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Early Businesses of Mackinac County

Mackinac
Village of and county seat on Mackinac Island.

Source: Michigan State Gazetteer for 1860 published 1859

• ALLARD, Simon blacksmith

• BAILEY, John R. druggist and physician

• BAILEY, John R. school teacher

• BECKER, John, hotel propieter

• BECKER, John, justice of the peace

• CHAPMAN, Bela, justice of the peace

• CHAPMAN & GRAY, general merchants

• DURKIN, Mather, tailor

• FRANKS, E. A. hotel proprietor

• GENNY, M., justice of the peace

• GILLETT, M., hotel proprietor

• GUILBANTT,  H., cooper

• HALBERT, F. R. & Co., dry goods and clothing

• HALBRT, R. P., dry goods

• HALBERT & KIRTLAND, dry goods and clothing

• HAMMOND, Dr. W. H., surgeon U.S Army

• JOHNSTON, Wm. M., school teacher

• JOHNSTON, Wm. M., notary public

• LaBATT, boot and shoemaker

• LeCLAIR, A. tinsmith

• LeDUCK J., carpenter and builder (LeDuc)

• LOUISIGUN, Benj., boot and shoe maker

• LYNE, Edward, grocer

• McLEOD, R. & J., water saw mill

• McMATH, John W., attorney at law and notary public

• MONAGHAN, John W., grocer

• MURRAY, David, mason and builder

• OVERALL, H. W., grocer

• PERISIN, P., cooper

• RAPIN, A., cooper

• RAPIN, M. S., blacksmith

• SHERWIN, S., cooper

• SHURTLEFF, John S., grocer

• SHURTLEFF, John S., justice of the peace

• STODDARD, M., general merchant

• TOLL & RICE, general merchants

• WENDELL, W. M. dry goods

 

St. Ignace Businesses in the 1880 and 1890s
(Source: Emerson R. Smith Research)

• AGRELL, C. J., photographer - 1884

• BAINVILLE, A., shoemaker - approx. 1890

• BOBIER, G. H., groceries

• BOOTH Packing Co., fish merchants

• BOYTON, O. C., pharmacy

• BROOKS & Bros., J. B., shoe store

• BROWN, Richard, restaurant

• BURT, W. A. & Co. private bank early 1870s to 1881

• CARR & Son, C. S., groceries and provisions

• CHAMBERS Bros. (Michael and Patrick) originally J. CHAMBERS & Bros. - general store and dock est. 1870

• CHAMBERS, Wm. P., cigar store 1893

• CHONG, Charlie, Star Laundry

• CLARK Bros. (J.B. & G.C.) later J. B. CLARK People's Meat Market sold in 1891

• CONRAD Bros. (J. A. & E. T.) groceries - sold to G. H. BOBIER in 1894

• COOKE, George, baker and grocer before 1884

• CORBETT, Benjamin, shoemaker in the early 1880's

• CRAVENS, T. J. grocery in 1885

• DALY, Eugene, merchant in the early 1880s

• DANIELS Bros., builders in the 1880s - father Hyasant (Hyacinth) sons Joseph, Dan, Frank, Bill, John

• EBY, C. H., City Bakery 1884

• ENGLISH, D. W., merchant tailor

• FAIR Meat Market - owned by Alex Fair 1891

• FARREL & Co. hardware

• FAUT, C. grocer

• FIRST NATIONAL BANK, 1881 owned and operated by private owner previously

• FOLEY, E. P. jewelry early 1880s

• FOX, G. furniture and pianos early 1880s

• FURLONG and HOBAN (Thomas Furlong & George Hoban) hardware

• GALLAGHER, Patrick, Central Meat Market 1886

• GATEWAY City Steam Laundry, operated by Frank H. WARREN

• GREENLEES, Jacob about 1890 painting and decorating

• HAMMOND, STANDISH & Co. meat wholesalers owned by A. B. Standish

• HARRIS, Robert, dairy farm

• HIGHSTONE, S., department store 1879 started on Mackinac Island in 1866

• HINTZ & Co. grocers

• HOBAN fire insurance owned by Michael Hoban 1881

• HOMBACH, Peter, dock and shipping interests plus cooperage-came about 1860-1865 from Prussia

• HULETT, D. C., prescriptions and groceries

• JAMIESON, Martin, City Meat Market originally owned by BEZEAU & JAMIESON

• JOHNSON & Son, G. W. store

• KENTER, D. C., dray and baggage

• KRUGER, Frederick, groceries 1885

• KUHN, Charles A., tailor about 1890

• LaCLARE, W. M. jeweler

• LaCOSTE, A. builder

• LAMB, J. L. and LEONARD, F. E. millinery store  F. E. LEONARD in 1880

• LaROCQUE, Eustache, Sr. drug store continously starting in 1887

• LEAHY, John D., crockery and notions

• LEE SING, laundry

• LONDRAVILLE & CONNER ladies shop operated by women

• MacADAMES Bros. confectionery, books, music etc. Original owner W. E. McADAMS

• MALLETT & WALKER furniture and undertakers - Eli Mallett and Frank Walker

• MASON & Co., H. M. paints, drugs and groceries also steam boat agents

• MASSEY Bros. groceries

• MAY, Frank N. painter and decorator early 1880s

• McARTHUR Bros. & Co. - owners J. J. Post, C. J. & H. McArthur, hardware

• McLAUGHLIN, Hugh, carriages

• METEVIER, R. E. shoe store

• MULCRONE Bros. (John & M. F.) dry goods 1880

• MULCRONE, Patrick J., Chicago Meat Market

• MURRAY, Dominick Jr., general store in early 1880s

• MURRAY, P. W., general merchandise

• MURRAY Bros. (M. D. & P. E.) retail store

• NUNN, J. J. china and crockery store 1880s

• OGLE & MONTEITH groceries 1881 William Ogle and L. J. Monteith

• ORTH & LAFOUNTAIN, show store George Orth and Joseph LaFountain until about 1890

• PACKARD, Miss, millinery

• PAULY, L. J. druggist 1880 sold in 1894 to H. A. SERVIS

• RANKIN, E. & A. (Angus) harness makers early 1880s 

• REAGON, Ignatius, grocery and liquor early 1880s

• REDDING, R. A. tailor

• REID & Co. James wrecking and towing

• RHOADES, Etta millinery 1892

• SAULSON, William - Peoples Store, department store

• SAYLES, George retail store and huckster service

• SMYTH, W. E. & J. E. jewelers before 1884 also express agents

• STEINBRG & Sons, J. department store 1887

• STELLWAGEN & KYNOCH, hardware about 1883 Michael F. Stellwagen and Charles Kynoch

• TAILFER, Isaac contractor and builder early 1880s

• TODD's Drug Store, H. A. N.

• TRUSCOTT, F. G. clothing and dry goods

• VIGEANT, S. R. musical instruments, sewing machines 1887

• WARREN & SPICE drugs and groceries

• WILBER, C. H. City Pharmacy

• WINKELMAN, Louis department store 1892

• WITHROW, A. M. hardware 1880s

• WOOD, Harry barber shop 1883

• WOOD, William H. confectionery 1880

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