Ainsworth, Washington Co., Iowa, 1882 Business Directory Extracted from the 1882-1883 R. L. Polk "Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory" by Amalea Anderson. Copyright 1998, Amalea Anderson. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ====================================================================== AINSWORTH. On the S W. div. C., R. I. & P. Ry, in the eastern part of Washington county, 7 1/2 miles from Washington (c. h.), its nearest bank location and 90 from Des Moines. Ships grain and live stock. Improved land sells from $30 to $50 an acre. Population, 850. Exp., U. S. Tel., W. U. Mail, daily. W. A. Walker, postmaster. Last Name(s) First Name(s) Occupation or Business Adams & Sigafoos hardware Anderson A live stock Anderson & White general store Band D L constable Barber J W carpenter Boice J C physician Breed Allen grain dealer Brown Rev N H (Presbyterian) Bumabee Mrs E propr Wickham House Chambers S A restaurant Coe S D furniture Crawford J A blacksmith Crawford Misses R & M milliners Glidden A J wheelwright Harding Jospah carpenter Hawkins S blacksmith Hazen I propr Ainsworth House Heagburgh A tailor Hough L L harnessmaker and constable Hull J H physician Hunter & Parkinson lumber James & Miller general store Jones E W blacksmith Linton W C railroad and express agent Livingston W H justice of peace McConnell J C druggist McKenzie J P justice of peace Mathews G J livery Miller W A shoemaker Mills & Hilton meat market Moore W G miller Nichols J W live stock Pearson J H nursery Smith Rev W O (United Brethren) Spalding & McGill florists and seedsmen Stephens S P barber Thompson D L painter Trebecock F grocer Walker S A wheelwright Walker W A drugs, books, etc. Wells B grocer Wells Rev N (Methodist) Wickham T Y general store Wickham & Co T Y hardware Wood Rev J M (Baptist)