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1837 – 1869
Daniel Antrim — the town's first store, general merchandise (opened 1837; sold the stock 1838).
E. S. Reynolds — the first store (bought Antrim's stock 1838; sold 1840). Full name given by no carrier reached.
A. P. Richardson — the first store (bought 1840; sold c.1845). Full name likewise unreached.
James Harvey — the first store (bought c.1845; the line ran to 1867 on the nomination). No kinship to the later Harvey's Five and Dime is stated.
Hiram Bean — sawmill on Potato Creek (built it 1839, with Alonzo Hill).
Alonzo Hill — sawmill on Potato Creek (built it 1839, with Hiram Bean).
Daniel R. McKenzie — North Liberty Mills (from New York; obtained control of the mills 1852; his partnership linkage stands in the next band).
Elijah Lee (E. T. Lee) — blacksmith shop (blacksmithing and horse-shoeing from 1865; also built wagons; operated into the 1900s; shop fronting Harrison Street behind 140 N. Main).
Norman S. Miller — dry-goods and general store (opened 1865; invoices $9,000 in 1880; also township trustee and postmaster, offices printed as the carriers give them).
Daniel Hoffman — drugstore and grocery (settled in the township 1864; first store at Main & Market, then the Hoffman Block c.1885, whose built form stands in the next band; the firm's succession to his sons stands in the 1910–1929 band).