward | miller | North Stamford | ||||
| Scofield, S.W. | house furnishing goods | 1861 | ||||
| Scofield, H.L. | meat market | 1660 (sic) | ||||
| Schlocker, Geo. P. | landscape gardening & rustic work | 1850 | ||||
| Silliman & Morrison | druggists, succeed S.C. Silliman | 1857 | ||||
| Saunders, Wm. H. | blacksmith & carriage making | 1849 | North Stamford | |||
| Shaw, W.F. | grocer | 1857 | ||||
| Shaw, James | carpenter | Darien | ||||
| Shaw, Fred | carpenter | Darien | ||||
| Slater, Charles | cooper | North Stamford | ||||
| Smith, Wm. L. | grocer | 1859 | ||||
| Seeley, Albert | Stamford House (built 1810) | 1837 | ||||
| Smith, A.T. & Son | millers | 1857 | Long Ridge | |||
| Smith, Wm. H. | carpenter | |||||
| Smith, Wm. D. | coal, fuel & building materials | 1867 | ||||
| Smith, James | grocery | River Bank | ||||
| Smith, Frank. | grocer | 1864 | Darien depot | |||
| Smith & Dayton | house furnishing goods | 1863 | ||||
| Smith, S.H. | watchmaker & jeweler | 1859 | ||||
| Sherwood, Samuel | cooper | 1840 | Hunting Ridge | |||
| Smith, J.H. | shoes | 1825 | ||||
| Smith, Geo. W. | blacksmith | Cove | ||||
| Smith, T.F. | blacksmith | Cove | ||||
| Studwell, Edgar | builder | |||||
| Spaulding, Gilbert | real estate | |||||
| Stottlar, John | fish market | 1868 | ||||
| Stevens, Samuel | shoes | High Ridge | ||||
| Stevens, Cephas | baskets | |||||
| Stevenson, R.J. | boarding house | Henry Street | ||||
| Taylor Brothers | grocers, successors to A.G. Calrk & Co, 1830 | 1868 | ||||
| Taylor, ____ | shoes | River Bank | ||||
| Turkinton, John | shoes, 12 men | 1852 | ||||
| Todd, C.J. | grocer | 1855 | ||||
| Toucey, Wm. B. | clothing | 1850 | ||||
| Triaca & Co. | soap manufacturers | West Stamford | ||||
| Trinka, M. | cigar manufacturer, 5 hands | 1868 | ||||
| Uncles, John | shoes, 7 men | 1862 | ||||
| Valentine, Chas. W. | meat market | 1855 | ||||
| Voorhies, A.W. | baker | 1867 | ||||
| Waterbury, David & Wm. T. | steamboat | 1839 | ||||
| Wardwell, Rufus | coal & fuel | 1848 | ||||
| Waterbury, J.S. | grocer, successor to Ira Scofield | 1856 | Darien | |||
| Waterbury, S.C. & Co. | meat market | 1863 | ||||
| Waterbury, Geo. H. & Son | florist & gardener | 1844 | ||||
| Waterbury, C.H. | cooper | North Stamford | ||||
| Wicks, H.W. | bakery | 1860 | ||||
| White, Elbert | manufactures, insurance & real estate | 1840 | ||||
| Weed, Augustus | watchmaker & jeweler | 1848 | ||||
| Whitney, C.S. & W.S. | grocers | 1867 | Darien depot | |||
| Webb, Wm. | carpenter | |||||
| Webb, Mary | millinery | 1830 | ||||
| Whitney, Wm. M. | carpenter | Darien | ||||
| Whitney, James | shoes, 3 hands | 1866 | ||||
| Williams, Mrs. | boarding house | Clark's Hill | ||||
| Weed, A.G. & Bro. | grocers | 1862 | ||||
| Weed, Alvan | groceries & dry goods | 1841 | North Stamford | |||
| Weed, C.L. | groceries & dry goods | 1865 | High Ridge | |||
| Weed, Wm. A. & Co. | meat market | 1853 | ||||
| Wood, John | cooper | Hunting Ridge | ||||
| Woodman, I. & H. | builders | 1849 | ||||
| Weed & Ensley | stoves & tinware, 4 hands | 1867 | ||||
| Webb, J. N. | harnesses, 3 hands | 1847 | ||||
| Williams, A.W. | restaurant, near depot | 1853 | ||||
| Williams, Andrew T. | auctioneer | |||||
| White, Wheeler & Bulkely | restaurant, at depot | 1867 | ||||
| Woeltge, Albert | music | 1853 | ||||