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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 23 January 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Franklin Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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EDWARD P. CRIST, furniture dealer, corner Center and Second streets, Franklin; son of David and Eveline Crist; was born in Franklin Township Oct. 3, 1831; he was reared on a farm. When 18 years of age, he learned the cabinet trade with Uriah Clutch, in Franklin; he remained with him six years and succeeded to their business in 1863; location now occupied by the Coleman House. In 1865, he moved to his present place of business, where he keeps a full line of furniture, undertakers' goods, wall paper, window shades, etc.; carries a stock of $7,000 to $8,000; he has the only exclusive business in his line in the town, and is doing a thriving business. He owns his store building, and, with his brother, owns the old homestead on which their mother still lives at the advanced age of 71 years, their father having died in July, 1875. |
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