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Alpheus O. Van Lieu [Van Liew in the Atlas; VanLiew / Van Leiw in Polk] — drug and hardware store, from 5 July 1871 (Chapman's sketch gives the date; Atlas: "Van Liew, A. O. — Druggist"; Polk, all three 1880s editions: hardware and drugs). Township trustee 1876–1880, printed as the carriers give it. The store is Chapman's "drug and hardware store" of the 1880 census, identified.
Charles J. Swezey [Sweezey in Chapman] — general store, from 1875 (Chapman sketch: "came to Lakeville in 1875, and engaged in the mercantile business; he has a large country store"; Polk 1880–81: "Swezey Cy, General Store"; postmaster in that edition). Gone from Polk 1882–83; fate unstated. The settled identification of one of Chapman's two country stores.
David Slough — steam saw mill, Section 19 (Atlas 1875; Howard: David and Peter bought 240 acres c. 1871, removed the mill thereto, operated it sixteen years doing general custom business, "the only mill within a distance of three miles"). Township class.
Peter Slough — steam saw mill, Section 19 (Atlas 1875; Howard: with brother Valentine rented the Slough & Alexander mill at Bourbon/Carson one year — Marshall County ground, pointer only — then with David c. 1871–c. 1887; bought David's interest and ran the mill alone four more years, until his wife's death in 1895, when he sold the mill; product sold in South Bend chiefly to Singer, Birdsell and Studebaker; five to seven men employed). Township class.
Valentine Slough — steam saw mill, Section 19 (Atlas 1875; Howard: rented the Slough & Alexander mill with Peter for one year). Township class.
Adam Slough — steam saw mill (Atlas 1875 directory row, Sections 5/19). Township class.
Michael Slough — steam saw mill (Atlas 1875 directory row). Township class.
A. F. Stull (Alfred F.) — farmer and steam saw mill, Section 19 (Atlas 1875; Chapman sketch: came spring 1858, "engaged in milling and lumbering, and has been in that business ever since"; 124 acres). Township class.
Orris J. Simpson — farmer and steam saw mill, Section 21 (Atlas 1875). Township class.
William Alexander — steam saw mill, Section 19 (Atlas 1875; Howard: partner in Slough & Alexander at Bourbon/Carson — out-of-ground pointer on this line). Township class.
Isaac H. Werntz — blacksmith, Section 35 (Atlas 1875: "Blacksmith — settled 1860"; Polk, all three 1880s editions).
Hiram Werntz — blacksmith (Polk, all three 1880s editions). Whether the two Werntzes shared one shop is unstated.
David Bachtall — blacksmith (Polk, all three 1880s editions).
Elisha Thayer — shoemaker (Polk, all three 1880s editions). Conflict, printed whole: the Atlas (attached, p. 91) carries "Thayer, E. D. — Boot and Shoe Manufacturer — settled 1865" — one man or two is unstated by any carrier.
Jacob Kron — shoemaker (Polk, all three 1880s editions).
L. Graphard — shoemaker (Polk 1884–85 only).
E. Perry — wagonmaker (Polk, all three 1880s editions; initial only in every edition — full name given by no carrier reached).
John W. Rodenbush — merchant, Section 19 (Atlas, attached head, p. 90; South Bend post office). Boundary-flagged: a Union Township merchant at a South Bend post office, not a Lakeville village firm.
William Miller — merchant (Atlas biography fragment: "resides at Lakeville. He is a merchant"; fragment strength only; no directory reached lists him).
Daniel J. Fisher — broom factory and farming, 235 acres (Chapman sketch: "carrying on a broom factory and farming"; came 1855; the Atlas's detached "Farmer and Broom Manufacturer" row is not attached to him — arrival years differ, 1858 against 1855, and the name is detached). Township class.
William Clenny — Clenny & Eldred, flour mill (Polk, all three 1880s editions; "grist and saw mill" by 1889); Chapman: carpenter's trade; bought his farm south of Lakeville in spring 1853; "moved to village of Lakeville 1873." The senior-partner identification is a name-match only — no carrier states it.
Eldred — partner, Clenny & Eldred, flour mill (surname only, surviving inside the firm name; unidentified in every carrier reached).
Hildebrand — Hildebrand & Co, saw mill (Polk 1880–81, 1882–83; gone by 1884–85; surname only inside the firm name).
Knepp & Houser — saw mill (Polk, all three 1880s editions; "Knepp & Hauser" in the 1889 manufacturers' directory). One linkage at surname strength. Conflict, printed whole: the North Liberty record carries the same firm under North Liberty in the same editions; which village the mill stood in is unstated.
Rudy Shirk — hotel (Polk 1880–81; the edition's classified Hotels list: "Shirk R, Lakeville"). The first named keeper of a Lakeville hotel in any carrier read. Whether his hotel was the Forrest Hotel is unstated.
Henry Cordary — hotel (Polk 1882–83; Shirk gone from the entry).
George Deed — hotel and livery (Polk 1884–85; the first keeper in the record to pair the hotel with a livery).
John Brewer — meat market (Polk 1880–81 only). The surname is the man's, not the trade — no brewing attaches to this line anywhere.
Adam Drysinger — meat market (Polk 1884–85).
Charles Glassour — saloon (Polk 1880–81; the volume's classified Saloons list: "Glassour C, Lakeville").