Bio of Dugan, E. J. (b.) Wabasha Co., MN
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Dugan, E. J. (index says "F. J."), general merchant, location northwest
corner Main and Alleghaney streets. The location is most central; the
building itself, one of the two full plate-glass fronts in the city, well
adapted to the purposes of trade, fronts twenty-five feet on Main, eighty
feet on Alleghaney, with entrances on both, and has an addition, 16x16,
for provisions and dry storage. The structure is a solid brick, stone
foundation and basement,; cut stone caps, sills and trimmings. The
basement is eight feet deep; the storeroom proper fourteen feet ceiling,
well lighted and conveniently arranged for business. House employs a force
of four clerks, one delivery wagon, and reports an increase of trade of
fully ten per cent over corresponding period of 1882. E. J. Dugan was born
in New York city, educated in Brooklyn, completing his studies at Nogent
sur Maine, near Paris, France, in 1855. Returning to his native city, he
remained there until 1858, when he came west with his father's family and
settled in this city, Was in business in the interior of the county, and
clerking in the county offices until 1863, when he engaged in trade under
the firm name of Dugan Bros., and so continued four years. Was for two
years assistant United States collector of internal revenue, after the
death of W. W. Prindle, and went to St. Paul in connection with the duties
of that office, remaining there for some time thereafter, and engaging in
business. Returning to Wabasha he resumed trade in this city in 1879, in
his present location. Mr. E. J. Dugan married Miss E. L. Cory, of
Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, in that city, March 3, 1862. Their children
are Albert, born July 13, 1863; Ed. J., Jr., November 4, 1878.